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A Hancock
County 10 week team challenge for a
Healthier Lifestyle Based on the book
“The
Town That Lost a Ton”
After 10
weeks of hard work, it is our pleasure to
introduce
the Slim Downs—The Grand Prize Winners! This
team has participated in Lose and Win since
the program
started 3 years ago.
Week
Ten—
Lose and Win teams celebrated the
completion of the 10 week program in Hancock
County to lose weight and become healthier.
They have accumulated an impressive grand
total of 2645.9 pounds (average of 7.036
pounds per person)
More
about Week Ten Program
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photos of Week Ten Activities
Week
Nine—
Healthy Hancock's Lose and Win teams
gathered at The Grand in Ellsworth this week
and received excellent motivation from Lynn
Bolduc, EMMC Dietitian and Pete Loiselle who
lost 500 pounds.
More
about Week Nine Program
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photos of Week Nine Activities
Week
Eight—
Lose and Win participants had a great
time playing Beach Ball Volley Ball at the
Downeast Family YMCA.
Lose and Win teams have completed week 7 of
the 10 week program in Hancock County to
lose weight and become healthier.
More
about Week Eight Program
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photos of Week Eight Activities
Week
Seven—
Approximately 40 Lose and Win team
members braved the cold to hear Cheryl
Wixson give hints on preparing healthy Maine
foods.
More
about Week Seven Program
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photos of Week Seven Activities
Week
Six—
45 Lose and Win teams have reached the
half way point in the 10 week program in
Hancock County to lose weight and become
healthier. They have accumulated a loss of
2,144 pounds, over a ton!!
More
about Week Six Program
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photos of Week Six Activities
Week
Five—
Becky, Claudia, Joan, Joyce and
Jude shared their success stories about
losing weight and maintaining that loss
during the week #5 meeting.
More
about Week Five Program
Week
Four— Laurie Jones led over 110
members of Lose and Win in "Moving More"
at the Ellsworth Middle School.
More
about Week Four Program
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photos of Week Four Activities
Week
Three — Over 105 Lose and Win
participants got physically active and had a
great deal of fun during the Jazzercise
Demonstration.
More
about Week Three Program
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photos of Week Three Activities
Week
Two — Over 160 Lose and Win participants
attended the Health Fair in Ellsworth and
received screenings and health information.
In Deer Isle/Stonington 40 people took an
active part in Line Dancing. 45 teams with
393 participants are on their way to reduce
their total weight of 74,732 pounds.
Annette’s team, the “Slim Downs” from Otis
became the winner of the “Victory Stick”
with their impressive first week’s losses.
The “Booty Losers” took second place and the
“Livin Life Large Girls” came in third.
More
about Week Two Program
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photos of Week Two Activities
Kick Off — Lose and Win 2007 started out with a
BANG!! There were 221 in
attendance at Ellsworth High School for Kick
Off, our record! We
have 45 teams registered (8 are in Deer
Isle/ Stonington) with approximately 350
participants.
More
about Kick Off Program
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photos of Kick Off
For more
information contact:
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MDI
MDI Hospital 288-5081 x 319
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Bucksport
School Health Coord. 469-6666 x
2223
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D.I./Stonington
The Healthy Island Project
348-6332
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Ellsworth
Health-Link, MCMH 667-2474
All
meetings begin at 5:45 p.m. (unless
otherwise noted) on Thursdays (Ellsworth)
and Wednesdays (Deer Isle/Stonington).
Lose and
Win participants lost a total of 2,630
pounds during
the 10 week team challenge in 2006.
Lose and
Win is sponsored by Healthy Hancock, a
coalition of organizations working together
to improve the health of residents in
Hancock County. |
