Rewards for Life Program Participants Made Big Changes
Congratulations to all the Rewards for Life® program participants who completed the Lose Weight challenge! Lose Weight was a six-month weight loss challenge that encouraged participants to harness the efficacy of the Stages of Change to create new or better habits around food and physical activity and to achieve a weight goal they set themselves.
The results
Of the 1,272 people who registered for Lose Weight, 426 met their weight-loss goal. Participants lost 5,705 pounds in total, and not to toot our own horns, but that is close to the weight of an elephant. That is huge!
Participants worked hard, supported each other and achieved impressive results. Thank you to everyone who participated for making our longest and most ambitious challenge such a success!
Additional congratulations to the five challenge participants who were selected at random to receive a Fitbit Aria 2 scale and a $75 Amazon gift card. The winners were:
- Jessie Cruz from Lyntegar Electric Co-op
- Wade Harris from Flathead Electric Co-op
- Stephanie Lancaster from Butler REC
- Heidi Smith from Todd-Wadena Electric Co-op
- Employee from Golden Spread Electric Co-op
The third Rewards for Life program challenge of 2020 is a fruit and vegetable challenge, Five to Thrive, and it’s currently underway.
The final Rewards for Life program challenge for the year is Seize the Zzzz, which encourages participants to get more and better sleep throughout the challenge. Registration for Seize the Zzzz opens Wednesday, October 14, so co-ops wanting to participate must sign up for the Rewards for Life program by Monday, September 28 by emailing wellbeingprogram@nreca.coop.