Winter walk contest

I can't believe it has been so long since my last blog. So what have I been doing, you might ask? Well, we had the winter walk contest over 4 weeks in March. There were 16 teams with a total of 61 participants. Maybe you saw a few of them walking around campus or noticed the teams' display on the student's activities bulletin board. The competition was fierce. Each team was vying for one of the coveted titles of "Team with the most steps" or "Team with the most weight lost". A celebration event was held April 5th in the theater. Many of the contestants brought a carry-in dish and I was quite impressed with the many healthy choices we had to choose from. The Easter bunny even left everyone an egg filled with fat-free jellybeans.
Although I like to tell the teams that everyone who competed is a winner, the official contest winners were as follows:
Team Happy Feet: Most steps. This team walked a total of 1,889,931 steps
Team Chilly Willies: Most weight lost. Team lost 25 pounds
Diane Arnold: Most steps by an individual
Jane Giangulio: Most weight lost by an individual
Student Tami Strohmenger won the prize for quessing the weight loss of all the teams.
Our teams weighed in at 10,673 pounds at the beginning of the contest and four weeks later, after walking a total of 7,286 miles, they weighed in at 10,560. That's 113 pounds, literally walked away! If you haven't tried this activity yet for losing weight, I highly recommend it. Even those that don't make a major change in their diet can lose a few pounds over 4 weeks of walking.
Now I have heard every excuse possible for why some people on campus don't have time to exercise. To show you I was listening, I have tried to remove some of the obstacles on your road to a more active lifestyle. Starting April 30th, there will be two exercise classes available on campus. Stop by Student Health Services to learn more.