Scale Back Alabama Underway

Contact: Angela Green, Communications Specialist
334-382-4904

February 23, 2011 Greenville, AL-- Scale Back Alabama 2011 is underway and we are halfway through the challenge -- are you making progress toward your goal of losing 10 pounds in 10 weeks? Or have you hit a brick wall?

Scale Back Alabama is an annual program designed to help Alabamians lose weight. Overall, the goal is to help cut down the state's obesity rate.

The official state kickoff was Thursday, January 20, and the weigh-in week here at Pioneer Electric was January 24-28. Teams of four people are working to lose weight and keep each other motivated through the process and we had 36 teams to register and weigh in at Pioneer. Team members will 'weigh out' with their teams at the end, at the same place you weighed. Statewide weigh outs are scheduled for the week of April 9-15.

If you lose 10 pounds, you're automatically entered in a drawing to win cash prizes! Even if you don't lose 10 pounds, anything you lose is good for your health.

We have several teams Pioneer Electric and we all look forward to getting healthy with the rest of the teams. Just as a reminder, you can visit the Scale Back website at www.scalebackalabama.com for health tips and more. Good luck, and stay away from those sweets!

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