Biggest Loser

The Fox Valley Family YMCA and Valley West Community Hospital present The Biggest Loser The Right Way competition!

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Are you ready to make positive and healthy lifestyle changes? Do you want to improve your eating and exercise habits? Would you like to reduce your risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart-related problems?

If so, the Biggest Loser might be you!

The Biggest Loser is a program designed to make positive lifestyle changes in all participants. The idea of the program is to teach and guide the way to positive changes in the eating habits and exercise habits of the participants. This program does not support crash diets or occasional workouts. We hope that participants will be able to change their habits to in turn reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart problems, and other medical problems as a result of poor diet and activity level.

The Biggest Loser is a guided exercise and nutrition program that begins March 10th, 2008 lasts for 14 weeks. Participants will need to be available for a starting weigh-in plus a 5 week, 10 week, and final weigh-in, all of which will be held at Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich.

During the 14 weeks, Valley West Hospital will offer six seminars, at no additional cost, covering topics that will provide education and support to participants. This includes nutrition, body image, emotional/stress eating, understanding nutrition labels, recipe modifications/portion size, and adding color to your diet.

Also, to help keep motivation high, participants are encouraged to attend the YMCA's Lifestyles 101 at no additional cost. This class meets for 45 minutes twice a week for 6 weeks. The class incorporates exercise instruction, strength training, counseling and nutritional support. The first 30 minutes of each class is geared toward a 30 minute exercise class that starts off slow and then works up to a higher fitness level. For the last 15 minutes of class, a personal trainer will be available for questions, demonstrations, and support. It is our hope that this class will help keep people on track & motivated and will increase their endurance one step at a time.

Cost: $25 for YMCA Members, $50 for Non-Members*

*Participants are eligible for a Membership to the Fox Valley Family YMCA for the duration of the program for an additional fee.

Registration deadline: March 5th, 2008
Program begins: March 10th, 2008

or at the YMCA West Branch at 707 S. Main Street Sandwich, IL 60548 or by calling 815-786-9998.