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Did you know that the average American gains one to five pounds over the holiday season and never loses this weight? This one- to five-pound weight gain can turn into 10, 20 or even 50 pounds over the course of a decade.

That's why Sierra Trading Post hosted a Maintain Don't Gain Challenge over the holidays this past year and challenged employees to maintain their current weight over the holidays (from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day).


“The goal of this educational campaign is to bring awareness to our employees eating and exercise habits over the holidays with the hope that we help them prevent the dreaded holiday pounds,” says STP Wellness Coordinator Jen Boland.

Employees earned points three ways over the course of the challenge:

* 50 points just for weighing yourself between Nov 16 and 25
* 1 point, (up to six points a day) for each healthy behavior:
o Exercising at least 15 minutes daily
o Eating 1 cup of fruits and/or vegetables daily
o Eating breakfast daily
o Not skipping meals
o Limiting sweets to 1 serving or less daily
o Limiting alcohol to 1 serving or less daily
* 50 points if your weight is within 1 pound after the holidays

We're proud of the employees below who successfully met the Maintain Don't Gain Challenge and are off to a healthy start for 2010... congratulations!

Mandi Rhoades

Terrie Tenorio

Jonathan Daniel

Diane Rieger

Dee Fleming

Robin Rye

Mike Curran

Greg Black

Naomi Berg

Janet McLean

Lorrie Ward

Jenna Johnson

Sunny Akes

Mary Goff

Heather Jahnke

Darron Cline

Bob Koehler

Robin Jahnke

Adam Patridge

David Dietel

Marcia Garber

Tracy Hogue

Shelly Cavanaugh

Cindy Wethington

Julie Tottingham

Teddi Muirbrook

Grand prize winners(pictured above in order of appearance):

Naomi Berg, Robin Rye, Diane Rieger, David Dietel, Terrie Tenorio and Cindy Wethington.

Congratulations, everyone!