Maintain, Don't Gain Holiday Weight Maintenance Program

Find Out Who Battled the Holiday Bulge—and Won

Most people overindulge during the holiday season—then spend the new year trying to shed the extra weight. With so many tempting cakes, decadent pies and mouth-watering cookies, it’s easier to indulge in the moment and deal with it later. But some Penn employees are already ahead of the game thanks to the Maintain, Don’t Gain Program.

Of the 100 participants who challenged themselves to maintain their waistline over the holiday season, almost all of them succeeded. At this year’s post-holiday weigh-in, an impressive 98% of participants who completed the program stayed within two to three pounds of their starting weight. And 86% even lost weight. With the help of weekly motivational emails that lessened the urge to splurge, some participants lost over ten pounds each!

For those people battling it out in the team competition, it was another successful year. Fifteen teams went head to head for a total weight loss of about 66 pounds.

Congratulations to this year's raffle prize winners: Brenda Beitler, School of Nursing and Jeffrey Edwards, ISC. Thanks to their hard work in finishing this year's Maintain, Don't Gain contest, Brenda won an Apple iPod Nano and Jeffrey won a Kodak PlaySport Pocket Video Camera.

Maintaining a Healthy Weight Year-Round

For those of you interested in joining this successful program next holiday season, check back in the fall for details. In the meantime, Human Resources offers a variety of ongoing health and wellness programs that can help keep you in good physical, mental and emotional shape year-round. For more information, visit the Health and Wellness Programs website, or contact Human Resources at 215-898-5116 or .