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‘Maintain’ Your Weight Over the Holidays

Annual wellness program takes place Nov. 9 to Jan. 1

Faculty and staff can get help focusing on weight management during the winter holiday season, a time of year known for big meals with friends and family.

Beginning Oct. 12, employees can register for “Maintain Don’t Gain,” an eight-week program by LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program, that provides weekly tips, tricks and encouragement to focus on healthy diet and exercise practices. The program runs Nov. 9 to Jan. 1. 

Participants in the self-directed program receive weekly emails that contain healthy recipes, stress management tools, suggestions for physical activities and more. Weight and progress is tracked online using a Duke NetID. Participants weigh in at home, at the LIVE FOR LIFE clinic or by using digital scales at a mobile HealthCheck screening to track progress. 

As a reward for tracking progress, participants receive LIVE FOR LIFE dollars that can be spent on a variety of items, from kitchen accessories to workout clothing.

“The fact I had to record my weight every week helped me to stay on track and know how my body was reacting to my decisions over the holidays,” said Alice Frederich, a staff assistant in Duke’s Program in Education, who participated in last year’s Maintain Don’t Gain program.  “I think it set me on the right track for the New Year.”

For more information, visit the Maintain Don’t Gain website.