Coordinator's Guide

The Lighten Up 4 Montgomery County weight loss challenge starts January 18 and ends May 17, 2010.

Lighten Up 4 Montgomery County will educate participants about how maintaining a healthy body weight can improve health and reduce the risk of developing certain chronic diseases and life-threatening conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke.

Businesses, organizations and the community at-large are invited to form 4-person teams to compete for monthly prizes and grand prizes.

Registration is ongoing –– participants are encouraged to sign up anytime. There is no limit to the number of teams you can have from your organization.


How to Start

As a Lighten Up team coordinator, you can rally your co-workers and friends to form teams of four. These teams will compete with each other to lose the greatest percentage of body weight. Teams choose their own weight loss and exercise plan. Helpful diet and exercise tips can be found at lightenup4montgomery.com.

As a coordinator, you are a cheerleader for your team's participation! For example, coordinators can help organize healthy lunch groups, walking groups and set goals for their teams.

Tell your team to sign up by visiting lightenup4montgomery.com to download the registration form. Team members will need the following information to register (teams of 4 only):

    • Team name –– be as creative or silly as you please! –– with each member's name, phone number, email address and beginning weight.
    • Once all their information is submitted on the registration form they are registered.

After completing registration, participants will be emailed a Lighten Up 4 Montgomery County PERKS Card which allows them to take advantage of offers from local businesses. They will need to print out their PERKS Card and remember to keep it with them to receive these offers.


How to Report Weights

Team members will submit their individual weights each month on the Monthly Report Form on lightenup4montgomery.com. One member or team coordinators can submit weights for the whole team.

The best results happen when coordinators remind participants about weigh-in dates and encourage participants to weigh themselves on the same scale every month to insure consistent weighing throughout the competition.


Weight Submission Schedule:

    • Weigh-in February 15 – 19
    • Weigh-in March 15 – 19
    • Weigh-in April 12 – 16
    • Final weigh-in date May 17, 2010

Confidentiality is important! All participant information will be kept confidential.

Winning teams will be announced monthly on lightenup4montgomery.com. The grand prize team and grand prize individual will be announced on May 21.

For more information, go to Contact Us on lightenup4montgomery.com.

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