Spíly^y Tymoo
February 2
Contest to name ‘biggest loser’
B y Brian M ortensen
Spilyay Tymoo
W ho’s the biggest loser in
Warm Springs? The community
will find out around the first
week o f May,, when the Warm
Springs Clinic, through Commu
nity W ellness C oord in ator
Carolyn Harvey, sponsors its
annual campaign to encourage
people in the community to try
healthier lifestyle habits.
Many people have heard o f
the NBC show “The Biggest
Loser,” where people from all
over the country try to lose
weight on national TV. And that’s
why this year’s challenge is called
Warm Springs’ Biggest Loser.
“We were just trying to get
people’s attention, since it’s been
on TV,” Harvey said o f the con
test. The competition last year
was called the Warm Springs
Wellness Challenge.
“We had really good partici
pation last year,” Harvey said.
“P eop le made really good
changes. We’re m ost excited
about it.”
Harvey is quick to mention
that the Biggest Loser competi
tion is not just about weight loss,
but about reductions o f one’s
girth and body fat content.
The campaign officially be
gins the week o f Feb. 6 and con
tinues until April 28, a 12-week
period. Participants are weighed
and measured before the cam
paign from now until Feb. 6 at
the Warm Springs Clinic and
then after the 12-week period,
through the week o f May 1.
Warm Springs tribal mem
bers and employees are each
welcome to participate.
The winner in both mens and
wbmehS‘division is based on the
percentage o f change for all
three measurements over the
course o f the challenge. Each
participant is weighed on a scale,
measured with a tape measure
around the waist, and, with the
use o f calipers, measured for
body fat content.
Like last year, there is a $10
buy-in, with all the proceeds
going to the winners in both the
mens and womens division.
There are two separate divi
sions because the different way
men and w om en each lose
weight makes them “like apples
and oranges.”
“Men lose much quicker, es-
pecially body fat,” Harvey said.
Each participant who com
pletes the program receives a
sweatshirt. To finish, partici
pants must each report in for
their ending measurements and
write a short essay on what they
did to lose the weight and what
benefits they gained from los
ing the w eight and inches
around. Harvey said the essays
are confidential and only for her
use at the clinic.
L ast year’s winners were
Doyle McLaughlin and Rhonda
Ike. McLaughlin lost 29 pounds,
4.25 inches o ff his waistline and
5.1 percent body fat. Ike lost 34
pounds, 7.25 inches o ff her
waistline and 3.2 percent body
fat. Ike won $600 for finishing
first among the 75 women who
finished, while M cLaughlin
earned $330 for having the best
results among the 22 men who
finished.
Ike said the thing that helped
her the most was getting her
children involved.
“They wouldn’t let me eat
after 8 p.m., and they packed
my lunch for me every day,” she
said at the time. “I f it wasn’t for
my kids, I probably would have
quit.”
McLaughlin said he increased
his level o f exercise but paid
more attention to his diet, ex
perim enting with d ifferen t
popular diets until he found one
that fit him. He said he also
learned to say no to snacks.
“One o f the biggest things
that worked was diet,” Harvey
said. “It sounded like a lot o f
people got rid o f a lot o f junk
food and switched from drink
ing soda pop, and they got out
o f their houses more. A lot o f
them who had not been exercis
ing started.”
She said the exercise ran the
w hole gam ut from liftin g
weights to walking to partici
pants playing with their kids. “It’s
finding what works for you, and
that’s the hardest part,” she said.
The deadline to enter is Fri
day, Feb. 10. Participants only
need to visit the Community
Health window at Pod A o f the
Warm Springs Clinic, from 8
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., for their ini
tial measurement. No appoint
ment is necessary. The contest
is open to anyone 18 years or
older who lives or works in
Warm Springs.
Last year, the 97 people who
completed the challenge, out o f
the 169 who started.
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