Modeled on the popular NBC
Television show, employees at
Stanley Street Treatment & Resources
(SSTAR) have been participating in a Biggest Loser weight loss group.
After a successful group that met for twelve weeks in the spring of
2007, twenty-three women and four men signed up for a second twelve-week
group in August. Weekly one-hour sessions are led by Registered
Dietitian Joan Barrett who directs the
SSTAR
Nutritional Couseling Program. Information on good nutritional
choices is the core of her presentations. "While weight loss is the
short-term goal for the group, long-term healthy eating is the
objective," commented Ms. Barrett who points to a myriad of simple,
everyday choices that can make a huge difference both in weight loss and
in health. For more information about the structure of the group, which
is only open to SSTAR staff, contact
Joan at 508-324-3516.
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(Top row, left)
Ray Gordon weights in with Nancy Geyer. (Top row, center)
B.O.L.D.
Coalition director Karen Fischer is happy with her weekly weigh-in
results. (Top row, right) Al Dias steps on the scales to see the results
of his weekly efforts to lose weight. (Middle row) Dietitian Joan
Barrett provides ample information about nutrition with many
recommendations for simple and low-cost alternatives to high calories
processed foods. (Bottom row, left) Joan goes over the weekly weigh-in
numbers with Natercia Furtado. (Bottom row, center and right)
Participants are encouraged to bring their lunch to the group to get
group support.
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