At Work contestants choose healthy options
Members of the At Work teams put away the junk food and began stocking up on healthy snack options as they focused on nutrition. Having the support of other team members made choosing fruits and veggies over chips and sweets a little easier.
Net Loss' John Brooks, from left to right, Matt Mayfield, Sheryl Lu, Jose Avila, and James Reid from Tempco Electric Heater Corp located in Wood Dale, managed to get together for a healthy lunch despite different lunch schedules. The team has lost 34 pounds overall and are fired up to push a little harder.
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Lisa McQueen of We 5 Losers shows off her colorful salad and even put the vegetable scraps to use in a healthy veggie stock.
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Pounds for Blue 3 members, from left to right, Dan Granias, Chuck Plaia and Santos Diaz representing the Hanover Police Department: "As they force down another raw green bean" says team captain George Sullivan. He also said "As you can see in everyone's face they really enjoy these tasty healthy snacks".
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Kelsey Bowen of Team RSM - 0BS Lbs from RSM US LLP, located in Schaumburg, was weighing out her options for a snack between a fresh banana and some processed sweets.
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Kim Holm, Sue Poole, and Tony Tucker from the team Weightbusters from NEC Display Solutions, located in Itasca, show off some of their favorite healthy snacks. You may be surprised to see cookies in the mix, but team captain Polly Miller said, "We did read the label and talk about them being a better choice if you just have to have something sweet."
Photo courtesy of team Weightbusters
From left to right, Nancy Biggio, Donita Ontiveros, Tatiana Gutierrez, Greg Belback and Cate Wurzer of Transformation Nation take advantage of Franciscan Ministries' on-site chefs to learn about healthy eating.
Photo courtesy of team Transformation Nation
Team WOW of WINGS Program, Inc., located in Palatine, organized a healthy potluck and invited all employees to join. Team captain Judy Flint said, "Everyone seemed to enjoy and we are talking about doing this on a regular basis." Everyone that brought in a dish was asked to bring copies of the recipe to share with others.
Photo courtesy of Team WOW
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