Sponsored by LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke's employee health promotion program, Eat Wise and Exercise is a 10-week program from January 14 through March 23, 2008 — during the program you'll receive useful and practical information to improve your diet and exercise, and LIVE FOR LIFE coaches will keep you motivated.

LIVE FOR LIFE at Duke
Box 3200 DUMC
04290 Red Zone
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 684-3136
Fax: (919) 681-0555
lflprogm@mc.duke.edu

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Lifestyle Makeover Contest Winners

Winners' Testimonials

Week 7 Update: See how the winners of the Individual & Group Lifestyle Makeovers fared in Week 7 of the Eat Wise & Exercise program. Read more...

Past Updates


Contest Runners Up

To read the essays of the lifestyle makeover contest runners up, click here.

Essay Contest Prizes

Individual winner:

  • weekly nutrition consultations
  • weekly workouts with fitness specialist
  • gym membership for six months
  • new athletic shoes

Group winner:

  • monthly demonstrations on nutrition, fitness and stress management
  • fitness and nutrition consultations
  • fitness videos
  • discount on athletic shoes


During November, LIVE FOR LIFE received 49 contest entries for the individual makeover and six entries for the group makeover. We received such heartfelt essays that it was very difficult to choose the winners.

We hope everyone who entered the contest will still participate in Eat Wise and Exercise to make healthy lifestyle changes. During the 2007 program, participants lost more than 1,000 pounds combined! Help us beat that number this year.

Listed below are the winners of the lifestyle makeover essay contest, including their submitted essays. The four runners up will receive the opportunity to participate in a LIVE FOR LIFE weight management program.

Check back in January and throughout the program to read regular updates on the winners as they start eating wise and exercising more!
 

Individual Winner
Craig Galunas, Nurse Clinician — Cardiology

I believe I would benefit immeasurably from winning the lifestyle makeover. I have the best intentions when it comes to starting an exercise program and living a healthier lifestyle but I just can't seem to get myself motivated. It has affected my life in a number of ways. Read the complete essay...
 

Group Winner
School of Nursing (14 group members)

WE NEED A MAKEOVER! Everyone is busy these days and our group, a mixture of faculty and staff, are looking for strategies that will help us make improvements in our lives and be able to sustain them. Read the complete essay...