The 2009 getfit@mit Fitness Challenge is presented by MIT Medical
2009 Photo Gallery
“Biggest losers” celebrate their success
Lincoln Lab "losers," from left, are Janet Taylor, Cyndi Springford, and Mariann Murray, of "Cyndi Lou’s Losers," runners-up in the Lab’s weight-loss program.
The members of "Deb’s Platoon," who won the prize for highest percentage of weight lost in Lincoln Lab’s "Biggest Loser" program, are, from left: Tina Siracusa, Melissa Nischan, Deb Craig, Todd Brick, Paula Ward, and Judy McCormick.
Research meteorologist Kim Calden, left, took second place and staff scientist Fran Nargi, right, took third in Lincoln Lab’s "Biggest Loser" weight-loss program.
Health fitness coordinator Deb Craig, left, and Judy McCormick, a business administrator at Lincoln Lab who won first place in the Lab’s "Biggest Loser" weight-loss challenge.
Top row, from left: Ken Estabrook and Mark Ryder, platoon leader. Front row, from left, Christine Poirier, Carla LeBlanc, and Fran Nargi. The platoon participated in Lincoln Lab’s "Biggest Loser" weight-loss program.
Food, celebration, and prizes mark getfit@mit closing event
Claudette Palmer, manager of the Campus Activities Complex, shows off a messenger bag she won as a member of Team CAC, the grand prize winner of the getfit@mit challenge.
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Participants SharonLeah Brown and John Davis won "Onward and Upward" prizes -- iPod Shuffles -- for their diligence and steady increase in minutes from week to week during the challenge.
Lauren Mayhew and Kate McCarthy get ready to cut the cake at the getfit@mit closing event on April 30.
Kate McCarthy and Maryanne Kirkbride are already looking forward to next year
getfit@mit participants get some fruity sustenance at the challenge's closing event on April 30.
Blood pressure checks were available at the getfit@mit closing event.
Creative exercise
The winning team in the 2009 getfit@mit Creative Exercise contest is The Leaders for Fat Management (LFM), whose members decided to have a good old-fashioned pillow fight as their creative exercise.
Pillow fight weapons become relaxation aids following the battle...
The Happy Cruising Crusaders getfit@mit team got together during their lunch time and danced for at least 30 creative minutes.
The Happy Cruising Crusaders, runners-up in the getfit@mit 2009 Creative Exercise, get down during their Dance Madness session.
Midpoint event
Team members check in as they prepare to pick up their tee-shirts at the getfit@mit midpoint event held March 12 in the Bush Room.
Kate McCarthy of MIT Medical, right, hands off a getfit@mit tee-shirt to a participant.
Leslie Patton of MIT Medical, right, distributes a tee-shirt.
A table at the getfit@mit event gave attendees the opportunity to get their blood pressure checked.
Cereal, anyone? Free healthy snacks were available for getfit@mit attendees.
Tunnel walk!
Enlarge photoTunnel walkers receive their marching orders before starting an aerobic 45-minute walk underneath the MIT campus.
Enlarge photoMarch on! Participants in the 2009 getfit@mit program get started on the Jan. 30 Tunnel Walk.
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