Peoria Park District’s RiverPlex Recreation and Wellness Center and OSF Health Care are proud to sponsor the 10-week Biggest Loser RiverPlex competition meant to help you lose weight and build a healthy lifestyle.

The event will begin January 19th with an orientation and kick off with actual Biggest Loser participant and winner Scott Senti of Peoria. All participants will be weighed and measured during the orientation. The weight loss competition will begin the week of January 25th and go through April 4th.

Week 4 Results click here!

List of Prizes for Weekly Winners

Fitness Tip of the Week

So we’ve been learning about eating healthy and taking care of our bodies for the past few weeks now. I hope everybody is satisfied with the results they have gotten. Keep working hard because those results are showing!

-    Set small, realistic goals when it comes to weight loss

•    One way to set yourself up for failure is to expect too much out of yourself.  Losing ten pounds in a week is not only almost impossible, it can be extremely unhealthy if you not taking proper care of yourself.  Expect to lose a pound a week or maybe two pounds.  Setting realistic goals will ease your mind when you step up to the scale and you have not lost some huge number of pounds like you wanted to.  Remember that this is a lifestyle change, not a race. 

Structure:

Participants will compete against one another to lose weight and body fat.

Each individual will be put on a team.

Each team will have 2 personal trainers that will train them twice a week.

In addition to personal training, participants will also meet once a week to review healthy lifestyle topics such as nutrition, stress reduction, label reading, and much more.

One-on-one nutrition consultation.

Social events will be incorporated such as a healthy cooking class, family activity night, and how to eat out healthy.

The RiverPlex Recreation and Wellness Center fitness floor, group exercise classes and aquatics classes will be available to participants. Morning and evening classroom sessions will be available to accommodate all participants. Participants will be encouraged to exercise on their own or with their group on days that they do not meet with trainers.

During the course of the Biggest Loser RiverPlex competition, each team and individual will participate in small challenges along the way a few of which are:

Treadmill distance challenge: Each team has a specified time to run/walk on the treadmill and record the most miles.

Step challenge (record the number of straddle steps in a given time)

Prizes:

Prizes will be awarded to the overall Biggest Loser based on weight loss and points for exercise attendance and participation in programs. Prizes for mini challenges along the way will also be awarded.

Progression and Support Board:

The RiverPlex lobby will keep an updated Weekly Weight Loss total for each participant and also have a “Favorite Biggest Loser” support board where friends, co-workers and family can leave notes and messages to offer encouragement.