Philadelphia magazine and UnitedHealthcare are in search of the area’s most competitive office employees to compete in the Second Annual Be Well Philly Office Challenge. Six lucky offices—two more teams than last year!—will face off to drop the most pounds and improve their overall wellness throughout the eight–week challenge, which will begin on September 12, 2011.
Last year’s winning team lost a total of 166 pounds and walked away with a grand-prize package that included a free year membership to Sweat Fitness, a hair makeover from Salon Royale Court, a facial from O2 Skincare, Zoom whitening from Pennsylvania Center for Dental Excellence, and a $100 gift card to Philadelphia Runner. Altogether, our four teams lost more than 450 pounds! If your office is in desperate need of a total health makeover, sign up at BeWellPhilly.com/OfficeChallenge by Friday, August 5th. Good luck, and we look forward to hearing from you!
I think wellness should be measured by something other than weight loss – I want to enter the contest however losing weight would probably mean I would become vastly ‘underweight’. Any consideration given to assessing this content by other means, like BMI, cholesterol, etc?
Hey there! Thanks for your interest in the contest. We’ve actually built in other ways to earn points in the contest for exactly that reason. We call them “Wellness points”—as opposed to “Pound points”—and you can gain them by reading our daily wellness tips, for example. We’ll reveal more ways to get Wellness points once the contest begins, but please feel free to apply even if you don’t have lots of pounds to lose. Thanks!
When will the 2011 teams be chosen? We’re anxious to hear!
We’ll announce them when the contest begins on September 12!