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Covenant Health Weight Management Center Announces “Trim2Gether” Winners
| Covenant Weight Management Center has announced that Melody and Scott Kellison are the winners of the “Trim2Gether” contest. Melody, an LPN at Methodist Medical Center, and her husband lost a combined total of 118 pounds, which represents 22 percent of their total body weight. |  The Kellisons' and their daughters recieve their award for winning the Trim2Gether Contest |
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The three couples were Covenant Health LOD specialist Leah Baker and her husband, Joe; Parkwest Patient Admissions Support Specialist Lauren Cochran, and her husband, Russell; and Melody and Scott Kellison. From November 2007 through May 2008, with the help of the Covenant Weight Management Center, the couples shed the pounds and gained a new outlook on life. While only one team could win the prize, all the teams reaped the benefits of healthier lifestyles.
During the length of the competition, the Cochrans lost a total of 33 pounds or 7 percent of their body weight, and the Bakers lost 78.5 pounds or 16 percent of their body weight. The three couples have a remarkable combined weight loss total of 229.5 pounds.
On Thursday, May 15, Covenant Weight Management Center celebrated the Kellisons’ win at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge. The couple plans to use their $3,000 travel voucher prize to go on a cruise this summer.
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Trim2gether Teams Begin Weight Loss Challenge
Covenant Health has selected three family teams for the “Trim2gether” weight loss challenge, a weight-loss program for two-member teams consisting of a Covenant Health employee and a family member. The families will receive the medically supervised weight loss program offered by the Covenant Health Weight Management Center, including personalized coaching from a specialized team of weight loss experts. More than 40 applications were received for the Covenant Health employee challenge, according to Shirley Reinemeyer, manager of the Covenant Weight Management Center.
The three winning teams are:
Leah and Joe Baker - Leah is a Learning and Organization Development specialist with Covenant Health. Leah and her husband Joe reside in Maryville. Leah says they’ve become “sit-a-holics” and realize they need to lose weight and get healthier so they can enjoy their empty nest years.
Lauren and Russell Cochran – Lauren is a patient admissions support specialist (PASS) and works in the bed control office in admitting at Parkwest. She and her husband, Russell, live in Knoxville.She says they want this opportunity to help assure themselves of a healthier life with their children and also to help educate their children on how to properly lose and maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle. They have two children, Solomon, 4, and Isabelle, 1.
- Melody and Scott Kellison — Melody is an LPN at Methodist Medical Center. She and Scott live in Oak Ridge.
Melody and Scott want to lose weight for their health and so that they can enjoy coaching their three teenagers in various sports. The Kellisons’ weight loss journey is being chronicled by Lori Tucker of WATE-TV News. Click here for the latest update.
The family team losing the greatest percentage of combined body weight will win a $3,000 travel voucher. Contestants’ weight loss journeys will be chronicled in publicity materials and by local media.