Scale Back Alabama (SBA) is a free statewide weight-loss program designed to encourage Alabamians to get healthy and have fun while doing it. Since the first competition in 2007, Alabamians have lost more than one million pounds!  

The Scale Back Alabama program officially kicks off January 9and the St. Clair County Extension office is an official weigh-in site again this year. Participants are welcome to stop by the Extension Office during weigh-in week, January 22-28, anytime during business hours (8 a.m.—12 p.m. and 12:30—4:30 p.m.) for an official weigh-in. Weigh-out week is April 2—8 and the final event and cash prize drawings is on April 17. 

To be eligible for team prizes, each team member must lose at least 10 pounds during the 9-week competition, as recorded by a coordinator at an official Scale Back Alabama weigh-in site. Winning teams are determined by a random drawing from all eligible teams. The first 3 teams drawn win $1,000 per team member, or a total of $2,000 for the entire team. The second 3 teams drawn win $500 per team member, or a total of $1,000 for the entire team. The final 3 teams drawn win $250 per team member, or a total of $500 for the entire team.

All individuals who lose at least 10 pounds, as recorded by a coordinator at an official Scale Back Alabama weigh-in site, are eligible for an individual prize, regardless of their team’s achievement. However, individuals that are drawn for a team prize are not eligible to win the individual prizes. 

From the pool of eligible participants, 40 individuals drawn win one of 40 achievement prizes of $100 per person. 

For more information about the Scale Back Alabama program, please visit the website, www.scalebackalabama.com or contact Lee Ann Clark, County Extension Coordinator, at the St. Clair County Extension Office, at 205-338-9416 or email clarkla@aces.edu.