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Article: Waist not want not.
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- Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2007
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Byline: Jennifer Robison
May 14--What if your company could help you lose more than 80 pounds?
For Linda Stone, that was an offer she couldn't pass up.
Stone, a PBX manager at Sam's Town, jumped at the opportunity to join a weight-loss initiative that the casino's parent company, Boyd Gaming Corp., unveiled there in February 2005.
Thanks to a combination of personal coaching, healthier eating and encouragement from her co-workers, Stone has dropped 81 pounds in two years.
"I knew that it would be good for my overall health to lose weight," Stone said. "When a weight-loss program became available to us, I said, 'Why not take ...