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Final registration for weight loss program is Jan. 10 For information on the Lose to Win program, visit the Wellness Wednesday booth from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 10 in the Children’s Hospital lobby.   It's that time of year again. Time to put away last year's added Christmas pounds and start making New Year's resolutions.   Losing weight and increasing exercise are at the top of America's most common resolutions. However, they are a lot harder to keep than those extra Christmas pounds.   Statistics show that 75 percent of resolutions are kept past the first week and only 46 percent are kept after six months.   Here are some ways to help weight loss and fitness resolutions last: Create a game plan and set goals. Ask friends and family members for help and accountability. Find a reward unrelated to food, such as a professional massage, when certain goals have been met. Limit the number of promises to avoid being spread too thin. Seek professional assistance with a trainer or dietitian or join a weight loss program. Research has proven that help from a professional greatly improves people's success rate. Luckily, MUSC has a program designed specifically for those wanting to shed extra pounds and make healthy lifestyle changes.   Lose to Win is MUSC's six-week weight loss and healthy lifestyle program. This program is open to MUSC employees, students, volunteers, and friends 18 and older. It is a great way to lose weight, learn about healthy habits and win prizes.   The program runs from Jan. 11 through Feb. 22. Classes are taught from 11:30 a.m. to noon each Thursday and then again from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. They range in topics from exercise to dining out.   Participants will be given a weekly newsletter with delicious recipes and helpful nutrition tips and a registration packet full of freebies and coupons.   Door prizes at each class will include gift certificates to Hymen's Seafood, Gold's Gym, Town and Country, West Ashley Aerobics Center, AMF bowling, and Charleston Cooks. The participant with the best class attendance and most weight lost will receive $150.   Pre-registration will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 10 in front of the MUSC gift shop. The cost for the program is $15 if you pre-register and $20 if you pay at the first class Jan. 11.   For information on Lose to Win, visit http://www.nutrition.musc.edu.   To register, send an e-mail to musclosetowin@yahoo.com or call 792-0286.     Friday, Jan. 5, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.