Is weight loss on your list of New Year’s resolution or are you just looking to improve your health during 2019?
If so, then you may want to be a part of the 12th annual Green Hills Wellness Challenge, sponsored by the Grundy County Health Department, the Ketcham Community Center, Hy-Vee, University of Missouri Extension and the Trenton Republican-Times.
Sign-up for this year’s challenge will take place on Thursday, Jan. 10 and Friday, Jan. 11 at the Ketcham Community Center or the health department during regular hours. Participants must be at least 18 years old to participate or have a signed parental consent. There is an entry fee of $10.
The format will be the same as last year, with participants being required to weigh-in each week to be eligible for the cash prize. Participants may weigh on Thursday or Friday at the health department or Thursday through Sunday at the KCC.
Each participant will be allowed to miss one weekly weigh-in with no penalty. All actual weights will be kept confidential, however, the percentage of weight lost each week will run in the Friday edition of the Republican-Times.
Hy-Vee will be providing written nutritional information during the challengeas part of the Republican-Times weight-loss list. The University Extension will host a class at the health department, “Eat Smart, Be Active.” The class will start on Jan. 18 and includes a series of nine classes over an 11-week period. Participants will see the most benefit from attending all the classes.
Keeping a food journal is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy weight and challenge participants will receive a food and exercise journal with their entry fee. Completed journals will be entered into a drawing for two one-year memberships to the KCC and two one-year subscriptions to the Republican-Times newspaper. Participants may also keep their journals in other formats. including electronic devices.
The prize pool will be divided among all participants who have lost 10 percent or more of their initial body weight at the end of the challenge. The health department will donate $1,500 to the pool and a portion of the entry fees will also be added to the cash prize pool.
Participants from last year’s Wellness Challenge are eligible to win a $300 maintenance prize. This prize will be awarded to the person who has maintained the highest percentage of weight loss since the end of last year’s challenge in April. Weigh-ins for the maintenance prize will be held on Jan.10-11 at the health department and the KCC during regular business hours. There is no fee to weigh in for the maintenance prize only.
For more information about the wellness challenge, persons can contact the health department at 359-4196 or by email at [email protected].
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