Is weight loss on your list of New Year’s resolutions or are you just looking to improve your health during 2020?
If so, then you may want to be a part of the 13th annual Green Hills Wellness Challenge, sponsored by the Grundy County Health Department, the Ketcham Community Center, Hy-Vee, the University of Missouri Extension and the Trenton Republican-Times.
Sign-up for this year’s challenge will take place on Thursday, Jan. 9 and Friday, Jan. 10 at the KCC or the health department during regular business hours. Participants must be at least 18 years of age to participate or have a signed parental consent. The fee to take part is $10.
The format will be the same as last year, with participants required to weigh-in each week to be eligible for the cash prize at the end of the challenge. Participants may weigh on either Thursday or Friday at the health department or on Thursday through Sunday at the KCC. Each participant will be allowed to miss one weigh-in with no penalty.
All actual weights are kept confidential, however, the percentage of weight lost will be published each week in the Republican-Times.
University Extension will host a class at the health department, “Eat Smart, Be Active,” which will begin on Friday, Jan. 17 and will include eight sessions. Sign-up for these classes is open now and can be completed by calling the health department office.
Keeping a good journal is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy weight. 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 as well as two one-year subscriptions to the Republican-Times. 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 fee will also be added to the cash prize pool.
Participants from last year’s challenge are eligible to win a $300 maintenance prize, which 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. 9 and 10 at the health department or KCC. There is no fee to weigh 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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