UNMC Kicks Off 100 Day Wellness Challenge – This year, turn your resolutions into reality!

In conjunction with Live Healthy Nebraska, the Medical Center campus is kicking off a 100 day Wellness Challenge. This is a great opportunity for anyone planning to make a commitment to living a healthy 2010. The program provides structure and support until the snow melts and the robins have returned. Participants will receive many valuable health resources to assist them along their personal journey of staying active and eating well.

How To Get Started - 5 Easy Steps!

1. Choose to Live Healthy! 2. Build Your Own Team Choose a team captain and 2-10 adults to be on your team. Select a team name and gather all team member’s email addresses and t-shirt sizes. Visit http://www.livehealthyamerica.org/UserDocs/Captains_Handbook_2010.pdf for the details about becoming a captain and getting signed up. 3. Sign Up! Register your team online at www.livehealthynebraska.org. Begin the registration process by entering the Nebraska Medical Center group ID- LHNNMC in the box on the upper right of the page. Registration is only $20 per participant and individuals can receive a $5 discount coupon by visiting http://www.hy-vee.com/health/live- healthy-america/default.aspx or by stopping by your local Hy-Vee store making registration only $15 per participant! Don’t delay; registration is only open to participants until January 14. 4. Change Your Choices! Log on to www.livehealthynebraska.org where you will have unlimited access to recipes, videos, workouts and health information. Throughout the 100 day challenge from January 14 to April 23, 2010 log on to record weekly activities completed and/or pounds lost to overall health goals. 5. Change Your Life! Continue to live a healthy lifestyle as you will have continued unlimited access to recipes, workouts, videos and health information even after the completion of the 100 day fitness challenge!

What is in it for me?

• Live Healthy training T-shirt • Coupon book filled with valuable discounts on healthy items and nutrition resources (Available to first 30,000 participants) • Captains receive a free 6” Subway sandwich with the purchase of a drink and side • Participants receive a free 21oz. drink with purchase of any Subway sandwich • Weekly motivational e-mails containing activity, nutrition and recipe tips • 100 days of access to Training Peaks • Chances to win individual and team prizes throughout the “100 Day Wellness Challenge” • A one year subscription to one of the following lifestyle magazines; Fitness, Ladies Home Journal, Family Circle, Midwest Living, Better Homes, Heart Healthy Living, Mujer, Parents, Men’s Journal and Diabetic Living

This program is a unique and fun way to help make your personal health and wellness New Year’s resolutions a yearlong reality! So get your team together and join us in the journey of lifelong wellness! Don’t delay because registration is only open until January 14th. For questions about the registration process or other details please contact Peter Pellerito at 402-559- 5253 [email protected] or Heather Lenz at [email protected].