New Year New You registration opens

Registration for the 2013 New Year New You Wellness Challenge has opened. This community-wide six-week wellness challenge begins on Jan. 7 and encourages participants to exercise and make healthy lifestyle changes in addition to promoting health awareness and enhancing education.

Participants will create teams and gain points for healthy activities. Points are reported weekly to the appointed team leader. The team’s averaged point total is reported and ranked amongst competing teams weekly in The Jamestown Sun as well as online.

The wellness challenge has three divisions: large business, small business and friends and family. A small business is 15 or fewer participants and a large business is more than 16 participants. This year the weekly topics will have a nutrition focus consisting of the following: hydration, portion control and calorie counting, fat, fiber, sodium and sugar. Each week there will be corresponding articles in The Jamestown Sun highlighting that week’s topic.

The cost to participate in the New Year New You Wellness Challenge is $8 per participant and includes a T-shirt. Participants will also receive a punch card to the James River YMCA to use through the duration of NYNY. To join the 2013 New Year New You Wellness Challenge, go to www.jrmcnd.com to access registration forms for each of the three divisions. Deadline to register is Jan. 6. For more information, go to www.jrmcnd.com or call the JRMC Wellness Center at 701-952-4891.

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