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At the halfway point

The New Year, New You Fitness Challenge is halfway done. Congratulations to all of the participants who are making steps toward a healthier lifestyle. Remember to continue to drink cool, clean, refreshing water and reduce your intake of sugar laden, non- nutritious, high-calorie beverages. Your challenge beginning on Feb. 15 is to practice at least 10 minutes of stress management each day.

By Marla Walter , February 11, 2010

Next week’s challenge: Limit television time

We are heading into week four of the New Year, New You Fitness Challenge starting on Sunday, Jan 31. You may be facing one of the toughest challenges yet! Your challenge this week is to limit screen time (TV, computers, playstation, etc) to 1 to 2 hours per day during your leisure hours. A recent study discovered that increased time sitting watching TV can increase your risk of early death from cardiovascular disease. So turn off the tube and get moving!

By Marla Walter, Wellness Challenge Coordinator , January 28, 2010

Weight loss and healthy eating are focus this week

Weight loss is a goal of many New Year New You challenge participants. Counting calories is something that takes time to do, but can be a real eye opener for most people. In week three we encourage everyone to determine their calorie needs and record food intake daily including calories.

By Joan Enderle, Licensed Registered Dietitian , January 21, 2010

Most taking part in challenge are women

The 2010 New Year, New You challenge has 602 participants made up of 32 business teams and seven Friends and Family Teams. There are fewer participants than last year, but according to the Go Red Survey Monkey, almost 40 percent are new to the challenge. We also discovered that about 80 percent are female and 87 percent are in the 25- to 55-year-old age group. The fact that the majority of participants are women is good news, because studies have shown that women can have a positive effect on the food choices the rest of their family makes.

By Marla Walter, New Year, New You Coordinator , January 21, 2010

How to find those New Year, New You videos

Welcome to week one! The New Year Challenge is off to a great start. We are still receiving registrations from new teams! Everyone has been asking about the DVDs. They will be aired on CSi cable on the replay station (channel 58) after regular programming (on a rotating basis) and on Daktel the Jimmies channel (channel 16) Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. DVDs may be checked out from the Alfred Dickey Public Library as well. There are 11 educational DVDs — three “pre-challenge” programs and then one for each successive week. The three pre-challenge DVDs focus on eating fruits and vegetables, changing your lifestyle habits and the benefits of exercise.

By Marla Walter, Jamestown Hospital , January 14, 2010

New Year, New You 2010: Focus on losing weight

The focus of week two for the New Year New You 2010 challenge is weight loss. With 65 percent of adults either overweight or obese it is no surprise that the average person consumes 200-300 calories more than they did 30 years ago and are less physically active. Most weight gain happens slowly and steadily, almost unnoticed until one is 5, 10, 20 or more pounds overweight. Consuming 100 calories daily more than is expended over a period of a year can result in a weight gain of 10 pounds. Small changes if made consistently over time can make a big difference.

By Larissa Musgrave, Innovis Health , January 14, 2010

Anyone can join Wellness Challenge

Once again Jamestown Hospital is teaming up with the American Heart Association, Dakota Medical Foundation, and Jamestown’s Healthy Lifestyle Coalition to offer an eight-week New Year, New You Wellness Challenge. We already have eight businesses and two groups in the Friends and Family Division registered. The cost of the program is $7 per person and includes an awesome T-shirt or Tote created by Orr’ignals. The program starts Monday, and the deadline to register is 1/10/10.

By Marla Walter, coordinater, New Year, New You wellness challenge , January 07, 2010

Wellness challenge: Citywide health effort begins Jan. 11

The season for the New Year, New You Wellness Challenge is coming up, and organizers say healthy choices should begin now, even if the contest hasn’t started yet. “Don’t think ‘Oh I’m going to blow it because I’m going to start in January,’” said Marla Walter, exercise physiologist and cardiac rehabilitation and wellness coordinator at Jamestown Hospital.

December 17, 2009

Fitness celebration site changed

The site for the celebration for the New Year, New You Fitness Challenge has changed to St. John’s Lutheran Church. The location change was after students from Anne Carl-sen Center were moved to the Zebedee Center.

April 01, 2009

New Year, New You will be back in 2010

The New Year, New You 2009 Champions for the Big Business Group are the Goodrich team, which earned an overall Corporate Point Average of 49.63 points per person.

By Marla Walter , March 17, 2009

New Year, New You reaches week 3

Congratulations to our Week 3 winners: Presbyterian God Squad (United Presbyterian Church) and Orange and Black Attack (Jamestown College). We need to make a correction to week 2. We are giving the prize money to a different team each week. So, week 2 winners are the Y’Nots (YMCA) and Free Birds (JRCC). The overall lead in the small businesses is Mid Life Crisis and in the big businesses it’s Goodrich.

By Marla Walter , February 10, 2009