Weight Watchers Open House: University Hospital
Join Weight Watchers for an open house meeting on Jan. 20 at University Hospital, Room M586 (Medical School) from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Weight Watchers is celebrating its NEW PointsPlus program and invites you to learn all about the new options! No need to pre-register, just show up! The 13-week series is open to everyone and costs $156. Faculty & Staff who miss no more than once receive a 25% rebate through Healthy for Life. Payment options are available–cash, check or credit card. Weight Watchers fees are fully reimbursable through the Flexible Spending Account with appropriate medical documentation. Visit Healthy for Life’s website for more information.

Eat for Life Online & In Person
Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management.  This 10-week program uses mind-body practices (meditations and yoga), the principles of mindful and intuitive eating, skills training, and group support to guide you in making lifestyle changes that will help you create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body. If you have a history of chronic dieting, have rigid “healthy” rules about eating, or find yourself eating when you’re stressed, bored, or unhappy, this may be the program for you.  This non-judgmental, non-diet approach helps you use your internal physical cues to guide what and when you eat.

In Person Class:

Orientation Session: Wednesday, February 9 (12-1).

Classes: Wednesdays, February 16 – April 27 (12 – 1 pm).

Cost: $50 fee, $25 to be refunded if you attend 9 of 10 classes.

To enroll: Contact Rachel Ploskonka at PloskonkaR@missouri.edu

Online Course:

Orientation: Week of February 7

Classes: Week of February 16 through April 27, excluding March 30 (spring break)

Cost: $50, $25 to be refunded with full participation in discussion board

There are three ways to enroll:

1. Register online with credit card by January 28 so we have time to send you your books. Email Rachel Ploskonka PloskonkaR@missouri.edu for link to online registration.
2. Send $50 check made payable to Healthy for Life to Lynn Rossy, 205 Heinkel Building by January 31 so we have time to send you your books.
3. Drop by the Healthy for Life Offices (8am-5pm, excluding noontime) before February 7 to get your books and make your payment.

Healthy for Life’s regular 10 week program on creating a healthy relationship with your food, body, and mind is now a course you can take online in your own home.  Video and audio components teach you the foundational mindfulness practices (meditation and yoga) and the BASICS of Mindful Eating.

This is an exciting opportunity to take a class in the comfort of your own home.  All you need is a computer and, of course, the time to commit to taking the class.  Everyone that signs up will be going through the class at the same time.  You will have a week to complete each section.  There are practice exercises to complete each day.  All is completely explained on Blackboard once you get signed in.

Read what participants have to say about the class:
“EFL has been a transformational experience…my relationship to food has changed dramatically.  I actually think about food much less than before — now it’s rarely on my mind until I begin to experience hunger.  And I am savoring my food infinitely more…EFL embodies an intuitive, gracious approach to living, and I am captivated by the gentleness and kindness inherent in the process.”

–Linda Dyer

“It is amazing that 10 weeks have gone past…I will use the “make peace with food” for a long time to come, that has been the most successful tip. I don’t have forbidden food, or food that is “bad”. I can have it just in the quantity that will satisfy…I thank you for the insight and the motivation.  You have made this a successful experience that has changed my life.”

–Amy Hampton

Massage Therapy Available
De-stress this season with massage therapy! Licensed Massage Therapist Jeff Rioux provides clinical massage therapy in his office at University Hospital (GL-20). He also provides department chair massage in three-hour blocks. To schedule an individual appointment or chair massage, call Healthy for Life at 884-1312.

If you’d like to buy a gift certificate, stop by Medtique Gift Shop in University Hospital or the Healthy for Life office at 205 Heinkel Building on campus, OR  drop a check in campus mail to 205 Heinkel Building specifying the length of session you want. Make checks payable to Healthy for Life.

Faculty and staff  receive a discount:	Hours of availability:
30 minutes: $30	Mondays & Tuesdays: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
60 minutes: $45	Wednesdays: 1-7 p.m.
90 minutes: $65	Thursdays: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Million Step Pedometer Program
Walk your way to good health!  Faculty and staff can purchase pedometers for $15, and a full refund is given at the completion of one million steps. To purchase a pedometer, send a check for $15 (our cost, made payable to Healthy for Life) to 205 Heinkel Building, MU. For more information, click here.

Has your department always wanted to start a walking challenge, but didn’t know where to begin? Now is your chance! Healthy for Life has Walking Tool Kits hot off the press that will provide you with the tools to begin a walking group or walking challenge in your department. Get your colleagues moving, building camaraderie, and getting healthy. If you would like a copy of the Walking Tool Kit sent to you through campus mail, please email Dee Sanders.