Control your weight without dieting! Enroll Now for In-person or Online Course
Take the 10 week Eat for Life Program and discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management and re-discovering the joy of eating.  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. Using the principles of intuitive eating, mind-body practices, and group support learn to make lifestyle changes that help you create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body.

In Person Class: September 11 – November 20 (12 – 1pm) at Memorial Union.

Online Class: Weeks of September 14 – December 7 (except Thanksgiving week)

Cost: $50 ($25 refunded with full participation).

For more info watch videos and to enroll contact RossyL@umsystem.edu.
Get moving with physical activity classes

• Sept. 7-Oct. 12: Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Center, Gym. Class meets every Friday from 12:10-12:50 p.m. and costs $18 for series. Must have 10 registrants to begin the course. Sign up with Kate Walker at Integrallife1976@yahoo.com.
• Sept. 10-Oct. 22: Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Center, Gym. Class meets every Monday from 12:10-12:50 p.m. and costs $18 for series. Must have 10 registrants to begin the course. Sign up with Kate Walker at Integrallife1976@yahoo.com.
• Drop In, ongoing: Lunchtime-Me Time Strength Conditioning. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Monday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class. No registration is needed and class is taught by Nani Fudge. If you have questions, email Nani at FudgeK@missouri.edu.
• Drop In, ongoing: Lunchtime-Me Time Strength Conditioning. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Wednesday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class. No registration is needed and class is taught by Nani Fudge. If you have questions, email Nani at FudgeK@missouri.edu
• Drop In, ongoing: Yoga. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Tuesday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class. No registration is needed and class is taught by Glenda Moum. If you have questions, email Glenda at MoumG@missouri.edu.
• Drop In, ongoing: Yoga. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Thursday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class. No registration is needed and class is taught by Glenda Moum. If you have questions, email Glenda at MoumG@missouri.edu.

Become a self-management leader
Attend a FREE instructor training to help individuals learn how make exercise a part of their regular routine. The Central Missouri Regional Arthritis Center (CEMRAC) is looking for volunteers to lead Walk with Ease and/or the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program in your community.  In return, CEMRAC will cover the cost of your training and provide materials for your class.

Walk with Ease
Walk with Ease is designed to help people living with arthritis better manage their pain.  It’s also ideal for people without arthritis who want to make walking a regular habit.  Research shows that walking is not only good for joints, but also helps improve the health of the heart, lungs and bones.  Walking can also help manage weight which can reduce one’s risk of arthritis in the knee, heart disease and diabetes.  Walk with Ease is a structured walking program that offers support, information and tools to help participants develop successful exercise routines.  During the program, participants will learn proper stretching and pain management techniques, as well as build stamina and walking pace.  The program can even be modified to meet the needs of individual participants so that each person can develop an exercise routine that fits their unique goals.

• The next Walk with Ease instructor training is scheduled on September 28, 2012 from 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm in Columbia. Space is limited.

Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program (formerly known as PACE) is designed specifically for people with arthritis but is appropriate for people without arthritis.  It uses gentle activities to help increase joint flexibility and range of motion and help maintain muscle strength.  The program is designed to fit any fitness level – with exercises done while sitting or standing.  The exercises in the program, however, should not replace therapeutic exercises prescribed by a therapist.  Participants previously enrolled in the program have experienced such benefits as increased functional ability, increased self-behaviors, decreased, pain, and decreased depression.

• The next Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program instructor training is scheduled on September 29, 2012 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm in Columbia. Space is limited.

The attached flyer provides additional information about the instructor training and instructor requirements.  Please feel free to contact me for additional information or to register.  Registration deadline is September 21, 2012.

Race for the Cure, 5K
Are you interested in saving a life? The 3rd annual Susan G. Komen Mid-Missouri Race for the Cure will be held on the MU campus on September 16th. The race raises money for breast cancer education and awareness, diagnosis, treatment, mental and financial health services for survivors, and research to find a cure. 75% of the proceeds stay in the Mid-Missouri area, while the remaining 25% is granted out on a national level for ground-breaking cancer research. Sign up for the race today and MAKE AN IMPACT!

Blaine Snow
Program Coordinator MU, MU Health Care and UM System
Healthy for Life: TE Atkins UM Wellness Program
573.884.2402 (Phone)
SnowB@umsystem.edu
Web: wellness.umsystem.edu