January 18, 2012
100-Day Challenge Begins Monday, Jan. 23!
Get your team together now and join “Weapons of Mass Reduction”, “The Wiener Dog Walkers” and 650 other teams enrolled to participate in the 2012 Live Healthy Nebraska 100-Day Challenge, which begins Monday, Jan. 23. The program motivates individuals to adopt habits that lead to healthy weight-loss and increased physical activity. Humorous team names are encouraged.
Participants in the Challenge receive accredited weekly tips in nutrition and physical activity as well as thousands of incentives and prizes for logging their progress. A sortable leaderboard allows teams to compete in company, community, statewide and national competitions.
Besides the weekly tips, each participant receives a Live Healthy shirt, an annual subscription to a healthy-lifestyle magazine and access to nutrition and workout planners. The cost is $20 per person, or $15 with an entry coupon available at Hy-Vee.com.
More than 100 companies and communities have set up group codes to track their members’ progress. The Live Healthy program provides statistics and reports throughout the program. Team registration remains open through Feb. 6, and late-registering teams are allowed to log progress from Jan. 23 forward. Enter online or get more information at www.livehealthynebraska.org.
The top 10 companies in enrollment thus far include Cargill (Blair Corn Milling), Celerion, Lincoln Electric System, Nebraska Medical Center, Reinke Manufacturing, UNMC Physicians, University of Nebraska Kearney, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the State of Nebraska and PayPal, which has more than 500 employees registered. All 10 companies have qualified for participation awards, which are available for companies enrolling 25% of employees or more than 100 employees. Last year 40 companies earned awards.
Live Healthy Nebraska is a program of Live Healthy America and the Nebraska Sports Council. Platinum Partners include: BNSF Railways, Anderson Auto Group, BlueCross BlueShield of Nebraska, St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center and Nebraska Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine. Learn more at NebraskaSportsCouncil.com.
