Make Lasting Changes In The New Year

Hands up if you make a New Year’s resolution each year? This time of year is filled with cleanses, detoxes, and fad diets that are typically expensive, not evidence based, and unsustainable. How many of you have tried one of these fads once the New Year rolled in? How many of you kept that habit throughout the whole year?

Often, New Year’s resolutions are created with great intentions, but fall flat by the end of January. Have you taken time to reflect on why those goals don’t last? Have you ever wondered why this is? It could be that you took on too much too soon or worked hard toward goals that weren't really designed with your health and well-being in mind.

This year, we want to challenge you to build healthy lifestyle habits that are sustainable and realistic for your life and your body.

And we’ve got just the program for you!

Small Changes for Health is a program crafted by registered dietitians that covers a range of topics to help you achieve the healthiest life based on your individual needs! We’ll start the program by teaching you how to make SMART goals that will last for years to come.

So, what is Small Changes for Health? 
A FREE, 10-week program designed to help you build healthy habits one week at a time. The program focuses on physical activity, healthy eating, sleep, and other self-care strategies designed to improve well-being.
 
The theme for 2019 is “An Ounce of Prevention”.  Whether you’d like to do what you can to minimize your risk for chronic disease, or prevent the progression of an existing disease, the habits you build will support either goal.  

How does it work?  
Each week you receive an email with a small change in physical activity and a healthy habit challenge for you to complete  We will also share tips and resources to help you meet the goals. 

What are the changes?
For the physical activity change, you may be asked to do an activity for a specified length of time and number of days during the week.  The goal is to move more often so you feel your best!

What are the challenges?
The healthy habit challenge encourages you to do a healthy activity like eating balanced meals, sleeping more, and adding to your support network.  With practice, the activities become healthy habits designed to improve mental and physical well-being.

What are the prizes?
Small Changes for Health is offering up prizes and grand prizes that you could win by participating:

• Ten One Year Golds Gym Memberships (Value $650 each)
• Ten $50.00 Gift cards to Fresh Thyme
• Ten $50.00 Gift cards to New Balance St. Louis

Grand Prize

• Gold’s Gym Studio Membership (Value $1200)
• $500 Fresh Thyme Gift Certificate
• $500 New Balance St. Louis Gift Certificate

What will I need to participate?
Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone to access the information and tips and good walking/running shoes are the basics.

When does it begin?
The program starts the week of January 14th, 2019 and runs through the end of March.  

Sign up today! https://www.smallchangesforhealth.com/ 

Follow Let’s Move! STL on Twitter and Facebook for the latest info and be sure to register for more information on www.letsmovestlouis.com! 
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