As much as Randi, Riley, and I would love to take a beach vacation we have not done so lately! Many of you are wondering what happened to our blog and after reading this blog you'll understand we have not gone MIA although we each hope to sometime this year!
YOU have kept us busy and we are loving every minute of it!
Most of our boot campers will tell you they have that 'I cannot believe I've accomplished such success!' feeling after 4 weeks...6 weeks...16 weeks. Randi and I have had that feeling every single day for the past couple of months!
Iowa City News!
Five weeks ago we expanded our 'Kick Start Healthy Habits' Fitness Boot Camp to Iowa City. After relying on word of mouth and 12 hours going door to door to introduce ourselves to the local community we came up with a class of 80% new boot campers...lots of new people we can help accomplish their health goals! One-by-one we're helping our community get healthy and it's all because each and every one of you are worth it!
***Next IC Boot Camp begins September 7th. IC Lower City Park. 5:45 - 6:45am.
North Liberty News!
North Liberty- you continue to amaze us! Thank you for accepting Habit 4 Health into your family. Our North Liberty boot campers are having a lot of success with our new health and fitness specialist, Riley Barth, and are having a good time doing it. Thank you to those Captains--without you, it just wouldn't be the same!
***Next NL Boot Camp begins September 7th. NL Rec Center (outside) 5:45 - 6:45am.
Corporate News!
Three weeks ago we did our first 'Are You Truly Healthy' Corporate Seminar including a healthy lunch for 30 employees of a Coralville corporation. We've had a lot of health and wellness questions presented to us but one lady in this seminar asked the most amazing question we've had so far...how much of health is nature and how much of it is nurture?
- 80% of the health issues (obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc) are preventable
- These preventable health issues account for 90% of the health care expenditures
- How do I know I am stressed?
- Personal and professional relationships
- Your body and stress: Why feel so bad when you can feel so good?
- Resilience in all situations
Why is stress management is so important in the workplace?
- 80% of employees feel stress on the job, 50% rate job as #1 stress
- Over $290 BILLION dollars is spent in the US economy every year relating to compensation claims from on-the-job stress, health insurance, low-productivity and disability.
***To schedule your corporate seminar please contact Brooke at brooke@habit4health.com
We recently held our first 'Wellness & the Workplace: Does it Really Affect the Bottom Line?' Seminar at the South Slope Cooperative Communications building in North Liberty. We'd like to thank those companies who put their health as well as the health of their employees at the top of their priority list just by attending. We'd like to thank our panel of experts for sharing their wellness expertise.
- Dr. Jason Powers, MD, University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics. Physical Wellness
- Kate Morris, Spiritual and Bereavement Counselor at Hospice Initiatives. Spiritual and Social Wellness.
- Erica Lutz, LMHS at Psychiatric Associates. Mental Wellness.
Piece of Advice!
Drink LOTS of water on these hot days and try to get your workout in during the early morning hours or later in the day. A workout can be anything with physical activity- gardening, chasing your kids in the yard, running around the block a few times, walking with a friend, or jogging your kids to the pool.
