Mission: To Offer God My Whole Self (Body, Mind, and Spirit)as a "Living Sacrifice"; A Temple That is Holy and Pleasing to God. Vision: To Transform, Equip, and Encourage the "Body of Christ" in Whole Person Wellness. We do this to Worship God with our Whole Self (Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength) becoming the Hands and Feet of Jesus to the World (Family,Workplace,Community, and World)!

Monday, December 22, 2008

LIVE HEALTHY SUNNYBROOK:
100 Day WELLness Challenge!!
January 14---April 23, 2009 Change Your Choices. Change Your LIFE

WELLness Ministry Mission: “To Daily Honor God with my Whole Self (Body, Mind, and Spirit) as a “Living Sacrifice”, a Temple that is Holy and Pleasing to God. We do this to be the hands and feet of Jesus to the World.”

SUNNYBROOK Community Church will take part in this “100 Day WELLness Challenge” for our WELLness Challenge in Jan 2009.

Live Healthy Iowa 2009 will help LIFE groups, families, or individuals at Sunnybrook Community Church JUMP START their healthy lifestyle habits to help them meet their new years resolutions to lose weight, improve their energy level and quality of LIFE, by improving their daily choices of healthy nutrition and increased physical activity. This will help adults of all ages and their children to feel better, look better, and live longer, healthier lives.

What is Live Healthy Iowa “Sunnybrook” (LHI)? A FUN, team-based “100 Day WELLness Challenge” designed to promote the healthy lifestyle habits of daily physical activity and healthy eating habits. LHI is a state wide program that started in 2002 by the Iowa Sports Foundation and is locally sponsored by the Iowa Health System (St Luke’s is the local affiliate hospital), Hy Vee, Iowa Dept of Public Health, ISU Extension and others.

When: Live Healthy Iowa (Sunnybrook) “100 Day WELLness Challenge” runs from Jan 14th to April 23rd, 2009

Here's How To Get Involved in Live Healthy Iowa “Sunnybrook”:
--Put together a Team of 5-10 people from your LIFE group, family, or friends from Sunnybrook Community Church or your neighborhood/ workplace/ etc
--Select a Team Captain (Your team captain will register your team online at www.livehealthyiowa.org between Dec 19th to Jan 13th, 2009 and MUST use the Group Registration Code “LHISUNNYBROOK”)

--Attend a “Know Your Numbers” session on either Saturday Jan 10th, or Sunday Jan 11th to determine your weight, blood pressure, body composition (fat vs muscle) and inches (waist, hips, thighs, chest and bicep) (see handout for additional info RE Know your Numbers)

--Your team may compete in one or both divisions for this 100 day wellness challenge;

1) Weight Loss Division that is based on the total % weight loss average by the team. Honor weight will be submitted and reported online weekly, (typically each Friday of the 100 day wellness challenge) at your personal dashboard that will be setup at www.livehealthyiowa.org

2) Minutes of Physical Activity Division. Each team member records their weekly minutes of physical activity (exercise), that is outside of their normal work/ daily activities (such as exercise time, walking, scooping snow, work projects around the house, mowing your lawn, etc.), and this number is also recorded online each friday.

--Call or email Traci Kepley and/ or Nicole Bruce for more information and to answer your questions (see their contact info at the end of this article).

What is included with my $18 entry fee for LHI “Sunnybrook WELLness Challenge”??

Note:
Live Healthy Iowa has partnered with HyVee Food Stores to provide Iowans with health information, healthy foods, and an $8 discount per team member when you purchase $15 of Live Healthy America participating products at HyVee. Some examples are; Dasani water, Dannon yogurt, Kashi crackers, and Natural choice lunch meat. Visit your local HyVee food store starting January 1st, 2009 to get your Team coupon discount for Live Healthy Iowa (only 1 needed per team). Your team captain will use a discount code from this coupon when they register online. Your team captain will turn this coupon in with your team money to Erik Nieuwenhuis.

Make any checks out to “Live Healthy Iowa” and in memo line write Sunnybrook Community Church

--Live Healthy Iowa T-Shirts for each team member which are sent to the Team Captain’s home address starting Feb 1st, 2009
--Personal tracking log for nutrition/ physical activity online at LHI website from your very own personal dashboard
--You will receive a One year's FREE subscription to a health/ fitness magazine such as; Fitness magazine, Men’s Journal, Heart-Healthy Living, Ladies Home Journal, Parents, Motor Trend and others
--Chances to win individual and team incentive prizes from LHI and Sunnybrook Community Church
--Access to online health tools from Fitness Magazine such as; Personalized meal plans, customized workouts, video exercise demonstrations, community discussion board, music play list downloads, calorie charts
--Fitness and Nutrition Resources from Fitness Magazine
--Weekly physical activity, nutrition and recipe tips via e-mail
--Team Leaderboard where you can follow and track where your team ranks within Sunnybrook Community Church, Sioux City, Woodbury County and across Iowa during the LHI 100 day challenge

Sunnybrook Community Church at Day 100 will award Team and Individual incentive prizes for the top team with the highest percentage of weight loss average and the team that logs the highest number of physical activity minutes/ hours average. Teams must have between 5 to 10 people to be able to win the team incentive awards.

We will also award individual incentives to the top individual leader in the following categories; 1) Male and Female with the Highest percentage of weight loss 2) Male and Female with the Highest number of physical activity minutes 3) Male and Female with the most muscle gained 4) Male and Female with the most inches of fat lost. NOTE: To win most muscle gained and most inches of fat lost incentives you MUST attend the beginning and final “Know Your Numbers” sessions at Sunnybrook.

For more information or to get your questions answered RE Live Healthy Iowa contact;
Erik Nieuwenhuis at 712-293-1625 or ErikNie@msn.com or at LHI contact

Traci Kepley Live Healthy Coordinator 1-888-777-8881 ext. 111 traci@livehealthyamerica.org or

Nicole Bruce Health Initiatives Coordinator 1-888-777-8881 ext. 118 nicole@livehealthyamerica.org

Let’s Encourage and Challenge Each Other to “LIVE Healthy SunnyBrook” in 2009, and for LIFE! So that WE can be the hands and feet of Jesus across Siouxland, and to the World!!

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