Healthy for Life: T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program

Missouri S&T Classes

Eat for Life

Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management.  This ten week program uses mind-body practices (meditations and yoga), the principles of mindful and intuitive eating, skills training, and group support to guide you in making lifestyle changes that will help you create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body. 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. 

Summer 2013:

•  Online Orientation: May 31
•  Online Class: June 7-Aug. 9 
•  Cost: $50 for faculty, staff and family members ($25 refunded with full participation); $180 for community members
•  Watch informational videos and email csdk89@mail.missouri.edu  to enroll.

Fall 2013:

•  Online Orientation: Sept. 27
•  Online Class: Oct. 4-Dec. 6 
•  Cost: $50 for faculty, staff and family members ($25 refunded with full participation); $180 for community members
•  Watch informational videos and email RossyL@umsystem.edu  to enroll.

Meditation

• Wednesdays, 12:15-12:45 p.m., Havener Center, Shamrock Room
  Stress-reduction meditation is offered on a drop-in basis with no pre-registration needed. Generally participants will meet for 30 minutes and be led through stress-reducing breathing techniques. No experience is needed and the class is free.

Million Step Pedometer Program

This is a non-stop program to address physical activity. Sign up any time and receive a pedometer and log book for $15. Walk 1 million steps and receive your money back, certificate and T-shirt. Prizes are given for every million steps. To enroll, e-mail wellness@umsystem.edu.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Helping employees manage stress effectively is a key goal of Healthy for Life, the Thomas E. Atkins Wellness Program. The wellness program offers eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction classes at minimal cost to benefit-eligible employees looking to manage today's busy lifestyles in a healthy way. This 8–week class teaching meditation, yoga and other mind-body techniques for managing stress. There is a $40 registration fee (faculty/staff/family members), $20 rebate for full participation. 

Winter 2014

• Orientation:  TBA
• Classes:  TBA
• Contact: Maureen Hall at Maureenhal@gmail.com 

Physical Activity

• S&T Fitness Center is equipped with a wide array of top level cardio machines (many with touch screens and TV); free weights including dumbbells, Olympic weight bars/plates and racks; weight machines; and a core area with exercise balls and medicine balls.  The facility is air conditioned. If you would like more information, call (573) 341-4106.
• The Centre offers classes in aquatics, group workouts and sports leagues. If you would like more information or an up-to-date listing of classes and membership fees, call (573) 341-2386.
• The Zone offers Cheap Skate sessions on Tuesdays from 6-8 p.m. Fun, family environment with roller skating, play area, arcade and snack bar. There is a $4 fee which includes quad skate rental. For more information, call (573) 341-5700.

Ride to Wellness Odometer Program

This is a program to address physical activity. Sign up any time and receive an odometer and log book for $20. Ride 500 miles and receive your money back, certificate and T-shirt. Prizes are given out for every 500 miles. To enroll, mail a $20 check to Healthy for Life at 205 Heinkel Building, Columbia, MO 65211. We will mail your items through Campus Mail. Once you reach each 500 miles, mail or e-mail copies of your booklet to Healthy for Life.

Support Groups

Phelps County Regional Medical Center offers a variety of support groups throughout the year—Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Cancer, and many more. If you have questions about any of the groups, please call PRMRC at (573) 458-7695.

Tobacco Cessation

• Phelps County Regional Medical Center offers a FREE tobacco cessation class held every Tuesday starting October 5 until November 16 from 4:30-5:30pm. There are seven classes per session to address nicotine cravings and triggers, modify behavior patterns, set realistic goals for tobacco cessation and provide information on nutrition needs. Click here for more information or contact Karen Mertz at (573) 458-7691 or at kmertz@pcrmc.com. 

Weight Watchers

• Castleman Hall, Room 138
  Fridays, noon to 1 p.m.
  This course addresses nutrition, physical activity and peer support. The discounted enrollment fee is $39.95 per month if you use the portal. If you choose not to enroll via the portal, the cost is $42.95 per month.  To access the portal, visit https://wellness.weightwatchers.com and use ID 46814 and passcode WW446814.

• Online Program
  www.weightwatchers.com, Join anytime
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              If you are a Coventry member, you are eligible for a discounted rate to enroll in Weight Watchers online. Get registration details now. For $55, you can access recipes, tracking tools and chat boards for three months. That’s less than $5 per week! 

Wellness Ambassadors

This is an ongoing program that allows you to enroll anytime. Wellness Ambassadors are those people who are eager to help spread the wellness word to their colleagues, friends and family. They spend 5 minutes a week to forward an e-mail, mention an event or program during a staff meeting, encourage healthy behaviors, etc. Some Ambassadors spend more time promoting wellness by staffing a booth during a health fair, leading a class or coming up with great ideas for new programs. If this sounds like something you are interested in, please contact Wellness.

Workshops

Taking care of ourselves during the workday helps us be more productive and have more energy for our work and our lives beyond work.  Participants learn how to balance being engaged with taking time for quick recovery techniques throughout the day in order to meet the challenges of a busy workplace.  Design your own plan for improvement and find ways of structuring your workplace to create a culture of health and wellness.   Understand and overcome the barriers to greater personal and professional success. Contact Lynn Rossy, Ph.D., Health Psychologist for Healthy for Life, for more details and to schedule a workshop for your area.