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Post by jasimons on Dec 18, 2018 2:02:31 GMT
This round began November 29 and will end January 9. If you ‘d like to join us, respond on today’s thread with your board name/first name and your goal for this round. The hostess will add you to the challengers list the following day. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Challengers:
bmazzo/Beverly - to do the very best that I can every day
cathygeha/Cathy - healthy meals in moderation
cherryt38/Cherry - to concentrate on eating mindfully and healthfully
jalibmu/Jan - focus on good health guidelines
jasimons/Judy - self care - examples: noting the positive, mindful eating meals
pamthomas46/Pam - continue to strive for blue days
Hostess Schedule:
November 29 - December 5 Pam
December 6 - December 12 Cathy
December 13 - December 19 Judy
December 20 - December 26 Jan
December 27 - January 2 Cherry
January 3 - January 9 Beverly
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Post by jasimons on Dec 18, 2018 2:08:17 GMT
A few days ago, there was an article in the local newspaper that the city was considering the possiblity of an area-wide health initiative - the Blue Zones Project www.bluezonesproject.com/ Has your community ever sponsored/promoted an area-wide wellness project? If so, could you tell us about it? If not, do you think it's something that could make a difference? |
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Post by Holly Gail on Dec 18, 2018 6:16:51 GMT
The County Department of Health has a sub-division whose name I don't remember but it's focused on seniors. This department sponsors fitness classes for those over 60. I've been going to one such fitness class since April of 2015 (it started in the location I attend in February of 2015). That's the closest I can come to today's topic.
And please, everyone, forgive me for my absence. Life has been busier than I anticipated... and it doesn't look like it's going to calm down very much any time soon... Who said retirement was going to be chock-full of relaxation? Whew!
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Post by cathygeha on Dec 18, 2018 7:54:25 GMT
I may have heard of community health programs...LONG ago and far away. Nothing local. Am going to peruse the webpage you linked us to.
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Post by jasimons on Dec 18, 2018 10:47:13 GMT
If I recall, in the past, there have been weight watchers meetings that focused on the idea that the people around you can impact how you act - what you eat, exercise and so on (makes sense - I've always been glad that my husband is agreeable and glad to eat healthful meals, it makes it easy for me to stay on track). So...if a community could promote and make it easy to choose the better options, it would seem that the "right" things would start to seem normal.
Some things mentioned in the article were that the area has many good things (trails and walking paths), but could use improvement in others (more diverse menu options - such as vegetarian - in restaurants. Of course, as with all projects, it comes with costs and the question of if the money would be well spent and if it would do any good in the end.
I do recall, probably about 10 years ago, there was a project in my community that focused on heart heath - it did include some education and such which involved the school meal programs and physical education departments.
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Post by cherryt38 on Dec 18, 2018 14:01:16 GMT
I think it sounds interesting and it would be good if more communities did something like that. I'm not aware of the town in my area doing anything like that, but it does have some good walking/biking trails and a large area recreation center with an Olympic sized pool, exercise equipment, game courts, walking track and many other amenities.
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Post by bmazzo on Dec 18, 2018 14:14:01 GMT
I'm not aware of any community health programs around here, but the local town did just open a new park, only to be used by walkers, joggers & bicycles. It is really a cute place, I haven't been there yet, but it looks nice in passing.
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Post by jan on Dec 18, 2018 19:20:02 GMT
The area that I live in has an amazing amount of trails for walking, hiking and biking. It seems like they are opening new ones all the time. During the summer, the city sponsors a "bike to work" event, but they offer you coffee and donuts along routes, so may be defeating the healthy thought behind that.
There is probably a 5K run here every weekend. So no real excuse not to be healthier.
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Post by pamthomas46 on Dec 18, 2018 20:21:05 GMT
No community wide programs for improving health. I’m impressed that our WW group does encourage wellness and shares programs for fitness.
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