Help your employees and your family Shape Up

You! All Montana Chamber Choices customers and their employees are invited to participate in Shape Up Montana. Employees and their teams can sign up at the reduced cost of $10 per person.

We suggest participants pay their own fees as research shows it increases their commitment to follow through.

We further suggest employers reward those participants who finish by refunding at least half of their participation fee.

Shape Up Montana is a workplace based, team approach that offers either physical activity or weight loss program designed to assist employees and their families improve their health. It’s fun and creates accountability, much like The Biggest Loser.

February 1 through May 1 Registration begins December 15 and ends January 24.

Worksite wellness boosts productivity, morale and improves retention. Shape Up Montana encourages participants to develop healthy physical activity and eating habits. For example, if a person who weighs 250 pounds loses 25 lbs. or 10% of their total body weight, it can have a meaningful positive effect on their health and life.

Walking is an easy activity to do while at work. Walking is free, requires no specialized equipment, and almost everyone can participate. The potential health benefits of walking 30 minutes, five days a week include:

Reduced stress and alleviation of depression

Reduced risks for heart disease, diabetes, cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis

Increased energy throughout the day

Deeper and more satisfying sleep

Stronger, toned muscles as well as healthier bones and joints

Each week, Shape Up Montana will send team members activity articles and great tasting, easy, healthy, economical, recipes to help keep your team motivated. Participants can earn bonus miles though weekly activity/nutrition challenges.

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Get Ready for Shape Up Montana 2011!

1. Gather a team of 4 - 10 members from co-workers, family and friends.

2. Choose a workplace based team captain.

3. Choose a team name. Make sure to add MCC in front of the name to receive the Montana Chamber Choices discount.

4. Choose a category: activity or weight loss.

A. Activity levels include:

Beginner. The majority of team members have less than 3 years of exercise experience.

Intermediate. The majority of team members have more than 3 years of exercise experience and routinely work out to stay fit.

Experienced. The majority of members are physically fit and participate in competitive athletic events such as road races, cycling, swimming, basketball and triathlons.

Professional. At least one team member is an instructor of any type of fitness activity such as aerobics, Pilates, dance or strength training.

Family. All team members are from the same family. Family members from outside Montana may participate.

B. Weight Loss:

Participants submit a beginning weight anytime from January 25 to February 5 at www.shapeupmontana.org by logging on to their team page with their username and password.

Team captains may submit team member weights.Note: individual weights will not appear on the website.

5. Team Captains register their team online at www.shapeupmontana.org/shapeupcc11.html.

6. Get started and enjoy the benefits.

For an employee flyer, an electronic version or more information, please call Chelsea Culpon, Montana Chamber Choices at 406-442-2405 ext. 107 or email her at chelsea@montanachamber.com with questions.

Get Ready for Shape Up Montana 2011!It’s Easy!