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IF YOU HAVE BEEN ITCHING FOR ANOTHER GO MYWAY CHALLENGE, YOU ARE IN LUCK. NEW CHALLENGES TO HELP YOU START 2017 ON A HEALTHY NOTE ARE ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY. LIKE MANY PEOPLE, you may have resolved to eat healthier and lose weight in the new year. Don't let the stress of everyday life derail your good intentions. A new 30-day GO myWAY challenge provides both structure and tools to help you stick with your resolution. Best of all, you only have to compete against yourself. "This weight-loss challenge is based on your personal goals," says Michele Paquette, Marketing Specialist and GO myWAY Coordinator at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital. "It's not a competition with others to see who can lose the most weight. You simply decide what you want to achieve and then use the GO myWAY tracker to monitor your progress. Participants who meet their goals will receive one of our popular GO myWAY goodies." YOUR TIME IS NOW You can find a variety of tools on the GO myWAY website to help make this your most successful challenge yet, including diet-specific meal plans and logs to track your steps and water intake. Workshops can help you adopt or refine healthy habits, such as reading nutrition labels. Need daily reminders to take time for your health despite a busy schedule? You can sign up to receive alerts and health tips from GO myWAY. "Our community health needs assessment identified obesity as one of the top health problems in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties," Paquette says. "Excess weight is linked to diabetes, heart disease, and chronic pain, among other major health issues. There are so many reasons why now is a good time to move your life in a healthier direction. GO myWAY is a local resource managed by health experts in our community that can help you do just that." Here's the Plan Need help jump-starting your efforts to eat healthy for the new GO myWAY challenge? Look no further than GO myWAY itself. The health tool features a wide variety of tasty and nutritious meal plans created by registered dietitians. Whether you're looking for a plan that is heart healthy, vegan or vegetarian, low lactose, or diabetes- or metabolic syndrome- friendly, you'll find something that fits your needs at GO myWAY. To get started, visit gochippewavalley.com and log into your account or create a new one. Once you're logged in, hover over the "Nutrition" tab and select "Choose Meal Plan." FACE THE CHALLENGE Two new challenges are coming soon: one will focus on preventing weight gain over the holidays and the other will promote healthy weight loss for the New Year. Become a member TODAY and get alerts to the next challenge start date. Log on to www.gochippewavalley.com and click "sign up for GO myWAY." 1 2 I N S P I R I N G H E A LT H