Q3 Well-being Focus: Maintenance
To gain, you need to maintain. That’s the idea behind our third quarter well-being spotlight: maintaining healthy habits. “Maintenance” follows the preparation and action themes we’ve focused on previously, and encourages people to maintain a new habit for at least six months with plans to continue it forward.
Maintaining healthy habits is all about finding new ways to incorporate exercise and nutrition into your routine so that habits stay engaging and interesting. This is especially important in light of the coronavirus-related challenges affecting our way of life today.
The following resources can help educate and encourage plan participants to form healthy habits and stay the course.
Infographics
Print and hang up, post to your cooperative’s intranet or feature on monitors in your breakroom:
- 5 Healthy Habits to Live (Longer) By – Follow core healthy habits and live longer, a recent study shows.
- Exercise Does a Body, and a Mind, Good – Getting physically fit can boost your mental well-being.
- Get Muscle Fit at Home – Tone and build your muscles at home with basic exercises, traditional weights optional.
NRECA Programs and Benefits
- MyHealth Coaches®: Weight and condition management, as well as questions regarding nutrition, medication and even the coronavirus.
- MyHealth Manager: MyHealth Assistant can help participants self-motivate toward a variety of health goals.
- Life Strategy Counseling: Offers professional counseling and on-demand content to support participants with issues like grief, addiction, relationship problems and more.
- Personal Investment & Retirement Consulting (PIRC): Available for guidance in maintaining financial fitness to participants in the NRECA-sponsored 401(k) Pension Plan and/or Retirement Security Plan.
- Rewards for Life® program: If your co-op participates in this program, employees can earn points and rewards for completing preventive exams, challenges and more. Coming in August, the Five to Thrive challenge encourages participants to eat five daily servings of fruits and vegetables. If your co-op would like to enroll in the Rewards for Life program, do so by Friday, July 10, to be eligible to participate in Five to Thrive.
Additionally, participants will receive information and resources on health maintenance in the third quarter issue of NRECA’s Energize newsletter delivered in September.
If you have questions about any of NRECA’s well-being offerings, email the well-being team at wellbeingprogram@nreca.coop.