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Welcome!
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SNA’s STEPS Challenge: A Simple Approach to Health & Wellness
Today’s Moderators
Paula Zdanowicz, MPH Senior Program Manager
School Nutrition Foundation
Karen Mahlow Assistant Product Manager
Jennie-O Turkey Store
Today’s Topics
Gain an understanding of how the STEPS Challenge works and how to participate
Hear inspiring success stories from SNA members that are involved with STEPS
Gain valuable tips and information about health and wellness
Today’s Panelists
Sandra Ford, SNS SNA President
Director of Nutrition Manatee County School District
Florida
Emily Mannel Marketing Specialist
School Nutrition Association Maryland
Margaret Hawkins, MS Former Manager
of Health Promotion AARP
Washington, DC
Today’s Panelists
Shannon Solomon Supervisor
Aurora Public Schools Colorado
Brent Craig, SNS Director of Nutrition
Services Douglas County Schools
Colorado
Donna Roy, SNS Director of Nutrition
Services Pembroke School District
New Hampshire
Sandra Ford, SNS SNA President
Director of Nutrition Manatee County School District
Florida
Today’s Panelists
Why is a wellness program important for SNA members?
• Personal wellness is part of SNA’s Strategic Plan!
• SN professionals are so busy taking care of our students’ health – it’s difficult to make time for yourself
• Feel healthier, happier and energized – both at work and at home
• What STEPS means to me
• Goal setting and staying accountable
• Let’s make a commitment together
Today’s Panelists
Emily Mannel Marketing Specialist
School Nutrition Association
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• Why a Wellness Program?
• How it Works
• Member Resources
• Monthly Challenges
• Success Stories
• STEPS at SNA Meetings
• Year two
STEPS Overview
Program Overview
• The STEPS Challenge is a health and wellness program, created just for school nutrition professionals.
• Sponsored by Jennie-O, it provides SNA members with resources and tips to live healthier.
STEPS Overview
Why a Wellness Program?
• Health and Wellness are a cornerstone of SNA’s Mission and Values!
Why a Wellness Program?
• With the release of the new meal pattern, it’s never been more critical to set a healthy example for the students you serve.
Why a Wellness Program?
• Program benefits:
• Access valuable health resources to help you eat better, get more active, and improve your wellness
• It’s easy (and free) to get started regardless of your budget or current fitness level
• Earn prizes like giftcards, cookbooks, fitness DVDs, and spa certificates
How it works
• Sign up online
How it works
• Explore the tools online at www.schoolnutrition.org/steps
• Access recipes, workouts, tips, toolkit, simple solutions, motivation
Member Resources
One you’ve signed up for the challenge, you can access online
tools like: • Healthy, simple recipes
• Fitness tips and ideas
• Toolkit
• Links to valuable information from the American Heart Association and MyPlate.gov
How it works
Get advice
• Submit your health questions, and browse the advice about diet, stress, wellness, and exercise
Member Resources
• The Toolkit contains 15+ pages of health and wellness resources, including healthy recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Monthly Challenges
Monthly Challenges
• Each month, you can participate in a health or fitness-related challenge.
• To participate, download and print your tracking
sheet, record your healthy choices on their sheet, and submit it to SNA for a chance to win a special healthy prize.
• Year one challenges begin in September 2012 and
continue through May 2013
Monthly Challenges
• Add up your points at the end of the month
• Did you earn 50+? You’re eligible to receive a prize!
• Email ([email protected]) or fax the form to SNA
Healthy Prizes
Healthy Prizes
Success Stories
• How has the STEPS Challenge improved your health?
• We want to hear about it! No weight loss required.
• Participants can submit success stories online at schoolnutrition.org/steps
STEPS at SNA Meetings
Year Two Preview
• STEPS at ANC 2014
• Online points/tracking
• Competitions between states
• New Grand Prize!
Today’s Panelists
Margaret Hawkins, MS Former Manager
of Health Promotion AARP
Washington, DC
Health and Wellness Tips
Margaret Hawkins, MS
#1 Be Active
The benefits: • help you keep your weight down • reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke • strengthen your bones and muscles • give you more energy • improve your mood • keep your mind sharp • and help you stay healthy longer
Always consult a qualified medical professional before beginning any nutritional program or exercise program. Any content or information provided by the STEPS Challenge is for informational and educational purposes only and any use thereof is solely at your own risk.
How much is enough? Recommendation: 150 minutes of moderate activity /week
Be Active
Make it fun!
Be Active
#2 Watch your diet – Eat well
Instead of Choose White bread Whole wheat bread Whole milk or 2% 1% or skim milk Regular pasta Whole wheat pasta Meat Fish White rice Brown rice French fries Baked potato
Watch your diet – Eat well
BMIs for: • Normal weight less than 25 • Overweight 25-29 • Obese 30-39 • Morbidly Obese greater than 40 • www.cdc.gov put BMI in search box
#3 Manage your weight
#4 Be tobacco free
Don’t smoke • For tips on how to quit, go to http://www.smokefree.gov. • To talk to someone about how to quit, call the National
Quitline: 1-800-QUITNOW (784-8669).
Serving sizes: • one 12-ounce bottle of beer or wine cooler, •one 5-ounce glass of wine, •or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits.
#5 Monitor alcohol use
Know your numbers: Blood pressure Cholesterol Diabetes (if your blood pressure is higher than 135/80) Get tested for: Colorectal cancer (age 50+) Cervical cancer (every 1-3 years if age 21-65) Breast cancer (talk to your doc) Osteoporosis (at 65) Get your: Annual flu shot Pneumonia shot (at 65)
#6 Get your health screens and shots
www.ahrq.org
#7 Manage stress
1. List the top 5 things that cause you
stress 2. Think about how the things on your
list affect you 3. Take control of what you can change 4. Don’t commit yourself to things you
can’t or don’t want to do 5. Set limits
Stress Management
#8 Get enough sleep
#9 Know your family history
Ask questions: Do you have any chronic diseases? How old were you when it/they developed? How old were your deceased relatives when they died? What caused their deaths?
Know your family history
#10 Be connected to family and friends
Everyday: Move more Choose good food Watch portions 7 hours of sleep Don’t smoke Keep stress at bay Find a buddy At intervals: Health screens Build the family health history
Putting it all together
Today’s Panelists
Shannon Solomon Supervisor
Aurora Public Schools Colorado
Testimony, advice, motivation, and the role of STEPS in my daily journey.
Shannon Solomon
My Wellness Journey
MOTIVATIONS
• Family
• Friends
• Influence
• Education
• Health
• Sustainable gratification
• Spiritual: being the best me I can be.
• CHOICE
CHALLENGES
• Addiction
• Time
• Planning
• Immediate gratification
• Guilt
• Education of diet and nutrition.
TIPS
• Understand you are just as important as anyone else in your life.
• Be your own friend and encourage yourself the same way you would encourage your best friend.
• Take time to reflect, Journal.
• Plan your meals whenever you can (Sundays for the week)
• Schedule your workouts and journal time as if they were a mandatory meeting in your calendar.
• Read Labels
• Use an APP like fitness Pal
• Use tools like STEPS program to educate yourself in brief relevant materials about health to your daily journey.
• Be accountable to someone beside yourself, that you trust and who is your biggest fan.
• Try new recipes
• Reward yourself (not with food) shopping travel, movie, music, art, sports, theater, whatever it is that you truly enjoy.
• Set goals, both short term, and long term.
Best Practices
ADVICE • Start each day new
• Forgive yourself
• Reflect in your journal: learn and grow
• Read and educate yourself in health and nutrition and all the GOOD stuff that comes with HEALTH!
• Read cookbooks and try new things
• Realize you matter and take time for you!!!(just like the airline attendants say put your oxygen mask on first)
• Be HONEST, and do not ever give up!!!!!
• Set healthy boundaries
• Set your mindset around “it is me time and it is not a chore to plan, exercise, or educate myself” it is special time that I am investing in me and it is exciting verses a chore.
When I feel Challenged I….
• Focus on my successes • Forgive myself • Never give up • PRAY • Read or listen to a motivation message • Understand that missed the mark in that choice
and try to understand myself honestly and evaluate why I made that choice.
• Move on and forget about it and start each day and choice a new!!!!
STEPS CHALLENGE • Brings awareness and education surrounding HEALTH
• Fun, interesting and relevant for our busy lives and schedules
• Not to difficult but still effectively challenging and engaging
• Starts each monthly challenge new even if you missed the previous months challenge
• Recipes that are delicious and cost effective
• Brings an accountability and is a conversation piece around your job and fellow co workers
• It is motivating and structured to encourage me to make healthy choices for myself
Today’s Panelists
Brent Craig, SNS Director of Nutrition Services
Douglas County Schools Colorado
Weight loss to save my life
Brent Craig
Family Trip to New York
Niagara Falls
Doctors Report
• High Blood pressure
• Type II diabetes
• Sleep Apnea
• Inability to exercise
• Lifetime of unsuccessful weight loss
• Inability to exercise for sustained periods of time
• Family history of heart problems
Decision to have Gastric Bypass
• Ultimatum from Doctor. Not if….When
• Insurance issues
• Hard experience of surgery
• Feeling like I was starving to death
• Success of weight melting off and getting energy back
• Exercise became something I looked forward to
• Psychological battle of eating
• Healthy eating, goals
• Constant struggle
Results now
• Still obese just over the line
• Heart rate is 67 average
• Type II diabetes went away
• Activity daily is constant
Today’s Panelists
Donna Roy, SNS Director of Nutrition Services
Pembroke School District New Hampshire
Donna Roy, SNS
Currently serving on the SNA
National Membership Committee
SNA’s Northeast Region Nominating Representative
Pembroke School District
New Hampshire
That’s me!
August 1966
“To SNA’s Biggest Loser”
A body in rest tends to stay at rest, and a body in motion tends to stay in motion,
unless the body is compelled to change its state
Before and After
Denise High School Manager 30 pound weight loss!
Robin – eight kids ranging from ages 10-22, works two jobs, has maintained her weight loss of over 50
pounds for the past 6 years!
http://www.startwalkingnow.org/
It doesn’t matter how you finish, it just matters that you did
finish.
STEPS Success Stories Burke Elementary School Staff Team Up
for STEPS Success
Burke Elementary STEPS team (left to right): Kim Harris, Sagufa Khan, Cindy Brown, Joyce O'Guin
• We four ladies at Burke have been doing the STEPS Challenge since day one. As we are four middle-aged ladies, health and fitness are very important to us. These challenges come at a time for us when we realize our bodies need a little help; not temporary help, but a real lifestyle change so we may enter the next phase of our lives healthy and fit.
• We participate in the STEPS Challenge as a team. It motivates us when we know we’re accountable to one another. We especially liked the challenge where you get points for resting.
• We’re looking forward to the next STEPS Challenge!
-Burke Elementary STEPS team Hickman Mills C-1 School District
“Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone”
Register at: www.schoolnutrition.org/steps
Thank You
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