Welcome to the WellQuest Challenge! This
is the site where we will house all of the challenge updates, and where
you'll come for weekly Wellness Wisdom updates. We hope you'll use the
site frequently and enjoy it. First a few answers to some frequently asked questions!
Q: When do we get our first massage?
A: Body Wisdom is offering 20% off of massage therapy for WellQuest Challenge teams. To schedule a massage, contact Body Wisdom at 850-224-BODY and tell them you are a WellQuest team member to receive 20% off the usual fee of $70.
Q: How do we get wellness coaching?
A: To take advantage of the wellness coaching benefit of WellQuest, all
you have to do is check your email! You should have started receiving
the Daily Dose message each morning, and I'll be sending weekly Wellness
Wisdom messages that will include videos and more to motivate, educate,
and hopefully inspire you to implement holistically healthy behaviors
into your day. Leave comment on this post to let us know what topics you would like to see covered.
Q: When do we meet with our nutritional counselor/dietician?
A: We have offered nutritional guidance in past years, but we do not have a
nutritional partner this year. Ask at your gym for guidance with
nutrition choices to best meet your goals, check out MyFitnessPal for an
easy way to track meals, and attend one of the WellQuest Challenge
education events, which will be scheduled soon.
And now, your Wellness Wisdom for the week: Creating Sustainable Change
Real change requires real
change. But, sustainable change requires a little more than that! It begs for
consistent progress, not perfection, as we work towards making new habits part
of our daily lives. By traveling along a healthy path, stopping only
occasionally to detour off course, we will one day turn and realize that what
was once challenging is now easy, and what once seemed unattainable is now in
our hands.
Here are just a few to
create sustainable change one habit at a time. We're going to work on these and more over the next 90 days, so stay tuned!
Define
and then imagine success. What your mother imagines for you may not be what you
want in life. What your friend celebrates as a health goal may not be important
to you. Define what success means for you: to
lose weight? Compete in a fitness event? Live stress-free? Eat more
healthfully? Then, start visualizing yourself at that goal. When we can dream it, we begin to believe it,
and then we can achieve it.
Take
baby steps. Healthy bodies are not created overnight. They take
time, care, and sometimes a lot of patience! Doing just one thing every
day to be healthier than the day before can yield powerful results.
Focus on progress, not perfection. No
one is perfect, nor should we be expected to be. But that doesn't mean
we can't get a little closer to it every day. The goal of sustainable
wellness is making a progress towards a healthier version of ourselves,
not having "perfect" days or throwing in the towel because one meal goes
awry or a workout gets missed. No, we will be working on making
progress in a race with no finish line!
I am
really looking forward to being your wellness coach for the next 90
days, and I welcome your feedback, questions, and suggestions. What do
you want to learn about? How can I help? Leave a comment and I will
respond. I look forward to hearing from you!
Until next time, get out there and get healthy!
