Registration has begun for a 100 day Wellness Challenge

Registration has begun for the "Live Healthy Iowa 100-Day Wellness Challenge," which will be conducted in Winneshiek County and throughout the state of Iowa from January 20th through April 29th.

One of the 100-Day Challenge local organizers is Winneshiek Medical Center Chief Administrative Officer Dan Werner: "Our goal as a community is to move from wellness initiatives  -- such as the 100-Day Challenge – to an overall cultural change."

Over the course of 100 days, teams ranging in size from 2-10 people compete in friendly competition tracking activity minutes and/or weight loss through the Live Healthy Iowa website.

For $20, each participant receives a training T-shirt; a one-year magazine subscription; weekly motivational e-mail tips and recipes; personal tracking page with daily journal; unlimited access to recipes, workouts and health information; and a chance to win prizes ranging from gift cards, bikes or a Caribbean cruise for two.

More information and online registration is available at www.livehealthyiowa.org.  Those wanting to learn more may contact Winneshiek County Convention & Visitors Bureau Director Brenda Balk at 382.2023, brenda@visitdecorah.com or Winneshiek County Development Director Randy Uhl at 382.6061, wcdi@alpinecom.net

Other local organizers of the 100-Day Wellness Challenger include WMC's Werner; Luther College Wellness Coordinator Greg Lonning; Decorah City Administrator Jerry Freund; Julie Huiskamp and Liang Chee Wee of Northeast Iowa Community College; Rick Varney, principal at John Cline and West Side elementary schools; Harlan Satrom of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; and Llew Jenkins of Midwest Group Benefits, Inc.