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| Volume 4 | Issue 37 | September 16, 2015 |
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Get out and enjoy the crisp fall air! Take part in Walktober, coming in October, by walking for 30 minutes or 10,000 steps a day or joining a walking group.
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Be sure to track your steps at BonSecoursWellness.com under the pedometer log in for a chance to win our prize drawing --- a $500 donation made on your behalf to an eligible local charity. Remember, you can log seven days at a time on BonSecoursWellness.com, and if you're on the Bon Secours Medical Plan you will be well on your way to earning your $300 Healthy Habits Incentive by logging your steps for Walktober!
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Take part in a local charitable walk to up your steps. For a listing of upcoming local charitable walks, click here for Richmond or click here for Hampton Roads.
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| | Betty Wesley, lead agent, Medical Call Center Telecom, at Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center |
Earning $900 in Wellness Incentives
is Easier Than You Think
One 30-minute walk a day. Two Daily Challenges a week. One health screening. One 20-minute wellness profile completed online. That's all it takes to earn three Wellness Incentives worth $900.
More than three quarters of Bon Secours employees covered by a BSHSI Medical Plan completed at least one Wellness Incentive last year. You can, too, in the new Plan Year that runs Sept. 1, 2015-Aug. 31, 2016.
Betty Wesley is one of those employees. Wesley, lead agent, Medical Call Center Telecom, at Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, says, "This is not about appearance or trying to impress people, but it's about how I feel every day. I feel better." Now 68, Wesley has lost more than 50 pounds and has seen significant improvement in her blood pressure since becoming part of Bon Secours' Wellness program.
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Ready to Begin Your 2016 Incentives?
Here's a quick list of the options you can choose:
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| Personal Health Assessment (PHA) (complete both to earn $300) |  | After April 1, 2016, complete the online wellness profile. | | After April 1, 2016, complete the in-person health screening. | | Healthy Habits (complete one to earn $300) | | Walk 500,000 steps between Sept. 1, 2015, and Aug. 31, 2016, and log them on BonSecoursWellness.com. | | Complete a smoking cessation program between Sept. 1, 2015, and Aug. 31, 2016. | | Complete 75 daily challenges at BonSecoursWellness.com. | | Complete a designated number of phone or online sessions in the Aetna ActiveHealth Chronic Disease Management Program. | | Healthy Weight (complete one to earn $300) | | Maintain a body mass index (BMI) of 27.50 or less.* | | Complete at least 15 minutes of exercise on 10 different days for three months and log them in at BonSecoursWellness.com. | | Achieve a 10 percent weight loss or a BMI at or below 27.50.* | | Complete Healthy Weight phone coaching. | | *To be verified during your 2016 PHA screening. |
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 'She Leads By Example'
Elizabeth "Diane" Carl energizes her department through her own wellness journey.
"Since we started the online wellness at Mary Immaculate, I've been the one everyone goes to for website training," she said. "A few years back I had ulcers and had to learn how to take care of myself again. It was an eye-opening experience."
Carl is the wellness committee chair in Central Sterile Processing, and it just seems natural to  share the daily challenge with about 20 colleagues split between two shifts.
"We read the challenge together and apply it to life that day or in the future," she said. "I've been trying to eat healthy, take care of myself with the Incentives and I try to stay on top of them to get their Incentives, also."
Half of the staff did phone coaching, and Carl made sure she helped everyone with that.
"She motivates all her co-workers by telling them what they will have in the end, and by helping them get there," said Sharon Snead, who nominated Carl for a wellness award. "She leads by example."
Carl says that the sharing builds teamwork and camaraderie in the department that ranges from those in their first job to employees with 30+ years of experience.
"And we get our 10,000 steps-plus here a day because we never sit down."
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 A Note of Thanks
Mary Immaculate CEO Darlene Stephenson recently wrote a thank you to Employee Wellness. "As not only a leader at MIH, but more importantly as an employee of BSHSI, I am so thankful for the recent investments made towards wellness on the MIH campus." Read her letter here.
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Get a Taste of Good Health
 SimplyFresh is still touring Virginia on the Class-A-Roll, mobile learning kitchen, bringing employees a "taste of good health"! Mark your calendars for these upcoming Hampton Roads dates:  | DePaul Medical Center --- Sept. 30 | | Maryview Medical Center --- Oct. 14 |
Learn more here. Read about SimplyFresh at Mary Immaculate here. |
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Christina Johnson, a sports performance trainer and full-time Wellness employee, wants to hear your questions. Email Christina here.
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Question: I'm trying to start eating healthy but it seems like such a daunting task. What's a small step that can have a huge effect on my diet and on the scale?
Answer: Congratulations on taking the first step to changing your life! We often get overwhelmed when we decide to change something and wonder where we should begin. A small goal to set is to monitor your water intake.
Start by only drinking water for a day or for every ounce of anything else you consume, drink the same amount of water following it. Work your way up to 8-10 glasses a day.
This little step adds up. For example, let's say you start your day with a medium café' latte (16 oz.) from your local coffee shop (265 calories), then you have a 20 oz. bottle of cola with your lunch (227 calories), stop off at the vending machine for a late afternoon break and get a 16 oz. sweet tea from the vending machine (180 calories), and end the day with a 12 oz. glass of fruit punch with dinner (192 calories). That's 864 calories --- more than is in a Big Mac and small fries combined!
So let's choose water. Drink up.
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 Get in Shape, Refer a Friend Bon Secours In Motion Sports Performance features a referral program for new and existing clients. Refer a friend (BSHSI employee or not) to the Fitness or Sports Performance program and you and your friend will each receive $50 off your month's program cost. For information, call 757-IM-SPORT (757-467-7678). |
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Stress Free Now for Healers:
Care for Your Own Well-Being
 You give so much to others, but it's important to care for your own health and well-being. In support of your emotional well-being, your Bon Secours Employee Wellness Program, in partnership with the Cleveland Clinic, presents Stress Free Now, a free program for employees. There is no cost to employees. Registration opens Oct. 5: www.ClevelandClinicWellness.com/BonSecours. Learn more in this flier. |
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Save the Date:
Harvest Your Health Fairs
Attend a Harvest Your Health fair this fall to energize, revitalize and exercise your mind, body and spirit. In support of your well-being, Bon Secours Employee Wellness Services focuses on emotional, financial, spiritual, physical and social resources.
Check out fliers for Hampton Roads and Richmond for details and dates.
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Shed to Share: Making a
Difference One Pound at a Time
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| Nancy Sullivan, left, and Luis Quintero
with Tammy Glotz, right |
Nancy Sullivan, nurse practitioner at Mary Immaculate Hospital, and Luis Quintero, maintenance engineer at St. Francis Medical Center, are our August Weight Log Champions for Shed to Share. They logged their weight each week in the Motivation Alliance, as recommended.
These employees each won a gift certificate for a free personal training session with Bon Secours In Motion. There also will be prize drawings in September among those employees logging their weight for Shed to Share. Shed to Share participants are also eligible for a special offer from In Motion.
Keep up the good work, Shed to Share participants!
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 Again this year, Bon Secours Health System is requiring that all employees, credentialed medical staff, volunteers and others who work in one of our patient care facilities (including students over the age of 18, contractors and vendors who work for, provide services to or otherwise do business with Bon Secours Health System) receive the seasonal influenza vaccination. Specified individuals (employees, board members and credentialed medical staff) who choose not to get the flu vaccination MUST wear a surgical mask for the duration of the flu season when working at any Bon Secours patient care facility. Proof of receiving the flu vaccination must be completed and submitted to Employee Wellness by Nov. 1.  |
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 About this eNewsletter
Look for this new Bon Secours Wellness electronic newsletter on or about the third Wednesday of every month. It's packed with tips, resources and inspiring stories. Share your story ideas via Amy Cutter in Hampton Roads and Meghan Melvin in Richmond.
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