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| Volume 4 | Issue 46 | November 18, 2015 |
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Don't forget to report your activity right away, so you can be accurate and hold to the Bon Secours value of integrity. Log your steps and workouts at BonSecoursWellness.com.
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Join the Great American Smokeout. Tomorrow, Nov. 19, take part in the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout by encouraging smokers to go the distance and finally give up smoking. Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.
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Fall Open Enrollment ends Friday. Don't forget to check out your Flexible Spending Account and voluntary benefits options. Begin enrollment at ezAccess/AskHR.
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Caught Being Good!
Wellness Manager Amy Cutter spotted these employees from the Depaul Medical Center Wound Center getting in their steps for good health at work. Keep up the good work Kathy Gorby, Nina Montanez, Mary Alley and Rebekah Gerhards! Enjoy your new Bon Secours socks on your next walk.
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Are You at Risk for Diabetes?
American Diabetes Month is each November and a perfect time to come together as a community to stop diabetes. Nearly 30 million Americans live with diabetes, and another 86 million Americans are prediabetic.
Research shows that you can lower your risk for type 2 diabetes by 58% by:
 | Losing 7% of your body weight (or 15 pounds if you weigh 200 pounds) | | Exercising moderately (such as brisk walking) 30 minutes a day, five days a week |
Don't worry if you can't get to your ideal body weight. Losing even 10 to 15 pounds can make a huge difference.
Learn more with this flier.
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Ride to Support Diabetes Research
 Register for the 2016 Hampton Roads Tour de Cure on April 30!
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Tour de Cure. Since the first ride in 1991, riders have helped raise more than $250 million to support the American Diabetes Association's program and life-saving resources, while moving closer to a cure for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Click here to register today to join us at this year's special celebration, and you could qualify for some great Tour de Cure swag along the way.
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Check Out Diabetes Webinar
Did you miss our diabetes webinar presented by Dr. Mack Bonner of the American Diabetes Association? Not to worry --- you can still watch it in our archives by checking out these instructions.
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Bon Secours is a Diabetes
Association Health Champion
 In October, the American Diabetes Association awarded Bon Secours Virginia its prestigious Health Champion Designation. Bon Secours is among an exclusive group of 103 organizations to represent the ADA's first class of Health Champions.
To become a Health Champion, organizations must meet healthy living criteria in three areas:
| Nutrition and weight management | | Physical activity | | Organizational well-being |
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| Wellness Manager Meghan Melvin
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| Wellness Manager
Amy Cutter (on right) accepted the award for Hampton Roads. |
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Diabetes Forecast, ADA's national magazine, will recognize Bon Secours in its January/February issue.
Learn more here.
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 Mindful Eating
Building Resiliency Through
Your Relationships with Food
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"Building Resiliency Through Your Relationships with Food," an EAP webinar
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In its simplest form, Mindful Eating is paying attention to what you put in your mouth. It is listening to the advice our mothers gave us: "Slow down. Sit at the table. Give thanks. Enjoy your meal."
 Studies have shown that when we eat while multitasking and rush through meals, we are more likely to eat in excess and stray from our meal plans. However, research participants who practiced mindful eating ate less, made better food choices and reported higher satisfaction levels with their meals.
What's so Great about
Mindful Eating?
 Hear from EAP Counselor Claudia Ryan and Employee Wellness Analyst and SimplyFresh Liaison Ira Korshin about what it means to eat mindfully. And learn how our SimplyFresh program supports this approach.
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Sign Up for Healthy Weight
Coaching by Dec. 31
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| Cynthia Smith, right, met her inHealth
coach Bridget Walsh, at the Harvest Your Health Fair. |
As a Bon Secours employee, you can receive free wellness coaching by phone --- at your convenience. Your inHEALTH coach will give you targeted weight loss advice and help you set goals. And because the coaching is offered through an outside vendor, you can be assured that your sessions are completely confidential.
Sign up before Jan. 1, 2016, to have adequate time to complete your coaching by the 2016 Wellness Incentive deadline of Aug. 31, 2016. Phone coaching enrollment is available at any time, but you need up to six months to complete the calls to earn your $300 Healthy Weight Incentive (for those on the Bon Secours Medical Plan).
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Get started with Healthy Weight Coaching
by calling 888-494-9355.
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Keep Track for Maintain, Don't Gain
If you signed up for Maintain, Don't Gain, you've just begun to enjoy the resources emailed to you for the next eight weeks. One of the lessons is on tracking your food each day. Whether or not you're doing this challenge, you can log your food on BonSecoursWellness.com. Just writing down what goes into your mouth can have a significant impact on your choices.
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Did You Know?
Those who write down their food choices six days a week lose twice as much weight as those who only do so once a week or not at all.
--- 2008 study, American Journal
of Preventive Medicine
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Jake Broaddus, CSCS, is the Wellness Coach Coordinator for Bon Secours Virginia Health System. Email your questions to Jake.
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Question: What exercise would you recommend to strengthen my core?
Answer: Planks are one of my favorite exercises for core strengthening. Learn more in this article.
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St. Francis Celebrates 10 Years
More than 115 runners and walkers participated in Bon Secours Virginia's St. Francis 5K Fun Fest on Saturday, Nov. 7. Despite the rain, participants enjoyed entertainment and festivities as Bon Secours and St. Francis Medical Center celebrated 10 years of serving the community.
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Thank You, Shed to Share Participants
This summer Bon Secours employees across Virginia took part in the Shed to Share Challenge. During the 14 weeks, employees recorded more than 766 pounds lost.
This weight loss benefitted more than just the employees. For each pound lost, Employee Wellness made a monetary donation to Catholic Charities of Virginia. Due to the hard work and determination of employees, the local Catholic Charities chapters in Hampton Roads and Richmond can expect a $6,047 donation.
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"We were so excited that Bon Secours' employees chose to support Catholic Charities! The money raised for our organization makes a huge impact
--- your donation could provide the equivalent of a month's worth of diapers for 50 families, or pay the utility bills for 10 families in need, or even enable us to care for one developmentally disabled adult for an entire year! Many, many thanks to all those who sacrificed to support our work. We truly appreciate your commitment!"
--- Tracy Fick, director of development and
marketing of Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia
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What's in Your Mailbox?
 Check your home mailbox in coming weeks for a special gift from Bon Secours Virginia Human Resources. (HINT: Keep an eye out for this envelope.)
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 About this eNewsletter
Look for this 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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