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Welcome
to the official site of
Shape Up Montana
a team wellness program designed to get Montana to "Shape
Up". This program takes health care by the horns by getting people
involved in their wellness. Shape Up
Montana
works because of the team format; making fitness fun and creating
accountability. Since 1990 Montana has steadily increased in obesity
among adults and children. In 1990 Montana's adult population was
less than 10% obese, in 1999 we were at 14.7%, in 2008 we hit
23.9%.The Big
Sky State Games understands that these are trends we need to
change. That's why we are encouraging all Montanans' to embrace the
Shape Up Montana program.
Shape Up Montana
is a fun, interactive three-month team competition from
February 1 - May 1 that encourages Montanans to
develop healthy physical activity and eating habits. The teams are
made up of a minimum of four and a maximum of ten people. We will
recognize achievement in two separate categories:
Weight Loss due to healthy, appropriate eating and physical
activity and Accumulated Activity
based on logging miles using the
New Miles
Calculator (located on your
personal
dashboard) or
conversion chart.
The 2010 Accumulated
Activity category is divided
into 5 groups: Beginner,
Intermediate, Experienced, Professional
&
Family
Teams. Each
week the Shape Up Montana support team will send team members
activity articles,
nutrition information, and yummy
healthy recipes to help
keep your team motivated. In addition, weekly activity/nutrition
challenges will be posted to earn bonus miles. A
resource page is also available for other
valuable health and fitness information.
Register
Now...>>>
New! Wellness and Miles Calculators
Excusive for SUM Members
located on your Personal Dashboard
Calculate your:
BMI..read
more on BMI
Healthy Body Weight
Energy Requirements..read
more ER
Target Heart Rate..read
more THR
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This handy calculator has hundreds
of activities to choose from and calculates those into
miles! In addition to your miles it also calculates
approximately how many calories you used. |
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SUMMING UP SUM 2009!
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“Becoming more healthy and active has brought a
new life to my marriage and our family. I use to
be the mom that just sat and watched people play
frisbee or fly kites or run in the park with
their kids and I drove by the
person walking their
dog in the evening... Now, I AM that person
playing with my son and walking my dog!
I am loving it!!!”
Shape Up
Participant ~ 2009
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"Our employees truly
enjoy this program and the team building
they are able to do with it. The best
comment I hear is
'I love that we get to do
this (program) as a team and compete with
other teams.'
Shape Up is the only program we offer that
has a team-oriented focus. We have
seen a steady increase in the participation
levels over the past three years since we
starting offering it and know our employees
look forward to it each year”
Shape Up Participant ~ 2009
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The Shape
Up Program is a great way to jump into
spring activity. The articles and exercises
are helpful and informative, while adding
variety to my exercise and diet choices.
Shape Up Participant ~ 2009
“The support from Shape up Montana
was wonderful and made my role as a
"team leader" very easy.”
Shape Up Participant ~ 2009
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Contact us
Big Sky State Games/SUM
Box 7136
Billings, MT 59103
406-254-7426
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