Wellness Dietitian

The corporate world is fast discovering the positive benefits of creating a fitness program for employees. Billions of dollars are lost to employee absenteeism and low productivity. A successful program has several benefits to the employee as well as the employer and reaches far beyond simple weight loss.
Before you start putting together a fitness program for employees take into consideration the age and the fitness levels of your staff. Make sure that your program is accessible to all employees.
* Begin by building a fitness team of motivated and interested employees. The fitness team should be responsible for coordinating group activities.
* Promote the importance of physical fitness among the employees. Put together fitness seminars once a week. Choose a topic that relates to fitness and healthy living and either bring an expert in to discuss or have the one employee choose a topic and report to the group.
* Create a challenge calendar where employees can read about upcoming activities and can record fitness activities. This will establish goals and a healthy about of competition with in the group.
* Put together at least three fitness activities per week (20-30 minutes of group walking during lunch, yoga classes in the office, team competitions)
* Put some incentives in place for the staff (reimburse a portion of a gym membership, allow for flexible hours at work to allow for fitness activities)
* Educate the staff on healthy weight loss diets. One of the best programs for this is the Strip That Fat Program The Program does an excellent job of showing how losing weight can be fun. It teaches exercises that increase lean muscle, therefore speeding up metabolism. One of the best features is that it allows employees to create their own weight loss diet. There are over 40,000 different diet combinations. It is fun for the employee and makes the process interactive.
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Keep the fitness program for employees fresh and new to keep the employees motivated. You will see employees will have a better concentration, feel better about their performance, have more energy, improved health and a significant reduction in stress. Employers will see an increase in productivity, a decreased in staff turn over and an increase in morale and teamwork. All of this leads to a more productive workplace.
You should now be on your way to creating a successful fitness program for employees.
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