Living a healthy lifestyle is a conversation we often have with our clients. Whether it’s encouraging a family to practice safe driving skills or educating an organization about the benefits of being active, R&R has a passion for wellness.
Recently, R&R employees participated in the WELCOA (Wellness Council of America) Top 100 Active Companies Challenge. To participate in the Challenge, companies needed 30% of their employees engaged throughout the 12-week program. Aimed to combat sedentary behavior, the Challenge triggered positive habit changes which made people continuously active throughout their daily life. The results from our challenge were outstanding.
Not only did R&R beat Secura Insurance in a friendly competition, but we gained great feedback from our employees about the impact the Challenge had on their everyday lives. Here are just a few of the many examples:
- “One of the great things about working at R&R is all of the programs we have in place to better our health. While these sometimes seem like a necessity to balance out our love of food days, it really does give motivation to get out and exercise when we are doing it not just for ourselves, but for the team as a whole.”
- “Thanks to the various incentives that our employer provides, I decided to take action and get serious about my health and wellness, i.e. “walk the walk”. Now, I make it a part of my everyday life - eating right, exercising and, practicing what we preach. My test results have proven that it works. At my last exam, the doctor advised me that my lipid panels are normal, my weight is healthy, and even my bone density improved. Improved, how could that be? Why didn’t I figure this out long ago!? I sure appreciate everything R&R does to encourage wellness.”
- “Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a wellness fanatic. I dislike exercise, having to watch what I eat and worrying about all that ‘health stuff’. When I joined the WELCOA challenge, I really did not expect much. Ten weeks into the Challenge, I found myself not only thinking about exercise more often, but actually doing something about it! I am not yet a full convert and will probably never run a marathon, but I am thinking about exercise vs. health more than before and moving a more than I was before.”
We hope some of these examples inspire you to get up and MOVE throughout your day!
