Total Program – Exercise, Nutrition, Portion Control

LiveStrong
HealthierUS 
etFitTN

Exercise

Start Walking Program
Chair Yoga
Choose To Move - a program especially for women
Healthier US Small Steps Program
Metro Parks Walking and Biking Trails

Smoking Cessation

The best smoking cessation program involves three steps:

Step 1 – Set a quit date, and announce it to your friends
Step 2 – Get some counseling to help you through the rough spots
Step 3 – Possibly use some medication to assist you in stopping the cravings

Smoking Cessation Program
Tennessee Tobacco Quit Line

Call MNPS EAP – 1-866-563-8762 – Get 6-8 Counseling Appointments for Smoking Cessation – NO COST TO YOU.

Get a prescription for Buproprion – generic Zyban – for Certificated Employees under the MNPS Blue Cross Plan – NO COST TO YOU.

Prevention and Screenings

Women's Health Screenings
High Risk Women Screenings - History of heart, diabetes, or cancer in the family.
Men's Health Screenings

Annual Physicals are covered under the Certificated Employee Medical Plan. $15 co-pay with the balance paid in full. Have doctor code it as “Well Care”

Weight Loss

The Daily Plate - Portion Control
Helpful Hint: Shop the perimeter of your supermarket. Meat, Dairy, Produce, Bakery Stay away from the processed foods in the interior.

Eat 5 one half cup servings of fruits and vegetables every day.

Health professional recommend aiming for a weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds per week by keeping active when you are cutting back on calories. Pushing your body into starvation is counterproductive.

Walk an extra mile a day and you will lose 1 pound per month. Cut your calories by 500 a day and you will lose 4 pounds per month. Combine them and that is 5 pounds per month.

Discounts and Savings

Blues Perks – Available with Blue Cross Card - http://www.bcbst.com/learn/blueperks/

Metro Parks Sportsplex (Annual Membership for MNPS Employee $240, Spouse and additional children 5-21 - $120 each) Savings is $200 off the Individual Resident Membership.

Metro Parks Golf (See Metro Employee Discount)

YMCA – Joining fee waived

Stress Reduction

Dealing With Work Stress
Contact MNPS EAP – 1-866-563-8762 NO COST PRIVATE COUNSELING

Medical Information – Medical and Drug Information

Medline Plus – National Institutes of Health http://medlineplus.gov/
Mayo Clinic - http://mayoclinic.com/
Vanderbilt Medical Center Digital Consumer Health Library


Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – FREE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES

All MNPS Employees have access to the EAP as a part of employment.

The MNPS EAP provides counseling through counselors in private practice in their offices. You may call the EAP for a list and make your own appointment, or have the EAP do that for you.

Counseling sessions can continue until the issue is resolved, or until the issue needs to be referred to treatment other than counseling through a medical plan.

The EAP is designed to provide counseling and other support services to employees and everyone in their household, or in their wallet.

Employee, Spouse, Children, Parents

Issues include:

Stress
Financial and Legal Problems
Family Problems with Spouse, Children, In-laws, Parents
Weight Loss
Substance Abuse
Smoking Cessation

To access the EAP call 1-866-563-8762

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