The company I work for has partnered with Vitality to offer their employees the Live Well Program. This innovative wellness program is designed to help us to get educated, get healthy and get rewarded for taking care of ourselves. The program takes a personalized, interactive approach, and considers your current overall health, lifestyle and health risk factors. With a wide variety of enjoyable and healthy activities, the Live Well program will help us to establish and achieve your wellness goals, and rewards us with better medical rates and incentives.
Last week I had to undergo a biometric screening which included tests for HDL/LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, glucose, body mass index (BMI) and cotinine (nicotine) testing. The results will help determine if I am at risk for chronic, preventable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension and will also help to provide me with personalized and appropriate goals to improve my health.
Why would I agree to be subjected to these tests? First, just for taking the tests, I received a FREE Fitbit Flex. Besides the opportunity to have lower health insurance rates, I call also earn Vitality Points. These points can be converted to Vitality Bucks, which can be used at an online shopping mall. The more Vitality Points I earn, the higher my Vitality Status will be, starting at Blue, moving up to Bronze, Silver, Gold, and ultimately Platinum. The higher my status, the greater my shopping discount on the Vitality Mall. We are only a month and a half into the program and I already have enough points for a $100 Amazon giftcard!
Based on the results of my biometric tests, I need to focus on my nutrition. I know this is an area of improvement for me. I start every day off on the right foot. I drink shakeology every morning for breakfast which is a superfood loaded with vitamins and nutrients. Then for lunch I eat healthy also, because I plan ahead the night before. Once it is time for dinner, food cravings get the best of me, and I am more likely to make bad choices. I have come so far in the past 6 months making daily changes and building better habits, but I still have a ways to go.
Do you think your company should offer this program or one like it? Would you pass the test? Would this encourage you to make a lifestyle change?
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