A Healthier Weigh will begin on January 20, 2025! This is a 12-week program to promote health and fitness. Participants will be Teams or Individual adults (18 and older). Registration fee is $40 per person; $80 per team of two; $160 per team of four.

• Members will encourage each other to increase walking and other physical activity; complete lessons about nutrition, health and fitness; and stay focused throughout the 12 weeks.

• Participants will receive a pre, midway, and post InBody weigh in. This is a body composition analysis scan to provide details of lean body mass, body fat mass, water/hydration, & BMR.

• To support participants with researched based nutriton and fitness information, on-line lessons are provided by Extension during the duration of the challenge. In order to be eligible for prizes at the end of the challenge, ALL participants are required to complete at lease 5 of the lessons.

• Members record daily activity and report weekly to the Team Captain, who reports individual and total team steps for the week via email or fax to Extension Office. Individual participants report activity directly to the Extension Office. Step activity may be tracked using a cell phone tracking app, wearable fitness tracker (Fitbit, Apple watch, Garmin, etc.) or a traditional pedometer. Pocket pedometers will be available from CSU Extension staff while supplies last. A conversion sheet will be provided for other fitness activities.

• Weigh-out: A Healthier Weigh ends Sunday, April 13th. Participants will come in for final weight and waist measurements, InBody scan and complete the Post-Survey the week of April 14th.

• If you are under a physician’s care for any health condition that may affect your ability to participate in this program, we recommend approval from the physician before beginning.

• If you have a disability for which you seek an accommodation, please notify Extension staff by January 3, 2025.

• Any questions please contact Ariel Eddings at (719)-456-0764 or email at ariel.eddings@colostate.edu.

Weigh In dates and times below:

• January 13 – Bent County Extension Office, 1499 Amb Thompson Blvd, Las Animas
  • 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
• January 14 – Bent County Extension Office, 1499 Amb Thompson Blvd, Las Animas
  • 8:00 AM -3:00 PM
  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
• January 15 – Otero County Extension Office, 27901 County Road 21, Rocky Ford
  • 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
• January 16 – Lamar Community Building, 610 S 6th St, Lamar
  • 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM

Click the link below for A Healthier Weigh Lessons

A Healthier Weigh Lessons and Responses

Please contact the Bent County Extension office with any other questions.