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Health & Fitness

New Year and a New You!

Nutrition Program: Rev It Up (RIU), 8 week program designed to give participants the skills they need to make lasting lifestyle changes

Time to take that first step towards making those lasting lifestyle changes. Join HW Recreation for the Nutrition Program: Rev It Up (RIU). This program is run in a class setting which allows for group interaction, live question and answers, and additional instruction to support each participants’ progress. The class will focus on the following four principles: Food, Fluid, Fitness and Foundation. RIU offers simple, practical steps for men and women of all ages looking to make improvements to their health.

Classes meet on Tuesdays from January 6-February 24 at 6:30pm-7:30pm

Register online at www.hwrecreation.com  or call our office at 978.468.2178

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8-week program includes:

Weekly, hour long group sessions lead by fitness and nutrition expert, Ryann Collins, RD, LDN

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275 page Instruction Manual

Maintenance Logs

Goal setting and guidance focusing on food and fitness

Mission: To provide a healthy lifestyle roadmap that puts you in the driver’s seat with a plan for healthy living to keep your body well-tuned for life.

Overall Health Benefits:

90% have improved energy levels

85% experience less to NO physical cravings for food and report greater awareness of emotional triggers

95% are drinking at least 64 ounces of water daily

Instructor Bio: Ryann Collins RD, LDN - As Founder and owner of NourishRx, Ryann is passionate about eating well, living well and helping others do the same. Ryann’s philosophy revolves around not getting caught up in the number on the scale, rather becoming more in tune to your body, being able to enjoy foods of all kinds and empowering yourself to make balances eating a priority in your life. Ryann helps her clients find balance between the foods they eat and their busy lives. Her approach treats the whole person- family, work, activity- delivering a total body approach to achieving optimal nutritional health.

Registered Dietitian, Ryann Collins is a graduate of Simmons College in Boston with a degree in Nutrition & Dietetics. She has previously served as the PHP/IOP dietitian at Walden Behavioral Care, LLC, a Boston area eating disorder treatment center. Currently, Ryann provides nutrition counseling and treatment to infants and children as the Pediatric and Adolescent outpatient dietician at North Shore Medical Center and MassGeneral Hospital for Children at NSMC.

Bio information gathered from: www.nourishrx.com

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