If your New Year’s Resolutions include a commitment to improve your health or to lose weight, Wellness Now and OCCHD can help.

OCCHD and Wellness Now are offering free Total Wellness classes beginning in January. The classes are designed to help people change their exercise and eating habits so that they lose weight and keep the pounds off – and the approach has a proven track record.

Participants will learn the basics of good nutrition and the importance of physical activity and discover the key steps for successful weight control, including:

• A method to make easy healthy meals without measuring out portions or following special recipes
• How to control blood sugar and reduce appetite by eating balanced meals
• Why physical activity is so important and ways of motivating yourself to make active choices
• How to take charge of what you eat when dining out
• How to react to lifestyle changes and slips
• Tips for enlisting support from family and friends

“Research suggests that people are more successful at losing weight when they participate in group activities that support their goals,” says Total Wellness coordinator Jennifer Nettle. “We’ve seen from previous sessions that participants not only lose weight, their blood pressure and triglycerides also improve,” Nettle says. And those factors are important in preventing heart disease and other chronic health problems.

Classes will meet for one hour each week for 12 weeks. This year, Total Wellness is offering smaller classes with a limit of 25 participants in each and pre-registration is required.

Northwest OKC:

The Village Library
10307 N Penn
Wednesdays 4:30-5:30 p.m. and
Wednesdays 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Starting February 1st

OCCHD Health Center West (Spanish)
4330 NW 10th
Tuesdays 6-7 p.m.
Starting January 24th

Crossings Community Center
2208 W. Hefner
Thursdays 11a.m.-12 p.m.
Starting January 26th

Shepherd Mall
2401 NW 23rd, Suite 65
Wednesdays 12 – 1p.m.
Starting Thursday 25th

Northeast OKC:

Ralph Ellison Library
2000 NE 23rd
Saturdays 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Starting January 28th

Metro Tech Economic Development Center
1700 Springlake Drive
Mondays 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Starting January 23rd

Metro Tech Business Conference Center
1900 Springlake Drive
Thursdays 4-5 p.m. and
Thursday 6-7 p.m.
Starting January 26th

Millwood High School
6724 Martin Luther King
Mondays 4-5 p.m. and
Mondays 6-7 p.m.
Starting January 23rd

Southwest OKC:

Oklahoma City Community College
7777 S May
Tuesdays 12 a.m. -1p.m.
Starting January 24th

Latino Community Development Agency (Spanish)
420 SW 10th
Fridays 9-10:30 a.m. and
Fridays 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Starts January 27th

Southeast OKC:

Midwest City Library
8143 E Reno
Wednesdays 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Starting January 25th

Space is limited and pre-enrollment is required. To enroll call (405) 425-4398

Or email: Total_Wellness@occhd.org