Quarter 1 Nutrition

Welcome to the first quarter of the HealthierU 2025 program. From January through March, all of our programs, events, and resources will focus around the theme of nutrition. During the next three months there will be 2 personal challenges, 1 group challenge, a wellness activity, nutrition webinars, and additional nutrition resources. HealthierU is also hosting the Spring Wellness Event on March 11, 2025! For a full list of all the programs and activities including dates, locations, and the well-being points associated with each item, reference below! 

Quarter 1 Detail Chart

Program TitleDate(s)LocationWell-Being Points
Staying Hydrated in the New Year (Personal Challenge #1)1/13-2/2/2025Virtual15
HealthierU Cookbook (Wellness Activity)1/6-3/31/2025Virtual10
Keepin' a Beat (Group Challenge)2/10-3/2/2025Virtual30
Eating the Rainbow (Personal Challenge #2)3/10-3/23/2025Virtual15
HealthierU Webinar Episode (click to submit form)1/1-3/31/2025Virtual5
Spring Wellness Event3/11/2025Great Plains Room, East Campus Union25

Keepin' a Beat Leaderboard

Individual Rankings (Week 3)

Rank

Name

Total Points

1stYulia Levchenko

399

2ndRobert Vavala

354

3rdBrett Tomjack

329

4thLiz Norton

310

5thJason Muelhausen

300

Individual Rankings ( Combined Total)

Rank

Name

Total Points

1stYulia Levchenko

928

2ndLiz Norton

905

3rdRobert Vavala

822

4thHeidi Schmidt

810

5thBrett Tomjack

792

Team Rankings 

4-6 Division (Week 3)

RankTeam NameTotal Points
1stInsteption758
2ndEasySeas724
3rdGeoClub685

4-6 Division (Combined Totals)

RankTeam NameTotal Points
1stGeoClub1960
2ndInsteption1749
3rdEasySeas1740

7-9 Division (Week 3)

RankTeam NameTotal Points
1stCTT Team1576
2ndTurn A Beat Around1371
3rdNebraska Public Media1037

 

7-9 Division (Combined Totals)

RankTeam NameTotal Points
1stTurn A Beat Around4528
2ndCTT Team3900
3rdNebraska Public Media2796

 

 

10-12 Division (Week 3)

RankTeam NameTotal Points
1stAnimal House1324
2ndSelleck Step Squad1269

 

10-12 Division (Combined Total)

RankTeam NameTotal Points
1stSelleck Step Squad4542
2ndAnimal House3366

 

 

 

*Updated as of 3/5 at 11:00 a.m. CST

HealthierU Cookbook (Wellness Activity)

Active dates for submission: Jan 13-March 31, 2025

Well-Being Points: 10

Activity Description: 

For this activity we are asking participants to upload their favorite recipe! This can be a homemade recipe or a recipe that you found online, in a cookbook, or in a food magazine (we do ask that you try to include a reference or link for the recipe if it is not personally yours) We are looking to collect options for:

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Appetizers
  • Snacks
  • Drinks

Submissions can be made in the following format:

  • Text
  • PDF document
  • Photo Submission of recipe

You can upload as many recipes as you’d like BUT to earn the well-being points for this activity you must upload at least one recipe between Jan 13 and March 31, 2025!

The HealthierU team will be compiling all of these submissions into a HealthierU Cookbook that will be published on our website for everyone to use! 

HealthierU Cookbook Recipe Submission

Personal Challenge #2 Eating The Rainbow

Registration Dates: Monday, March 3- Tuesday, March 11, 2025 

Challenge Dates: Monday, March 10- Sunday, March 30, 2025 

Do you often struggle to find motivation to include fruits and vegetables in your meals? Are you in a rut with finding creative recipes that incorporate color and flavor? This personal challenge is here to help!  

The purpose of this challenge is to bring more awareness to how often we consume fruits and vegetables and to find motivation to regularly incorporate them into our diet. Over the course of the three weeks, we will: 

  • Record how often we are eating fruits and vegetables 
  • Find creative ways to increase our fruit and vegetable intake 
  • Incorporate new fruits and vegetables into our weekly meal rotation 

Each week of the challenge we will focus on a new goal: 

Week 1: Build a habit of recording how often you consume fruits and vegetables. 

Week 2: Using the MyPlate Plan maker, calculate what your goal fruit and vegetable intake should be and aim to reach a minimum 50% of that daily fruit and vegetable goal. 

Week 3: Using the plan in week 2, aim to reach a minimum of 75% of that goal AND try at least 1 new fruit and vegetable this week.  

Each week participants will receive emails with new recipes, educational resources, and tips/tricks to help reach their goals!  

Are you ready to eat the rainbow!? 

Register for the Eating the Rainbow Challenge

Personal Challenge #1: Staying Hydrated in the New Year

This challenge is now closed.

 

Thank you to everyone who participated, we look forward to your participation in our next challenge, Keepin' a Beat!