Would you like to lose weight? Get fit? Improve your cholesterol? A wellness coach can help with that – and many other things. And the best part? It won’t cost you a dime.
What is a wellness coach?
Your TRS health plan includes wellness coaching. That means you can work with one of these credentialed health experts to help you set and reach your wellness goals at no cost.
Wellness coaches include:
- nutritionists
- dietitians
- nurses
- personal trainers
- mental health specialists
- and more
After learning about your lifestyle and habits, wellness coaches create a personalized plan that works for you. Your coach keeps you motivated with ongoing support and inspiration along the way.
How does it work?
Here's what to expect when working with a wellness coach:
- Take a Health Assessment. This is the first step for any wellness coaching program. You'll answer a few questions about your health and lifestyle to help identify areas to improve your health. Then, you'll get recommendations for individual programs.
- Meet with your coach. Once you're registered for wellness coaching, you can exchange secure messages with your coach through the Well onTarget® Member Wellness Portal or the AlwaysOn® App. You can also speak to your coach on the phone.
- Create an action plan. Your coach will work with you to understand your needs. Then they'll create a plan that fits your lifestyle and help you set achievable goals.
- Track your progress. Follow along in the portal or app. You can also connect your fitness devices and nutrition apps to track your progress.
Rack up points. You can earn Blue PointsSM for participating in wellness activities like going to the gym and connecting your fitness device. Then you can redeem your points for gift cards!
What programs are offered?
Wellness Coaching programs include:
- Stress management — Your coach can help you find creative, healthy ways to combat stress.
- Fitness — Your coach can create a plan that's right for your fitness level and goals.
- Nutrition — A registered dietitian can help you understand your relationship with food and make healthy eating choices.
- Weight loss — Your coach will address behavioral or environmental factors that may be keeping you from reaching your weight loss goals.
- Weight maintenance — If you're at a healthy weight and want to know how to maintain it, your coach will discuss managing your stress, nutritional needs, physical activity and sleep.
- Cholesterol improvement — Being overweight, making poor dietary choices, and living a sedentary lifestyle can contribute to high cholesterol. Your coach can help you make lasting lifestyle changes to lower your cholesterol.
- Blood pressure improvement — Concentrate on lowering your blood pressure through exercise, dietary habits, quitting tobacco and managing stress.
- Smoking cessation — Your coach will work with you to help you understand the physical and psychological factors of addiction.
You may see multiple programs you want to do with a wellness coach, and that's great! Here's one thing to remember: You can do as many programs as you want, but only one at a time.
Getting started
Starting a Wellness Coaching program is easy, and you can choose how to do it:
1. Log in to Blue Access for MembersSM and click on the Wellness tab.
2. Log in to Well onTarget using your BAMSM username and password and click on the Wellness tab.
3. Download Well onTarget's AlwaysOn wellness app.
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Well onTarget
You can also take online courses that let you work at your own pace to reach your health goals. Log in to BAM and click the Well onTarget link for courses on weight management, nutrition, fitness, stress and more.
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