Happy 1st Month of our Journey in the Bank Team Challangers!!!!!

[windwalker]

In a few days the first month of our Team Challange will be completed. So it's feedback time:

Is the team challange helping you get your steps in?

Are you getting to know other WISHers better?

Are you having fun?


When the month ends and the captains post the months totals for the teams we can see who is really winning. Everyone was worried about the Tri athletes kicking butt, I wonder if that is what has happened. Be interesting to see.


Our own sweet Worfiedoodles, Maria, had a cool idea. Each week we post a challange to everyone to either add or substract something from your nutrition plan, like if it's a add week you could add taking a vitiamin or making sure you are getting enouth water, if it's a subtract week then you stop something that needs to go, like eating just before bed or stop or cut down on the days soda.

This would not have an impact on the team's hours or miles but just something to think about. The stuff people post they are going to do would give others ideas.

What do you think do you like the add/subtract idea?

Should we shoot the Panda and make a rug?

Your feedback is valuable since we want the team challange to be as fun and effective as possible.

Walk like a Panda:hippie:

[Big Vic]

Yes
Yes
Yes

Sounds good to me.

[Steffwalks]

Shooting Pandas is illegal. For their own sakes, they are protected species, otherwise they would already be extinct!

Second, doing something with nutrition, would be kinda fun.

Third, what was the question again?? Shooting panda??:confused3

[windwalker]

Yes
Yes
Yes

Sounds good to me.


So is one of those yes is not to shoot the Panda and make a rug right?:cloud9:

Curious Panda:hippie:

[ironz]

I need a new rug. ;) heehee! Just kidding!

I like the add/subtract idea...I never seem to drink enough water, being a total Diet Coke addict. I know drinking more water and less soda would help with my workouts, and to lose those last few pounds.

There are some impressive totals by triathletes/cyclists on there....:rolleyes1 not that I was just looking or anything :rolleyes1 ;) So I am on a mission to take them down! :woohoo: just kidding!

I just was trying to look some stuff up....and we WISHers have logged enough miles collectively to get from WDW to Moscow! Not too shabby!

[twoWDWfools]

Resounding yes on making me stick to work out plan!
Like the idea of add/subtract to help along the nutrition side. I really need to learn to step away from the potato chips....

From WDW to Moscow!!! Wow that's a lot of miles!

And there shall be no shooting of the Panda, please.

[wtpclc]

Yes
Yes
Yes

Sounds good to me.

Ditto! (Not telling what sounds good to me....:rolleyes1 )

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[jeanneg]

Yes
Yes
Yes

Sounds good to me.


I'll have what he's having.....

[deekaypee]

In a few days the first month of our Team Challange will be completed. So it's feedback time:

Is the team challange helping you get your steps in?

Are you getting to know other WISHers better?

Are you having fun?



Yes, Yes, YES!!!!!



Our own sweet Worfiedoodles, Maria, had a cool idea. Each week we post a challange to everyone to either add or substract something from your nutrition plan, like if it's a add week you could add taking a vitiamin or making sure you are getting enouth water, if it's a subtract week then you stop something that needs to go, like eating just before bed or stop or cut down on the days soda.

This would not have an impact on the team's hours or miles but just something to think about. The stuff people post they are going to do would give others ideas.

What do you think do you like the add/subtract idea?

Your feedback is valuable since we want the team challange to be as fun and effective as possible.


I like the add/subtract idea; I've already gotten so many great ideas from my WISH family. :love: Would the challenge be posted here? How would we keep track--on the team threads? Or would we just keep track for ourselves?



Should we shoot the Panda and make a rug?



No, but maybe we should pants the panda, in keeping with his flag-football history. :laughing:

[aldisneygrl]

Yes on all accounts! I have been more apt to get out and exercise knowing that my team is counting on me, and I don't want to let them down. I am also competing against myself each week. So far this week, I have done more miles than any of the previous weeks, and I still have a couple of days to add to it.

I like the Add/Subtract idea as well. That would keep it new and interesting.

Yes, I feel like I "know" more WISHers now than I did in Jan. Wish I could have a do over. Now, can all y'all come over here and convince my DH that I NEED to go back to Disney next Jan.? :rolleyes1

[windwalker]

Resounding yes on making me stick to work out plan!
Like the idea of add/subtract to help along the nutrition side. I really need to learn to step away from the potato chips....

From WDW to Moscow!!! Wow that's a lot of miles!

And there shall be no shooting of the Panda, please.


Thank you for not wanting to shoot the Panda.:love:

Happy Panda:hippie:

[Cruella de mom]

Is the team challenge helping you get your steps in? Yes and and its been a tough month for me motivationwise so it has been HUGE!

Are you getting to know other WISHers better?Yes and I love my teammates. The team thread makes it easier for me to put each post with a person so I am getting to know personalities faster.

Are you having fun?I always have fun on the WISH board! You guys are the only ones who don't think I am strange for being obsessed with running. (yeah, that is gonna open a can of worms)

What do you think do you like the add/subtract idea?GREAT IDEA! I am all about nutrition. I gave up my single can a day of soda on January 1st and I would love to force others to live in hell with me. oops, thats not what you meant. :rolleyes: Seriously, Betsy, I have been telling my running partner for years that diet drinks were her enemy. So she gave up diet coke in support of my giving up coke and she has lost almost 8 lbs! She didn't have to diet either.... Quick! Somebody kick me before I step on my soap box about diet drinks.

Should we shoot the Panda and make a rug Nah, live Pandas are rare and special.

:upsidedow Cecilia

[ironz]

Thanks, Cruella! I know the diet drinks do something to screw up the insulin response. So I am working on it. Only had one yesterday. And one so far today. I don't drink coffee, so it's my morning caffeine. Will drink plenty of water today, though, I promise!! :)

[lenshanem]

Yep, I've also been trying to give up diet cokes and coffee. Water only! :eek:

[windwalker]

Yep, I've also been trying to give up diet cokes and coffee. Water only! :eek:


I don't have any problem with soda but coffee. I drink way to much.

Hyper Panda:yay:

[Texa]

Me too. I'll join you! I have so much to be accountable for, I wouldn't know where to start!

Water is a good place to start for me.

[shell78]

The challenge is fun. I'm new 'round these parts so it is good to "get to know" a small group before being thrown to the pandas....I mean....wolves. Right.

[Creativebeth]

I am in!!! Sounds like a plan!

Beth

[funwalker]

Is the team challenge helping you get your steps in?
Oh Yes, it is much easier to have an excuse when it's just you ... but when what you do gets added to the Teams - you certainly don't want to bite the hand that encourages you! :cheer2:

Are you getting to know other WISHers better? :goodvibes
Communicating with our really sweet princess: Carrie
Are you having fun? :cool1:

Nutrition Plan: I need one too!

What do you think do you like the add/subtract idea? Just Do It :banana:

Should we shoot the Panda and make a rug? Let me think about this one...a nice soft rug would be so nice...but thennnnnnnnnnnn I don't think the sacrifice would be worth it. :rotfl2:

[wfloyd]

What's this, we're shooting Pandas and making a rug? :confused3 :rolleyes1

From my brief experience with pandas, they might not be that bright (only eat one type of food and when it is gone they starve to death instead of finding something else :rolleyes1 ) but are harmless. Therefore I don't think shooting a harmless animal is too good, unless you are attempting to find food. But as Willie Wonka says, "that would be cannabilism and is frowned upon here." :lmao:

In an effort to save the species, I recommend that we all send him different foods that are local to you just so he won't starve to death. The higher the sugar/fat content the better. This way he will have plenty of stores when it is time for him to hibernate and decrease his team totals. ;) :lmao:

Bill

[twoWDWfools]

I don't have any problem with soda but coffee. I drink way to much.

Yeah, I rarely drink soda but require my morning coffee. And sometimes in the eve (coffee at work stinks so easy to resist it).:surfweb:

Shan - where did you find the Donald 1/2 marathon thingy in your sig line? (I'm sure there's a technical term for it but DH is the techie in our house.) Doing the 1/2 next Jan and would love to add that. Have to find one for ToT too!

[Cruella de mom]

AHA! The diet cola drinkers are coming out of the wood work! And the coffee drinkers too!

Try this for motivation. Write down all the ingredients listed on your diet coke bottle and then look them up on the internet. If that doesn't scare the pants off you then you are a better person than I am.

As for coffee - it is considered a "pure" food - as long as you ground your own beans (and what serious coffee drinker doesn't?!) Oh and I am talking straight coffee not that silly stuff that has cream etc in it. The additives in those are worse than diet coke! Not to mention some of them have a days worth of calories in one cup. The trick is not to drink so much that you become "addicted" ie have physical symptoms if you don't drink it.

My sisters used to laugh at my "granola" ways but they are slowly starting to see the light. Eat better = feel better. Its simple really.

[windwalker]

AHA! The diet cola drinkers are coming out of the wood work! And the coffee drinkers too!

Try this for motivation. Write down all the ingredients listed on your diet coke bottle and then look them up on the internet. If that doesn't scare the pants off you then you are a better person than I am.

As for coffee - it is considered a "pure" food - as long as you ground your own beans (and what serious coffee drinker doesn't?!) Oh and I am talking straight coffee not that silly stuff that has cream etc in it. The additives in those are worse than diet coke! Not to mention some of them have a days worth of calories in one cup. The trick is not to drink so much that you become "addicted" ie have physical symptoms if you don't drink it.

My sisters used to laugh at my "granola" ways but they are slowly starting to see the light. Eat better = feel better. Its simple really.


You princess are the poster child for the healthy lifestyle. You have so much more experience and knowledge than most of the WISHers realize. I know we are all glad you are here.

Happy Panda:hippie:

[princessrunner]

I, Lisa, am a coffeaholic. :lmao:

I am in 100% agreement with Cecilia though. My theory is, if I cannot pronounce it, I refuse to eat/drink it.

[Hey Mickey]

Thanks, Cruella! I know the diet drinks do something to screw up the insulin response. So I am working on it. Only had one yesterday. And one so far today. I don't drink coffee, so it's my morning caffeine. Will drink plenty of water today, though, I promise!! :)

This is exactly my situation. Once it gets hot out, I sometimes have iced tea instead, but I loathe coffee (hot or cold), so this is my caffeine fix. I am trying to slowly cut it out (in general I limit myself to one can or small bottle per day, and have actually gone a couple of days without any lately), and increase the water instead -- but some days/times, I just need that caffeine jolt to get me up or keep me moving.

Oh, and to answer the original questions: Yes, th team challenge is a huge help in getting me over my post-maratyon slum and keeping me moving; yes, I think a monthly challenge is a great idea; and no, I do not think we should have a panda-skin rug.:woohoo: In fact, I should probably take this opportunity to thank you for all the work youse have put in to set this all up and keep it moving! So, um, thanks!

[Steffwalks]

I can usually pronounce it, but that doesn't mean I want to eat it!!! :lmao:

[Lynn G]

Yes, this challenge has been a great help to both Scott and me. On a day like today that the wind is gusting at 50mph, I would rather just stay inside, but knowing that others are depending on my hours and miles, I will at least get some cross training in (weights and pilates tape) and I might even feel guilty enough to do a couple of miles on the treadmill.

I am enjoying getting to know the other members of my team.

I also would enjoy the nutrition challenge.

Pandas are endangered, I do not think it would be a good idea to shoot one.

[aldisneygrl]

Ooooohh Panda - I met my challenge this week thanks to your idea of this little competition. I did more miles AND more minutes! :thumbsup2 It would have never happened had you not started this. Sooooo THANKS from the bottom of my heart, or the top considering it (my heart) is a lot healthier now thanks to you. :love:

[windwalker]

Ooooohh Panda - I met my challenge this week thanks to your idea of this little competition. I did more miles AND more minutes! :thumbsup2 It would have never happened had you not started this. Sooooo THANKS from the bottom of my heart, or the top considering it (my heart) is a lot healthier now thanks to you. :love:


Naw, y'all did all the work, I just have a big mouth and to much time on my hands. I am really glad the team challange is working for you.

Do you think it will be beneficial to see each week what others are going to do to tweek their fitness/lifestyle plan.

Walking Panda:hippie:

[aldisneygrl]

Do you think it will be beneficial to see each week what others are going to do to tweek their fitness/lifestyle plan.

Walking Panda:hippie:

Absolutely! It will make us all better WISHers! :thumbsup2 I have already added more stretching, and situps to my routine. I would love to see what others are doing since I am a newbie to all of this, and am taking notes. :teacher:

[Roxy]

I defintely drink enough water. I am a diet coke zero freak and a coffee addict. Oh, yes and I need my one piece of chocolate a day. I love the nutrion idea. :banana:

[bjkj]

Oh, yes and I need my one piece of chocolate a day. :banana:

Me too! Me too!

Yes, this has been the best motivation. Got me moving again, and it's helpful to be accountable!

Yes, let's add the nutrition part.

Pandas are great! Who needs a new rug?

[Tiger Lily 03]

Just getting to respond:

Is the team challange helping you get your steps in? Since I am just getting back into this, I will say it is definitely making me plan to be accountable to our WISH Team.

Are you getting to know other WISHers better? I'm going to say I plan to make a definite effort to become better acquainted any way I can.

Are you having fun? I am always having fun! The fun is where I am!
:dance3:

Our own sweet Worfiedoodles, Maria, had a cool idea. Each week we post a challange to everyone to either add or substract something from your nutrition plan, like if it's a add week you could add taking a vitiamin or making sure you are getting enouth water, if it's a subtract week then you stop something that needs to go, like eating just before bed or stop or cut down on the days soda.

This would not have an impact on the team's hours or miles but just something to think about. The stuff people post they are going to do would give others ideas.
What do you think do you like the add/subtract idea? I think this would definitely help. Great idea.

Should we shoot the Panda and make a rug? This is a protected environment. No hunting allowed.

[SamSam]

The team challenge is definitely helping me get more steps in. I'm an exercise addict,so I've always worked out but this is helping me focus on walking/running and adding the challenge of actually doing more distance.

I'm a total espresso addict (fresh ground Ethiopian Coffee Beans), so I won't give that up, but I might actually take all the vitamins, etc. that my Doc has all 50+ people take. The usual fish oil, low dose aspirin, etc.....I know it's supposedly good for me, but I have an aversion to taking anything on a regular basis. (Need to get over that).
Other than my coffee...okay, and my wine...I eat healthy, made from scratch, meals....most of the time. Okay, there is an occasional, very delicious, chocolate. :)