TEAM RESULTS, Team Captains and Team Members, This Is an Add Thread

[windwalker]

We have finished our first month of team competition:

Team Captains, once everyone has been able to post the monthly totals on the sheets I'll take the results and put them on here and the weekly thread. Of course any of y'all can post your totals anywhere else you want. Monthly bragging rights so to speak.

All members, the theme of this thread is getting ideas about what to add to your healthy lifestyle plan. Some weeks will be add like this and other weeks will be subtract weeks where we will share ideas of what we need to throw out.

I will start the add week with what I'm going to add: Stretching, I have never done enouth and form this day forward it will be a madatory part of my exercise and training routine.

How about the rest of you, what do you need to add to your plan or your diet.

Remember every day is a new beginning and what happened yesterday can't be changed but today and tomorrow are ours to mold.

Walking Panda

 

[SamSam]

I'll jump right in and join you with the stretching. It is also my weak spot; I tend to blow off the importance of stretching and I'm sure that's why I have trouble with leg and foot cramps.

 

[windwalker]

I'll jump right in and join you with the stretching. It is also my weak spot; I tend to blow off the importance of stretching and I'm sure that's why I have trouble with leg and foot cramps.

SamSam, if I had been a regular stretcher I'm sure I would not have achillies problems. Another thing that can helf cramps is to take an electro lyte tablet after your exercise. It replaces the trace minerals that you lost through sweat. Erica and I both got cramps regularly after LSDs, after we started taking a supplement after we finished we never had any more cramping. Instant difference. Experienced Ultra people like Robert swear by the electrolyte replacement stuff. They have converted Erica and I.

Stretchy Panda

 

[Steffwalks]

This week, I am going to add more vegetables. I wish I like them.

 

[GirTheGecko]

I wish I could find more healthy (and tasty) snack options so I'm not tempted by the vending machine, junk food drawer, or snack aisle at work. They try to have a fruit basket at work, but it's usually just bananas or empty by the time I get to it.

 

[Cindylou]

I'm going to add taking a vitamin supplement to my daily list.

Cindy

 

[windwalker]

I wish I could find more healthy (and tasty) snack options so I'm not tempted by the vending machine, junk food drawer, or snack aisle at work. They try to have a fruit basket at work, but it's usually just bananas or empty by the time I get to it.

Hi Hope, I buy erica those little individual packs of carrots to take to work. Snack size baggies are good to take nuts, (not hi oil but dry roasted) to work. A good trail mix can be made from nuts and dried fruit like cranberries, raisins ect..

Other ideas for Hope anyone?

Stretching Panda

 

[Steffwalks]

Oh Planning Panda,

Instead of posting team totals here, how about making a separate thread that the captains use to post just totals in?? Each captain could then have a single reply which could be edited each week with the new total. That way the totals wouldn't be scattered everywhere and difficult to find and easier to look at for everybody??

 

[corinnak]

Hi Hope, I buy erica those little individual packs of carrots to take to work. Snack size baggies are good to take nuts, (not hi oil but dry roasted) to work. A good trail mix can be made from nuts and dried fruit like cranberries, raisins ect..

Other ideas for Hope anyone?

Stretching Panda

Mmm, I love snacks. Some of my favorites that fit into WW or other healthy eating plan:

light string cheese
94% fat free microwave popcorn
cut up fruit from the grocery store put into gladware containers
grapes
"cutie" brand clementines
1/2 whole wheat pita with one wedge of laughing cow garlic herb light cheese inside.
celery or apple slices with a teaspoon of peanut butter or almond butter
Lowfat/fat free yogurt with a sprinkle of Kashi GoLean cereal

I'm not a fan, but I know some people really like Pirate's Booty.



I think I'm going to add vitamins and calcium back in. Got out of the habit.

 

[1/2Marathonpixie]

I am going to add drinking more water to my day.

Barbara

 

[SamSam]

SamSam, if I had been a regular stretcher I'm sure I would not have achillies problems. Another thing that can helf cramps is to take an electro lyte tablet after your exercise. It replaces the trace minerals that you lost through sweat. Erica and I both got cramps regularly after LSDs, after we started taking a supplement after we finished we never had any more cramping. Instant difference. Experienced Ultra people like Robert swear by the electrolyte replacement stuff. They have converted Erica and I.

Stretchy Panda

I'm off to the store to get some. It will be nice to not be woke up with leg/foot cramps.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I'm adding drinking 64 oz. of water every day. I do ok during the week, but the weekends are spotty. I am committed to my new, fresh complexion!

Maria

 

[windwalker]

I usually get my water allotment, although sometimes it's at night when I get home. I keep a bottle at work that I can fill from our filtered water tap but some days are so busy I don't drink any.

Water logged Panda

 

[windwalker]

I have a major dental adventure tomorrow morning and so I'll be in a drug induced stuper for a couple of days. Do you think anyone will notive the difference?

Have a great week y'all.

Dave

 

[deekaypee]

I am going to add drinking more water to my day.

Barbara

I'm adding drinking 64 oz. of water every day. I do ok during the week, but the weekends are spotty. I am committed to my new, fresh complexion!

Maria

Add me to this list. I'll be working on drinking enough water every day, consistently. It's my holy grail of general health and fitness. (And I like the taste of water. )

 

[Hey Mickey]

Add me to the more water list, too. Once I get started, I don't mind the taste of water, but its that first glass or so -- it is always so much more tempting to me to grab something else!

 

[wtpclc]

Oh, there is so much I need to add, and sucbtract.

I'm going to go with stretching. I am very good about pre-run stretching. Have to be these days. I am awful with post run adn I think that would help revoery a lot. SO, I'm adding post-run stretching.

 

[Creativebeth]

I am already a pretty good water drinker......if I add to that I will float away!

I like the stretching idea. Maybe that's what I will work on this week. I might even catch stretch class tomorrow!

Beth

 

[twoWDWfools]

I do pretty good with water and actually enjoy stretching (yes, weirdo...I know.....). However I am really good at avoiding any core work so going to work on adding that.

As for snacks, here are some of my faves. I use a scale to be sure of portion size and put them in snack bags to take to work or grab out of the cabinet. If I grab the whole bag of certain snacks it's too easy for me to forget that it's supposed to serve 8.

Quaker Ranch or Cheddar mini rice snacks
Cheerios snack mix (it's like Chex mix)
Grapes
Cut up fruit
Carrot & celery mix with 2 TB lo fat ranch dressing
Shelled sunflower seeds
Kashi cherry and dark chocolate granola bars
Lo fat Wheat Thins with lo fat Aloutte
Mix of raisins and dried cranberries
Fat free yogurt with Grape Nuts

 

[windwalker]

I should have made this a subtract week since I have to give up solid food for a week or three. One of my favoite things is to go to a movie with my pretty princess and share a large popcorn. Oh I want some hot popcorn.

Hungry Panda