I work at Penn State University. During the Spring Semester, employees were able to sign up for a "friendly" Challenge to encourage Healthy and Active lifestyles. Some of my fellow co-workers and I decided to take on the challenge so we formed our group-- the Pollock Peanuts. Pollock was the name of the unit we worked in and peanuts was added because we are all a little "nutty" at times....
The challenge was over the course of 8 weeks and based on a point system. The goal was to get the most possible points by eating the right servings of fruit and veggies, drinking the right amount of water, engage in physical activity, no use of alcohol or tobacco products, and also random bonus categories. (like for one week, no sugar, or eat as a vegetarian at least 5 days of the week, or keep a food journal for a week) You could do the challenge as a Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced level.
Everyone did their part, motivating each other throughout the workday to eat your veggies and skip dessert! We all had matching water bottles to help track our ounces of water. My team kicked butt and we won the Challenge! Here we are in the Newsletter:
http://www.abservices.psu.edu/abservices/newsandevents/May-2011-eNewsletter.cfm
Go Peanuts!
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