Corporate Step Challenge for JDRF 2015

Corporate Step Challenge for JDRF 2015

Good Morning Everyone!! Corporate Step Challenge for JDRF!!!! How to Participate: MARK YOUR CALENDARS – This will be a 5 day challenge beginning on Monday September, 21st 2015 and ending on Friday September, 25th 2015. To join you need to donate $25 to JDRF or have someone sponsor you.  You will use the following link to donate: http://www2.jdrf.org/goto/mckinley You will need a step track or pedometer.  Cigna has provided us with solar clip on pedometers – WooHoo!!! If you do…

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Thrive Market

Thrive Market

Hi Everyone! If you’re on facebook you may have seen advertisements for Thrive Market – it’s pretty cool. Thrive Market is the first socially conscious online store offering the world’s best-selling natural and organic products at wholesale prices. They carry over 2,500 of the highest quality food, supplements, home, personal care, and beauty products from over 400 of the best brands on the market, all delivered straight to your door at 25-50% off retail prices. Their mission is to make…

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Fitness Test Challenge 2015

Fitness Test Challenge 2015

Are you ready for the next 6 week challenge?!?!  It’s simple and it’s going to be a lot of fun (at least WE think so 🙂 ) – it’s called The Fitness Test Challenge!!! You can choose to compete in one, two, three or all four categories. The idea with this challenge is to push yourself and beat your own time or reps even if it’s only by 1 rep weekly or you only shave :02 off your mile time…

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Healthy Pre-workout Foods

Healthy Pre-workout Foods

Good Morning Everyone! Fueling your body before a workout is just as important as the workout itself.  Brian put together some great pre-workout food suggestions.  Check them out and feel free to email him with any questions J Healthy Pre-workout foods for Strength Training and Running:   Strength Training – Consume any one of these great snacks 30-60min before your workout.   Bananas – Loaded with digestible carbohydrates and are packed with potassium, which aids in maintaining nerve and muscle function,…

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Food Keeper App

Food Keeper App

If you’re like most people, you’ve bought groceries only to have to toss the spoiled remainder before you or your family had a chance to eat it. Throwing out spoiled or expired food is frustrating and wasteful, but tracking when each food goes bad can be difficult. Well, now there’s an app for that! Recently released for Apple and Android devices, the FoodKeeper app includes information on more than 400 items, and the app gives you the ability to access…

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Microwave Popcorn

Microwave Popcorn

Hi Everyone, Microwave popcorn – I think it’s safe to say we’ve all eaten some at some point in our lives.  Why not?  It’s low in calories (if you don’t get the movie theater butter kind), it’s crunchy, most are gluten free and best of all, it’s convenient.  Unfortunately, microwave popcorn is actually horrible for us and our families.  There are several articles written about the dangers of microwave popcorn and they are all based on a report from the…

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