Teamwork

Today at work, I had a lunchtime meeting. I'm on a service team for our Hospital and our motto is "Helping make our facility the best place for the best people to work!" I love being on this service team! We plan fun things around the hopsital and help improve things, we also give ideas to help make our employees feel appreciated. Well today was my day to bring lunch and that also means it was my day to come up with a "Reflection". I work for a Christian organization which I love so there's freedom to express beliefs there.

This is only a part of the devotional I found:

'Everything Happens Through Teamwork'
By Robert Tamasay

"Whether formally or informally, it's important to recognize that practically everything we accomplish happens through teamwork. We are not on our own. Everyone works within a loop of social accountability - a family, a congregation, a business.

The power of a team. Being part of a team can provide encouragement, strength and support. And the reality is that members of a team working together can accomplish much more than they could independently. "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!... Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken" (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

The productivity of a team. Whether it is competing in a game of tennis or working together on a major project under deadline pressure, our interactions with one another - creative friction - can enable each of us to function more effectively, improve our work habits, and become more productive. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" (Proverbs 27:17)"

I think all of this rings true, not only in the professional world but also in the sport of running. Running isn't always a "team sport" so a lot of it is done on our own. I think having a person that you can be accountable to or a running group is so very important! It's nice to have an extra "pick me up" when you need it, or someone to run a Marathon with. I haven't run a Half Marathon by myself yet! Both times I know it's only because of my friends that I was able to finish strong!

Hopefully the Disney Full will be a success as well!

Unhealthy

Obesity has become a huge problem in our society. With the inventions of video games (what ever happened to going outside and playing with friends in the summertime?) and fast food, we have become a no-exercise eat whatever we want type of people. I think this really is sad. Don't get me wrong...I LOVE food and I have a HUGE issue with chocolate. I would eat it all day long if I could! LOL Recently, I really started evaluating the foods that I eat on a daily basis. I am a eat-breakfast-every-morning kinda girl. So I decided to check out the ingredients in my daily cereal.

GUESS
WHAT
I
DISCOVERED?!?!

It has .... GASP ... HIGH fructose corn syrup!!!!!!! aaaaaaaaaah! I cannot believe that I've been eating this cereal for forever thinking I was doing good for myself! Ugh so frustrating! Seriously, my day was ruined! Grrr!

So today, I went to Wal Mart and I evaluated every single box of healthy cereal I could find! lol I ended up with Kashi. I love Kashi, I just don't love the price. OH well. If it's better for me, then I'm willing to make the change!

To read more about high fructose corn syrup, visit here and here.



On top of that, my Sister-In-Law Kayla and I went for a run yesterday.
BIG
MISTAKE!
We went around 4 p.m. when I got home from work. Yes, I said scorching hot 4 p.m. We couldn't go later cause we had my brother's birthday shindig that night. Well, we had a mission...3 miles. Boy am I dumb. I found out today that there was a HEAT ADVISORY warning yesterday thank you very much (the temps were over 100 degrees)and they pretty much told everyone to only go outside between the hours of 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. IF YOU HAD TO. Great. So how did the 3 mile run go? Horrible! I had to walk a lot cause my knees were killing me...not to mention I could hardly breathe and my heart kept acting funny. Besides that, the sun was BEATING off the pavement and blazing on us. MISERABLE I tell you!

I thought that I had done well throughout the day drinking water (I had 4 bottles...that's 1 more than my standard) and I wore light clothing. We made it through one loop of our run which was 1.5 miles (led us back to my house) and we got some water, then we turned on the front yard sprinklers and played in them like kids! It was fun and I haven't done that in forever! Not to mention that it felt FABULOUS!







We did need to finish our run though, so we started back again. I'm telling you, in like 5 minutes my shorts and top were dry already. It was insane! After that, I started to get hot all over again and that's when the headache started. We finished the run, played in the sprinklers a little more to cool off, then I came in a took a cool shower. After I got out and got dressed, I realized that I was burning up but freezing at the same time. I know that sounds crazy but I felt as if I wanted to crawl under the covers cause I was so cold but I felt hot at the same time and I stayed that way most of the night. I feel much better today and the headache did go away but it was scary! I wondered if I didn't have the beginning signs/symptoms of heat exhaustion? Well, I can surely promise you this! I will NOT be running outside again in the summer time unless it is cooler outside or it's after 7 p.m., that's for sure! How can I justify this? Well, I now have my treadmill at my house...I left it at my parent's house after I moved out cause I was pretty much against running on the treadmill but now I see that sometimes, it's absolutely necessary if you want to get your run in! So everyone, with these temps, please be careful, stay inside if it's too hot out to run. Don't chance it. You could find yourself in serious condition if you do.

In happier news, look what I found at the Astros game this weekend! I love it!! :0)