Just Try It

Week 1 – 1^st entry.

Our organization is doing a 10 week challenge called Just Try It.  Each week we will get an email with suggestions in four categories:  nutrition, prevention, stress management, and active lifestyles.  After you try 1 or more you log your progress.  I’m going to try for 3 or 4 a week of the suggestions.

I have decided to journal or track my choices and how it goes.

• A whole-wheat pita stuffed with hard-boiled eggs - FAIL 

I liked this suggestion.  Here’s the problem.  I live in a fairly small town.  I didn’t realize trying to find whole-wheat pitas was going to be so difficult.  I’ve tried two stores with no luck.  Well, three stores but the first store I wasn’t really seriously looking, but just browsing as I was walking by.  Scratch that suggestion and move on.

• Multigrain pancakes with fruit and yogurt - FAIL

Another suggestion I liked.  However, again, not finding any multigrain pancakes in this town in any store.  I did find honey wheat pancake mix but the packaging left me with no desire to try it.

• One of the easiest ways to stop skin from aging is to wear sunscreen.  Try slapping on some sunscreen this week.

I find this one a cheat.  I always wear Oil of Olay with SPF 15 daily.  I once (does it repair itself) had sun damage on my upper lips.  Spent the day on a boat and fried my upper lip.  I had a permanent marking on the top of my lips that looked like lipliner.  Guess for a bit that worked in my favor to outline my lips.  But, it did freak me out to see the damage under a skin scan at a Women’s Health Fair I attended years ago.

• Use a hand basket instead of a shopping cart for small purchases. Do curls with the basket as you walk down the aisles. 

I did this one in two stores.  You don’t realize how tired your arms can get once you put two ½ gallons of milk in the basket.  I found it much easier to alternate hands after a few curls.  I still felt the slight burn almost an hour later. 

•  Do one full circuit of the store before you go down the aisles. If you are in a mall or shopping center, walk once around the mall and look in all the stores.

This was almost embarrassing to begin with when I started. I thought about my boyfriend from junior high who used to say “What will the neighbors think?”  After the first store the next two got much easier to navigate.  It’s true to the saying for this challenge – Just Try It.