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  • Team Standings will be published on Wednesday and announced by email. Good luck to your team!

Greetings!

Welcome to Round Two of Shape UP & Go! Only eight short weeks to go before we cross the finish line. More than 4,000 employees in 400 teams are working together to make this our best challenge yet, It's inspiring to watch your teamwork in action!

We hope you are inlcuding more fruits and veggies in your meals - use the online tracker we made available to you and remember to healthy Go! Foods options  in our cafeterias. Your body is your temple, so take care of it!

As long as we're focusing on the biological marvel that we are - it's time for some little known facts about the human body! We offer no proof of their truth or accuracy, having culled them from an online comedy forum. They are some nifty tidbits of information solely for your amusement. <source:www.comedy-zone.net>

  • On average women blink nearly twice as much as men.
  • On average a baby's heart will beat about 60 million times before it is born.
  • It has been estimated that 17% of human beings are left handed, which is roughly the same percentage for gorillas and chimpanzees.
  • If you are right handed you tend to chew on the right hand side of your mouth and if you are left handed you tend to chew on the left hand side of your mouth.    
  • Two out of five American women dye their hair.              
  • The average adult falls asleep seven minutes after turning the light off.
  • The average human being will accidentally eat about a pound in weight of insects over the course of a lifetime.
  • Right handed people, on average, live nine years longer than left handed people!
  • In England the chance of a woman having twins has doubled since World War II. At this rate every pregnancy will result in twins by the year 2060!
  • On average 15% of people secretly chew their toenails.
  • If a man farted non-stop for six years and nine months and then lit it he would produce an explosion equal to the power of the first atomic bomb!
Now that we have your attention, are you ready for our Joke of the Week?  It was sent to us by Kristine Goad at Independence Regional Health Center:

Outsmart a woman......Are you kidding..............?

A man calls home to his wife and says, "Honey, I have been asked to fly to Canada with my boss and several of his friends for fishing.  We'll be gone for a long weekend. This is a good opportunity for me to get that promotion I've been wanting, so could you please pack enough clothes for a 3-day weekend?

And also would you get out my rod and tackle box from the attic?

We're leaving at 4:30 pm from the office, and I will swing by the house to pick my things up...oh! And please pack my new navy blue silk pajamas."

The wife thinks this sounds a bit odd, but, being a good wife, she does exactly what her husband asked.

Following the long weekend, he came home a little tired but otherwise looking good. The wife welcomes him home and asks if he caught many fish...
 
He says, "Yes! Lots of Walleyes, some Bass and a few Pike."

He said "But why didn't you pack my new blue silk pajamas like I asked you?"

You'll love the answer.

The wife replies, "I did, they're in your tackle box".

"NEVER, NEVER, NEVER try to outsmart a woman!!! "

Keep up the great work, keep the jokes coming, and most of all keep smiling!
send your jokes to youdocs@gmail.com.

And please send us your success stories, team photos (come on, start submitting them - we'll share them in the newsletters!), and suggestions to support@shapeupandgo.org.  Keep up the great work, and look for us again next week!



Yours in Health,
Cleveland Clinic Employee Wellness
How Many Calories
Pasta We have all been guilty of it at one time or another. You rush from dropping the kids at school, drop off your dry cleaning and are prepared to battle the morning traffic rush. Or perhaps you realize you're late for the bus and won't have time to make either breakfast or lunch. What's the most likely outcome of these hunger pang dilemmas? A trip through the local fast food restaurant for a speedy snack or meal. But before you order up, think about the impact this culinary indiscretion has on your wellness goals.
 
Portion Distortion
A "portion" can be thought of as the amount of a specific food you choose to eat for dinner, snack or other eating occasion. Of course, portions can be bigger or smaller than the recommended food servings. We hope you find our Portion Distortion section insightful and fun.  Click on the link below to see how portion sizes have increased from 20 years ago and subsequently how much exercise it takes to burn off the extra calories. We also hope that next time you eat on the run you will think twice about the food portions offered to you.
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  • On the Go Food Recipe: *can also use 2 cups canned mandarin orange segments packed in water

Exercise Tip - Push-Up
MindOur upper body muscles are crucial for daily functional activities. Push-ups are a staple upper-body exercise for home workouts. While these exercises focus on the chest, it's important to include your upper back muscles in any exercise routine, to maintain muscle balance and postural stability.
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