{"id":6679,"date":"2019-01-17T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2019-01-16T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:30:56","slug":"putting-wheels-on-a-squash-is-harder-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/17\/putting-wheels-on-a-squash-is-harder-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting Wheels on a Squash is Harder than you Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m just back from an absolutely amazing trip to Walt Disney World to cheer at WDW Marathon Weekend. This was the second year in a row that I went and didn&#8217;t race. Last year, I was dealing with a then-undiagnosed injury, so I didn&#8217;t really have any emotions tied to not running, but this year, I found myself wanting to be back out on the course. Next year&#8217;s 10K is on my birthday &#8211; I think it&#8217;s a sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2533-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6675\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2533-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2533-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2533-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2533-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also got to attend the Cigna Blogger Event again this year.  I really love these events that Cigna puts on.  They&#8217;re the main sponsor of Marathon Weekend, and I very much appreciate their push towards healthy living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s focus was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cigna.com\/takecontrol\">preventative care<\/a>\u00a0and knowing your 4 health numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Blood Pressure<\/li><li>Cholesterol<\/li><li>Blood Sugar<\/li><li>BMI<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the expo, Cigna had their Health Improvement Tour van where you could get a ten minute screening to get these four numbers.  Of course, I went.  I&#8217;m fascinated by biometrics and knowing my numbers.  Also, I&#8217;ve been working to improve my cholesterol numbers, and I was curious to see how things were looking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(On the down side, it was my birthday, I was on vacation, and I definitely had been enjoying the Disney snacks.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The screening was super fast and super easy.  The lovely, lovely nurse took my blood pressure, pricked my finger to get a drop of blood to put in a fancy machine, weighed me and measured my height, and also measured my waist circumference.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t surprised by the BMI (though I was pleased the scale wasn&#8217;t higher), but waist circumference isn&#8217;t something that I had considered.  Apparently, this measurement is important because belly fat is a good way to estimate the fat around your heart and other organs.  Women are at risk with a waist circumference of more than 35 inches and men with a waist circumference of over 40 inches.  While I generally try to not worry about weight and BMI as a number and focus on being healthier, my waist measurement is right on the line, so there&#8217;s something to work on.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pleased by the cholesterol numbers.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; they&#8217;re still not good, and this is very likely due to heredity.  But they&#8217;re improving.  One thing I really liked here was that the advice focused not on lowering my bad cholesterol (because many of the tips are things I already do), but how to raise my good cholesterol by adding certain things to my diet.  I always appreciate advice that is about adding things rather than taking things away.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thankfully, it wasn&#8217;t all bad news. My blood pressure and non-fasting glucose were both in good ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Cigna Blogger Event, we got to meet some of the Cigna staff and learn from a dietician about how diet can really improve all of this information.  And of course, they always make a point to make learning fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch, we got divided into teams and then participated in a Spud Racer event. We had to make a car out of fruits and vegetables and then race them. But it wasn&#8217;t just about fun. We had to make a poster and presentation about our assigned health topic. My group got assigned Cholesterol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2512-e1547666529170-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6677\" width=\"504\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2512-e1547666529170-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2512-e1547666529170-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to say, making a car out of fruits and veggies isn&#8217;t easy.  Our team went for weight and worked with a butternut squash as a base.  This was not the wisest choice, because have you ever tried to chop a butternut squash?  Sticking an axle through it is even harder.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After some serious time spent building, we realized that our car was very likely to crash, so we went for beauty over brawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2529-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6678\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2529-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2529-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2529-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2529-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>We were the only car with green zucchini flames, that&#8217;s for sure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re ever in a spud racer event, the key here is that you want something that will drive straight.  The winning car in our competition was actually a simple small zucchini with wheels.  Nothing fancy, just simple elegance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honestly, that&#8217;s probably a metaphor for healthy living, though I didn&#8217;t think of it at the time.  Keep it simple.  You don&#8217;t need to do a fancy, expensive diet plan.  You don&#8217;t need crazy tools or crazy rules.  You just need the basics, and I think a lot of us make it too hard for ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the presentations, I&#8217;d say the winning group was the one who emphasized &#8220;Know Your 4,&#8221; highlighting the four key health indicators.  Excellent work, team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, &#8220;Out of Our Gourds&#8221; didn&#8217;t come away empty handed.  No, we were awarded the prestigious Lemon Award for our fabulous presentation and car crash and burn (with zucchini flames, of course, no roasted veggies here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2534-e1547666603827-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6674\" width=\"348\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2534-e1547666603827-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_2534-e1547666603827-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><figcaption>You better believe I wore it proudly<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I really enjoyed this event and hope that people take advantage of the Cigna Health Improvement Tour if it visits your area.  I promise, it&#8217;s almost entirely painless and knowing your health data is so important.  Barring that, schedule a visit with your doctor for a physical.  Preventative care can save you a ton of stress down the road.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just back from an absolutely amazing trip to Walt Disney World to cheer at WDW Marathon Weekend. This was the second year in a row that I went and didn&#8217;t race. 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