July, 2007 !nside This Issue
Summer Activities
Healthy Salads
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Calendar of Events
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Heart Walk-Be a Team
Captain
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On-line Wellness Criteria
Tracking
July is:
UV Safety Month
Fireworks Safety Month
July 8 -14th
National Therapeutic
Recreation Week
July 15-21Sf
International Massage
Week
Fun Summer Outdoor Activities
Here are some ideas for a fun and active summer. Try encouraging friends and family to participate with you.
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Enjoy Fort Wayne Parks -Explore different parks around the city each week.
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Gardening can be a relaxing and enjoyable stress reliever. Plus, it helps you get your 5 fruits and vegetables a day. If you don't have room for a garden. There are plenty of plants that can grow in a pot (ex. tomato, peppers, bush cucumbers, and more).
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Scavenger Hunt -During a summer get-to-together, put kids (and adults) into groups of 2-4. Create a list of things that can be collected from nature. (ex. green leaf, brown leaf, round pebble, pink flower petal, stick with a fork on the end, a tall weed, etc)
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Fort Wayne Walking Tours. You can take a tour of Fort Wayne the 1st Friday of every month. The walking tour is about 1 Y2 hours long and starts at 1 pm in the Convention & Visitor Center located across from the Hilton Hotel at 1021 South Calhoun Street.
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Have a water fight with your friends and family. Create teams and have a combination of water balloons, water guns, and small buckets. Be creative with backyard activities. Believe it or not, adults sometimes have more fun than kids during these types of games.
Make Salad a Healthy Part of Your Summer
Salads are a great way to help you fill your quota for the recommended 5 fruits and vegetables a day. However, like everything else in this world, there is a healthy way to make salads and an unhealthy way. If you are watching your waste line or wanting to maintain it, you should follow a few rules for salad making.
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Watch what you put on your salad: It isn't the lettuce or vegetables that make a salad high in fat it is what you put on top of your salad. Meat, cheese, eggs, croutons, bacon bits, and salad dressing, are just a few things you can put on your salad that add fat and calories. Meat, cheese, and eggs will provide protein but just remember that they are high in saturated fat and cholesterol, so use them in moderation.
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Watch for "Red Flags": There are a few words that mean high fat and calories: Chef, Caesar, Cobb, & Taco Salad, plus Ranch, Bleu Cheese, and Thousand Island dressings. Try low-fat and fat-free dressings or low oil-to-vinegar ratio vinaigrettes.
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Use different lettuce leaves: The greener the leaves the more vitamins and minerals. Sorry folks, Iceburg lettuce is mostly water.
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Add protein to your salad: Beans are low in fat, plus they add protein and fiber to your diet. Grilled chicken, turkey, low-fat lunch meat, and Canadian bacon are other low-fat proteins you can add to your salad. Remove the yolks from eggs to remove the fat but keep the egg whites which are high in valuable protein.
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Use whole wheat pastas: If you are making pasta or rice salad, use the whole wheat form to add fiber. Plus, add plenty of vegetables and dried fruits for added fiber.
See recipe on back from www.kraftfoods.com. Visit the website to sign up for Kraft's FREE quarterly Magazine with great ideas and recipes. Wellness Newsletter
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u1ocom1na Events
:1.Yh'. Weight Watchers At Work Registration Day Wednesday, July 25th Noon -lpm KT 117 $144 due at sign-up Fruit & Vegetable Employee 6-Week Challenge July 16 Aug 26 To Sign-up e-mail kiefferj@ipfwedu Completion of this Challenge will earn you a Purple Healthy Purdue Apple
"Let Us Come To You" Health Awareness Workshops * Blood Pressure * De-Stress With Fitness * Nutrition and you * Nutrition On The Go * Self Care (Healthier at Home book is provided) * Fitness and You To schedule a workshop for your department or group of coworkers call 481-6647 or 481-5758 or e-mail Tillapau@ipfw.edu
JulyBrown Bag Healthy Purdue Worksh22s Nutrition on the Go Tuesday, July 10th llam -noon SB 176 Nutrition on the Go Thursday, July 12th noon -1pm SB 176 Self Care Wednesday, July 25th 5:15 -6:15pm SB 176
Wellness Recipe of the Month:
Corn Salsa INGREDIENTS
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1-1/2 lb. firm ripe tomatoes, chopped
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1 medium jalapeiio pepper, chopped
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1 cup fresh corn kernels
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1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
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1/4 cup chopped cilantro or fresh parsley
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1/4 cup KRAFT low-fat or fat-free Zesty Italian Dressing
DIRECTIONS
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tomatoes and jalapef\o pepper in large bowl.
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Add corn, red onion and cilantro; mix lightly.
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dressing; toss to coat
Source: www.kraftfoods.com
Heart Walk -Save the Date
IPFW will host the American Heart Association Heart Walk again this year. The date will be Saturday, September 15th at 8:30am here at the IPFW Hilliard Gates Sports Center. Be an IPFW Heart Walk Team Captain. Visit www.fortwayneheartwalk.kintera.org to register for this year's event! Contact Judy Tillapaugh at 481-5758 with questions.
Did you know, if you received the S150 Incentive, you are already registered to participate in the additional $250 Wellness Achievement Incentive!
Healthy Purdue: On-Line Wellness Criteria Tracking Did you know Most of you are probably wondering how to check your Healthy Purdue Wellness Criteria. Follow the directions below to see how many apples you have achieved and you can also self report the Yellow, Orange, and Green Apples at this site. The Healthy Purdue Website is planning on changing at the End of June or Early July. The Homepage will eventually have the Criteria Tracking front and center instead of off to the left. So these directions are subject to change. However, here are some directions to get you started. You will have to have your Purdue career Account alias and password. Spouses will have to create their own career account information.
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Go to www.purdue.edu/healthypurdue
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Click wellness criteria on the left hand side menu
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Click on Worklife Registration in the middle of the page
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When you get to the Worklife log-in page, sign in with your career acctount username and password. If you do not know it, contact ITS help desk. (This is where spouses will create their own, look for Register Here above log-in.)
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Once you have successfully logged in to your Purdue Worklife homepage on the left will be a menu of items. click on wellness criteria tracking.
If you do not know your Purdue Career account information, please contact ITS Help Desk at extension 16030. If you have any questions about the completion of StayWell Coaching or Health Living on-line program you can contact the StayWell Help-line at 1-800-926-5455.
Please contact Jenny Kieffer at kiefferj@ipfw.edu or 481-5758 with questions
Sponsored by IPFW/Parkview Health & Wellness Clinic,
For more info rmation call 481-6647 or 481-5748 OR visit www.ipfw.edu/health & www.ipfw.edu/clinic
