Green Team
RedVelvette
Posts: 213 Member
If you love GREEN, join this team!
"Green with envy. Love is evergreen. “It’s not easy being green.” Green is everywhere. It’s the most common color in the natural world, and it’s second only to blue as the most common favorite color. It’s the color we associate with money, the environment, and aliens, and it’s the color of revitalization and rebirth.
Physical Effects
What happens to your body in the presence of green? Your pituitary gland is stimulated. Your muscles are more relaxed, and your blood histamine levels increase, which leads to a decrease in allergy symptoms and dilated blood vessels, aiding in smoother muscle contractions. In short, green is calming, stress-relieving, and – a bit paradoxically – invigorating. It’s been shown to improve reading ability and creativity."
"Green with envy. Love is evergreen. “It’s not easy being green.” Green is everywhere. It’s the most common color in the natural world, and it’s second only to blue as the most common favorite color. It’s the color we associate with money, the environment, and aliens, and it’s the color of revitalization and rebirth.
Physical Effects
What happens to your body in the presence of green? Your pituitary gland is stimulated. Your muscles are more relaxed, and your blood histamine levels increase, which leads to a decrease in allergy symptoms and dilated blood vessels, aiding in smoother muscle contractions. In short, green is calming, stress-relieving, and – a bit paradoxically – invigorating. It’s been shown to improve reading ability and creativity."
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One of my school colors is green, so I just have to pick this team!! Whoot whoot for the green team!!0
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I love green!!! So let's go green team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Michigan State Alum and big college sports fan. GO GREEN!0
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@MissEESmith Oh yay! I love college football (well, when Baylor is playing, otherwise not so much lol)! Welcome to the Green Machine!!
@jessicakahn606 had a great idea that we could add each other on here for good communications as well, so be looking for a request from us!0 -
Team GREEN: Don't forget to choose your team leader tonight!0
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Can I nominate myself NOT to be it? I honestly probably wouldn't keep up with it all that well. I procrastinate with homework as is lol0
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My eyes and favorite color are green, hope I'm not too late to join (it's just shy of 8pm here on the West coast).0
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Tonight I booked a trip to Paris during the challenge so I'm probably not the best leader from that standpoint.
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I can be team leader if needed! Just message me ur points at the end of the week!!! And welcome Fey1!!! And ur never too late to join the best team around!!! ;D sorry I've been a little MIA just started work and school! So my schedule was busy this week! Anyway I'll message u all shortly!0
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Lol if you guys don't like the messages! We can always talk on here! just check in and talk! I'm so ready to kick some butt! 0
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Thanks for volunteering!0
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@jessicakahn606 Thanks for volunteering!
@fey1 You're not late at all! Welcome!! We are glad to have you!0 -
What about this morning??? Am I too late. It just clicked for me that January ended yesterday. I had a crazy week.0
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@RStoken I don't think your late because we havent done anything point wise! So welcome to the team! 0
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Congratulations to everyone on team green because you have all earned your talk to team member points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yayyyy keep up the great work!!!! 0
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Yippy!!! Great job everyone!!!0
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Off to a good start, though it's certainly easier to eat lightly on a day when I'm just not terribly hungry. Anyone else have crazy appetite swings sometimes?0
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I know I do every now and then! I assume it's normal when changing your diet! :P I'm not sure though! My sugar cravings have gone down some!0
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Awesome!!!! hope everyone has a great day two!!! 0
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Whoever came up with the "terrible twos" obviously hasn't met this green team! How about "terrific twos" instead! Have a terrific day 2 everyone! Whoot whoot!
@RStoken welcome!! We're happy to have you!
@fey1 Yes! Especially when it's late at night and I'm studying. I just want to snack like crazy! If I let myself, I could quite literally double my entire days' caloric intake in just a couple hours of studying0 -
@Batgirl1994 I feel the same way about my study breaks! I have just bought a package of carrots in order to avoid the whole doubling of my calories! Lol0
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Thanks for welcoming me. As far as appetite swings, mine range from Healthy/strong appetite to ravenous!0
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@Batgirl1994 crunchy munchies and chocolate do me in, particularly at the end of the day, but most of the time my diet's pretty good thanks to conscious changes I've made in recent years. There's so much confusing info about nutrition, but I thought there's no going wrong with increasing the amount of fresh fruit and veg I'm getting on a daily basis, so I started with the goal of at least 5 servings/day. Recently I stepped it up to 5-7 veg and 1-2 fruit and had a stamp made so I can do a daily checklist. A few of the easy ways I've found to get in more produce include: buying plain greek yogurt and adding my own fresh fruit, just one ounce of avocado (about 1/4 of the average Haas) = 1 serving and is a great addition to lots of meals, chopped greens (spinach, kale, beet greens, etc...) added at the end of cooking don't do much to change the flavor of most dishes and are packed with nutrients.
I'd be curious to hear about diet hacks/improvements others have found useful!0 -
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My job is high stress and I forget to drink water so I started a water reminder app. It was super obnoxious, making slurping noises on the hour, but all of the coworkers liked that it commanded a water break. Unfortunately, it was driving the Mister crazy so now I'm doing the Plant Nanny. My dandelion is cute and really thirsty.0
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I love tht quote! thank you for doing tht! And a water reminder app is a great idea! I kinda need one as well! I just forget about drinking water until the end of the day! It makes me getting the 64ozs a little bit of a race for me! I will have to try it! Thank you so much for the idea! 0
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I hope everyone is having a great day three!!! 0
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2nd migraine day in a row. Not getting my exercise. I'm gonna have to do some serious make up the 2nd half of the week to get the bonus.0
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Day 3 going strong! I hope everyone had a great day 3 and is ready for yet another fresh start tomorrow!
@jessicakahn606 That's so smart! I wish I could do that but I literally cannot make myself eat raw veggies. If I eat them, it's steamed or with peanut butter
@fey1 omg chocolate lol! But what you're doing now sounds great. Life goals! I'm trying to pack in more fresh veggies, but dislike veggies with a passion. I can eat a salad with romaine or spinach leaves and minimal non-veggie toppings, but that's where raw veggies stop for me. I'm definitely going to give your avocado thing a whirl though. I typically don't like them, but your way definitely sounds worth a try. Maybe we could find a way to create a recipes thread. It would indeed be cool to see what others have come up with!
@RStoken Oh no! I hope you feel better. Get plenty or rest, lots of water, and maybe try some Bayer or Alieve! You've got this!0
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