Welcome to the FitWorth Corporate Cup Challenge!
Thirty percent of the Fort Worth population is overweight, a troubling indicator for our children's future health. One of the best ways to curb this trend is to increase how many fruits and veggies we eat each day. The Federal Dietary Guidelines recommend about 5 servings a day, but most of us get less than 2.5! In fact, 40% of Texans report eating less than 1 serving of vegetables each day.
That's why we're launching the FitWorth 5-A-Day Corporate Cup Challenge!
From January 9th - February 7th, we're challenging you to eat 5 servings of Fruits and Veggies a Day.
We're so excited to welcome the following participating companies:
How to participate:
- Step 1: Download the Foodstand App.
- Step 2: Sign up with the invite code associated with your company to join your company's Corporate Cup Team:
Company | Invite Code |
---|---|
Higginbotham | HigginbothamFit |
Freese and Nichols | FreeseFit |
University of North Texas Health Science Center | UNTFit |
Blue Zones Project Fort Worth | BlueZonesFit |
Tarrant Area Food Bank | TarrantFit |
Cassco | CasscoFit |
- Step 3: Accept the Challenge to Eat 5 Fruits and Veggies a Day Challenge. You'll automatically be connected to fellow participants from your company so you can help each other stay on track.
- Step 4: Use the Foodstand App to track your servings each day. Open the app each day and draw a check mark for each serving of fruits and veggies you consume each day.
- Step 5: Check in on co-workers and how your company is doing vs. the others via the purple "Buddies" tab.
- Step 6: Learn new tips each week and share with others! You'll get weekly emails and daily tips to help you integrate fruits and veggies at each meal.
If you have any questions on how to sign up, please email is at info@dietid.com.
Basic Tips & Useful Hints
- Be sure to check in every time you eat some fruits or vegetables. Select the number of servings you had at that meal. You can check in multiple times in a day. Try not to wait till the end of the day - it's much more effective to check in right after you eat.
- Use snack time to your advantage to help you reach your daily goal—replace crackers or cookies with carrots and hummus, berries, or an apple with nut butter.
- Check one off the list before you even get to work by including a fruit and/or veggie in your breakfast. Green smoothie, anyone? Yogurt with fruit? Omelette with spinach, perhaps?
- Aim to have at least one veggie on your plate at lunch and dinner, and the more the merrier. The dietary guidelines state to have half your plate covered with veggies.
- Keep easy-to-eat fruit in your bag in case you get the emergency munchies. Bananas, apples, grapes, and berries are all convenient and easy to eat.
- Raw veggies are also a great on-the-go snack—cut up cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers, and/or carrots, and put them into a container to take on the road.
- Eat fruit for dessert! Either on its own, with yogurt, or on ice cream if you're having an indulgent treat.
- Eat the rainbow—a variety of colors of produce in your diet guarantees you'll be getting a wide range of nutrients.
- The darker and more vibrant the vegetable, the better (except cauliflower, the pale powerhouse).
Shopping List
- Farmers markets, farm stands, your garden, and the produce section at the grocery store are your new best friends. The more locally grown the better, as the produce will be fresher and have less of an environmental impact if it comes from nearby. Stock up at Cowtown Farmers Market at 3821 SOUTHWEST BLVD FORT WORTH, TX on Saturdays from 8am-12pm.
- The frozen section is good too—being able to keep produce on hand is the best way to ensure you eat it!
- Berries are the queen of the fruit category, containing less sugar and more antioxidants and fiber than others. Frozen berries this time of year are a great alternative if you can't find fresh.
- Be sure to stock up on leafy greens like kale, swiss chard, spinach, and broccoli—these guys are the kings of nutrition, and they are easy to cook. If you don't have time to chop during the week you can chop all at once over the weekend and store your produce in a vented or perforated bag in your fridge. Or buy pre-chopped in a pinch, and let the grocery store do the heavy lifting for you.
- Keep veggies that can be eaten raw as a snack, dipped in something, or cooked for dinner on hand—like zucchini, cauliflower, green beans, bell peppers and carrots. Their versatility increases the likelihood that you'll eat them!