As our Hoopfest teams make their final preparations for the weekend of competition ahead, they updated us with what their plans are this week and how the low-fat chocolate milk has improved their performance so far.
After an attempt to drink chocolate milk during half-time of a game, Jessie, team captain of the Chieftains wrote, "we did learn our lesson about the chocolate milk during half-time! It does need a few minutes to settle in your stomach so using it as "recovery" is definitely the way to go. We'll have to plan that out this weekend, because sometimes you only have 60 minutes between games. A few of us have been drinking the chocolate milk for breakfast. I wouldn't recommend doing this everyday but, if you are in a rush, it's been a good alternative."
In their briefing session with UW Athletics' Emily Edison, M.S., R.D., the Seattle Teams learned about the importance of eating healthy and snacking. As they make the 5 hour trip to Spokane, Jessie shared with us her team's plan for how to keep healthy eating top of mind.
"Road trips aren't exactly conducive for healthy eating! But that's another reason why we are going grocery shopping tonight for next weekend. If we have a cooler full of healthier food, we'll be less tempted by those golden arches! We are all making a concerted effort to eat well this week and drink water throughout the day so we are feeling as strong as possible going into this weekend. When you start thinking of your body like it is a tool, you are more conscience of taking care of it. It's like when you are planning to drive your car on a cross-country road trip, you want to get it all checked out - change the oil, fill it with gas and just generally take care of it so there is less of a chance of it breaking down on the side of the road. None of us want to breakdown on the sidelines this weekend!"
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