One of the girls on my daughters team HAD one. They smell really bad, you have to buy special shampoo to bathe them. Like Aveeno oatmeal bath or something like that. They are very tempermental too. Yes they require alot of work so if you have the time and money then go for it. The odd, strong smell alone is what would change my mind!!
Canned veggies aren't bad. Just make sure you rinse them because they're canned in a ton of salt.
If you have a fridge with a freezer and a microwave...Costco sells these individually wrapped microwavable "noodle bowls", 6 to a box. It is noodles with soy sauce and vegetables frozen into what looks like a bowl (or a bird's nest lol). You stick it in a microwavable bowl for 3 minutes and it's done. My kids love it as an afterschool snack and it is on the healthier side. If you take them out of the box, they do not take up much room in the freezer either.
Build stamina! That's what helped me get through jumps in the middle-late part of the routine (I despise jumps) my coach would make us run laps around the mat 3 "routine times" in a row...so for 3 straight routines we'd have to run, then after that we would do our running tumbling passes then go straight to jumps, she upped the count for the routine ran time until it was about 8 or so I can't remember, but that helped me a lot! If you don't have continuous access to your gym, go run your neighborhood put on some cheer music and just run! :) Hope i helped!
I remember at Worlds 2012 I asked to get a picture with two of the girls from Lime because I thought they did really well and I'd never heard of the gym before. They were so sweet about it (unlike when I went to go take a picture with a girl from Cali)! I'm convinced between you, your sisters, those girls on GBE, my friend in my comp class, and my friend's parents that all people from Wisconsin are sweet and adorable.
