Your Booty needs you!

WE WANT YOU!!!!!

It's May and summer is just around the corner! Keri and I are going to be offering a "Booty Rebellion Boot Camp". We haven't worked out all the details yet but it will be two early mornings a week. Time is coming for all good women to come to the aid of their booties. Let your camo wearing whistle blowing drill sergeants whip that booty into shape for summer. If you are interested in enlisting throw down a comment or email me! Keep workiing it!

REWARD YOURSELF!

When the weather is blah it can affect our mood. When our mood is down we can be prone only to see the negative. Today your challenge is to think REWARD! Set goals for the day, the week, and/or the month and then reward yourself for your hard work. Below are some examples of rewards. I especially like the money in the jar idea! Some ideas are kind of kooky but who knows, maybe they will work for you! I found this list on the website sparkpeople.com. Great site. You might want to check it out!

REWARD ROSTER CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITES AND USE THEM LIBERALLY

Compliment yourself. Write down what you would say to anyone else who accomplished what you did.
Create an actual plaque or trophy.
Give yourself badges of honor for different levels of accomplishment.
Take a vacation or weekend getaway.
Take a day off from any goal activities.
Put $1 in a jar every time you meet a goal. When it gets to $50, treat yourself.
Create a Trophy Scrapbook, where you keep mementos from your accomplishments.
See a movie.
Make a grab bag of little prizes. When you reach a significant goal, reach in and get your reward!
Go for a spa treatment or massage.
Buy yourself a gift certificate.
Take a limo ride.
Subscribe to a magazine you always wanted.
Go canoeing or do something outdoorsy.
Watch your favorite TV show.
Buy something for your hobby.
Read a funny book.
Celebrate "100% Days". If you reach 100% of your goals that day, choose two rewards.
Find some time to be by yourself.
Pay someone to do the yardwork or house cleaning this week.
Fly a kite.

Be Creative!

Get out while you can! Today challenge yourself to go somewhere different to exercise. Go to CoeurD'Alene or the south hill. Take your family on a hike or if shopping is your thing, walk the mall 4 times before you shop! Think out of the box. Have soccer games to watch? Do so while walking the field. Volleyball? Do a few sets of bleacher runs. Get creative and get moving! Your waist will thank you later!

Anybody have any fun yummy low point snacks to share?

Have a plan!

Yikes! Yesterday I didn't plan well and forgot to organize snacks and food. Was gone form 7:30 to 2:00 and only had a couple rye crisps (otherwise known as cardboard) in the car. When I got home I just wanted to eat everything! Sue was right when she said to plan out your snacks! That would have helped me out big time. Good news? Today is a new day! It may be colder but it just means you have to move faster to get warm! Get to it Ladies! Today's fitness challenge is to find a staircase and work it for at least 20 flights!! Try one at a time, then two, fast then slower, vary it up, Work that booty!

Today's challenge and more!

Good Morning! Another beautiful day to get outdoors. Your challenge today is to spend as much time as your job allows getting outside. Afterwork take a walk or a run. Do some yard work. Lunge up and down your lawn. Throw the ball for your dog or better yet take him on a walk!!! Just do it. It is light until at least 8:00pm.

We also need to get serious about our goals. Today marks the end of our first week. If you haven't already, get on the scales. Get out your measuring tape and every week mark your progress. If you have the WW log book it has a place for all this. If not, use a separate notebook to keep track. Be accountable. Tell somebody your goals. Write them down and read them!
I've really taken this seriously and without feeling hungry I have lost 3lbs! This is so doable! No excuses.

A few of our group members have expressed a desire to meet face to face to encourage and get to know one another. Another has requested a way to find workout partners. What are your thoughts and availability? What about early Saturday morning? 7:00am? Check -in and comment!!!

I am thinking that I broke my toe yesterday :( I am going to need to burn calories in new creative ways......I will still try to swim; let me know if you have any suggestions.

Workin' It!

OK. My husband officially thinks I'm crazy. Last night after realizing that I still had 2000 steps to log on my pedometer I started running around the house. Then I thought to myself "how unproductive" so I ran around the kitchen while unloading and then reloading the dishwasher. Killed two birds with one stone! Did I mention this was at 10:00pm? Will have to work on restoring my sanity image with Ray later!

Okay my spacing did not work
2 TB butter
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
1 jar marshmallow creme
2 TB unsweetened cocoa powder
1 t. vanilla extract
6 cups of cereal
Sorry Sue

Good Thursday ladies been looking up some snack foods with low points in my weight watchers cookbook and found a good recipe Cocoa Crispy Bars it's a keeper for me and will be helpful when the monthly chocolate craving comes.
2 TB unsalted butter 2 TB unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ounce unsweetened 1 t. vanilla extract
chocolate 6 cups crisped rice cereal
1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow cream

Spray 13x9 pan, melt butter and cube of chocolate (1 ounce) in sauce pan
over low heat add marshmallow cream, cocoa powder, and vanilla stir until smooth
remove from heat and stir in rice crispy cereal stir until coated then spread in pan let sit
for 10 min. then cut into 24 squares and if you only eat one square it is only 1 point!!!!!!
They are good but be careful not to eat the whole pan or you will have all your points for
the day.
Hope you enjoy!!!! Sue
P.S. treadmill today half hour 2 miles I know miss Jennifer I need to pick up the pace!!!

Great Links to Check out

Hey ladies I just posted some new links on The Simple Life.
Tell me how are you doing?
How about a daily check in for everbody?
Hows the eating habits going and what are you doing for exercise?
Any great tips, fav recipes (healthy of coarse:) we don't want to upset the Guru)
exercise plan or ideas you see what I'm getting at
So let's hear it - Kerita

Burn Baby Burn!

Oh yeah it hurts so good! I pushed myself on the weights today and man did everyone in the gym hear it! Instead of the s word I say sugar and instead of any other bad word I say bob saget.
Sometimes I just yell- (yeah I'm the crazy one in the gym). Trainer Jeremy has been pushing me on the weights. He's used to my craziness in the gym now:) I make him smile and laugh. He's 22 and I decided to adopt him.
I hope you all are going out of your comfort zone a bit. I've done things lately I didn't think I could. It is rewarding.
Heres a saying for today from the cute movie Madagascar- Repeat after me:) I like to move it move it x3 Move it!
Have a fab day -warmer days are here again!

KIwi's are my new fav!

Hi Girlfriends!

I think my allergy symptoms were really a cold after all ( bummer!) but on a bright note I found out a whole kiwi is 0 points! Kiwis are really high in vitamin C and good for the cold! Always a silver lining! Our challenge today is to eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegies. I went to Costco yesterday and loaded up. If you can manage to eat them all it really is a good deal. To make sure I don't waste them I'm going to make sure the family gets all their servings too! How are we doing on the pedometers? It really makes a big difference. The day before yesterday I was a bit short on steps so took the whole family on a walk! Every extra bit helps!
Keri's blog , A Simple Life, listed a great exercise workout! Check it out!

Thank you Jennifer for getting me back on track with weight watchers. I know this system works if you follow the rules because I lost 12 pounds last spring on it. The key is making it your life style. One thing I have found if I get to hungry then I am grabbing for anything so have ready to eat snacks always on hand. Also keep up the daily exercise!!!! So I did my one hour workout yesterday and boy do I feel it today. Note to self start slow on the exercise don't kill yourself on the first day just keep the same determination. Let's get in shape girls and skinny while were at it!! Sue

WW experience and a new pedometer!

I went to WW today and was able to purchase the books without joining the program. I didn't ask if I needed to join I just pretended I knew what I was doing. For $35 I bought a points calculator and a start up kit which included a journal, dining out points book and a Complete food companion book that lists the points for thousands of food items. After going over these I still couldn't figure out how to calculate my activity points so I searched the web and found this:

Activity points for light intensity = [your weight] x [minutes] x 0.00023
Activity points for moderate intensity = [your weight] x [minutes] x 0.00033
Activity points for high intensity = [your weight] x [minutes] x 0.00081

These points you get to add to your daily total. Don't get too excited. I walked for an hour and got to add a measly 3 points! Just goes to prove that is really about what you eat!!!!!

After buying the book I bought a new pedometer. You want to find one that does not operate on a pendulum mechanism. They are way more accurate. I set my stride length and now I'm good to go. Our goal? 10,000 steps a day!!

Jelly Bean Booty

I didn't indulge in chocolate but my oh my the jelly beans flew into my mouth! I over indulged big time and paid for it yesterday - felt like a slug all day. Did my workout today a sweated out a bunch for sugar! It didn't taste like sugar though lol! Darn!
I am so excited Jen is doing this. She is my Chica Bonita - Totally inspires me and I will make her into a pro golfer!
You all need to check out my blog I've had it for a while but am going to be posting more on health and fitness.
http://capturethesimplelife.blogspot.com/
Now go eat your celery and drink your water :)

Weight Watcher Blog Site

Check out the blog under my blog list. Filled with great recipes and helpful Weight Watcher tips!

Let's get movin'!

We can choose to let the snow on April 14th get us down or not...I choose not!

Here is the deal for today. Your assignment is to find more movement in your day. More movement you ask? Think of everything as a challenge to do more. For example: closest parking spot or farthest parking spot.......Farthest! Walk in with the groceries or lunge to the pantry....Lunge! I know it sounds corny but we are trying to burn extra calories anyway we can. We want to pump up that metabolism any chance we have. I'm sure you can come up with more creative ideas on your own. Post your favorites! Our goal is to make fitness our lifestyle not a dreaded moment in the day. We will get more structured but today let's just get movin'!

Nutritionally we want to start off well hydrated. Today (and everyday from here on out) water is your goal. 8, 8oz glasses to be exact. 64oz total. I would suggest finishing this by around 5pm or else your little porcelain friend will be getting lots of company at night! Start off your morning with water you have put on your bedstand the evening before and get your first 8oz covered before you even get out of bed!

Two things I think are mandatory for our success. A book or online info that lays out the
WeightWatcher plan and a pedometer. The pedometer can be found at any sporting goods store, walmart, target, sometimes the best place to get fitness tools is Ross or TJMax. The last two are more hit and miss though. We will use the pedometer to show us how much or how little we are moving in a day. Please have these two things ASAP.

Here's to a bootylosing day!

Jen

Weight Watcher plan points

Welcome all! First things first. We are going with the Weight Watcher plan. Here is how to figure your points. You can choose to join their plan or not. I understand their points calculator and books are very helpful! Their website has lots of good info. More later!

Are you:
Female?-----2pts
Male?-------8pts
A Nursing Mom*?-----12pts

How Old Are You?
17*-26---------4pts
27-37---------3pts
38-47---------2pts
48-58---------1pts
Over 58-------0pts

What do you weigh?
Enter the first two digits of your weight in pounds. For example, if you weigh 175, enter 17. If you weigh less than 100 pounds, enter the first digit of your weight in pounds. i.e. for 98, enter 9.

How tall are you?
Under 5'1"----0pts
5'1"-5'10"----1pts
Over 5'10"----2pts

Do you spend most of your day:
Sitting down?------------------0pts(e.g. as a receptionist, bus driver, cab driver)
Occasionally sitting, but mainly standing?---2pts(e.g. sales person, housewife, cook, teacher)Walking most of the time?-------4pts(e.g. waiter, mailman)
Doing physically hard work most of the time?---6pts(e.g. nurse, gardener, construction worker)

The total is your daily points target.

*Nursing moms and young people under 17 should talk with a WW leader before beginning the program.**If your total is less than 18, your daily points target is 18; if your total is more than 44, your daily points target is 44.***Retake the quiz as your weight goes down, as you get older or if you change the way you spend you day.Remember that you have 35 allowance points each week as well. You can save them to eat out once a week, or however you choose. You don't even have to use them if you don't want to. Keep in mind that they start over each week.You also earn more points when you exercise. You have to have a points calculator to help determine how many points you've earned.