Do you know where you're going?

If you didn't make a fitness New Years Resolution....You should.  If you don't know what direction you're headed...You may be going nowhere.  Make a resolution and a plan of action. Then post it.

Tiff

WE DID IT! Turkey Leg RACE!!!!

Tiffany, Loisanne, Heidi (Heather's sister), Heather, Angela, Russ (Angela's husband)

Wooohhoo!  Girls we did great work.  It was so fun to run with you.  It felt great to burn some calories before I ate a ton...and I did eat a ton!!!  It was a harder race than I thought.  I was so proud of you all.  It feels really great to accomplish a goal, and feed the hungry at the same time.  You are all admirable women.  I'll post your times if they ever post them.  But here is a picture of us thanks to Heather's sister Heidi.

Keep Off The Holiday Pounds

Most people only gain 1-2 lbs over the holidays if they are a healthy weight to start with.  However, the holiday pounds tend to stay on from year to year accounting for most of our weight gain over the years.  So, make a plan to keep those pounds off.  Here are some of my tips I think work.

1- Stay away from the food table at parties.  The further the better, and don't start eating until the end of the party.  The less time you have to spend at the feeding trough the better.

2- Snack on veggies, nuts, fruit, and meats.  Stay away from all the sugar.

3- Cary a purse.  It makes it harder to carry a plate around, so it makes it more difficult to eat.

4- Offer to bring something healthy you know you'll eat at a party, so you can avoid the pumpkin roll.

5- Add 15 extra min of exercise to your routine during the holidays to burn more calories.

6- Eat the thing you love the most, and tell yourself that is all you'll eat.

7- Drink a lot of water at parties.  Fill up on that instead of food.

8- Wear tight clothes.  They will remind you to eat less.

9- Take some walks in the snow with your hubby and enjoy the season.

10- Enjoy as many winter sports as you can.

We should enjoy ourselves during the holidays, but we shouldn't do it in excess.  I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I know some of you will be traveling. Please be safe.  Some of us will be doing a race.  It will be a great way to start off our day, and we won't feel all the guilt when we put gravy on our mashed potatoes.  Remember we have no boot camp on Friday.

I May Have A New Motto

K, so, I was surfing....like I do, and I came across this cycling blog.  I just loved the motto on the blog.....are ya ready?......I will beat my ass today to beat yours tomorrow.

I just fell in love with it.  If you know me, my motto up to this point has been....If you ain't dyin' you ain't tryin'.
Maybe I'll just use both of them.

Anyhow, the blog is called Sufferfest (I like the name.)  They have suggestions for podcasts, music, playlists, and DVDs.   So if you are looking for any of that info check it out.

link to Sufferfest

No Sugar + Extra Veggie Challenge

I was talking to Tara about the "NO SUGAR" challenge I did last week, and we talked about doing another one. Then I thought, if I'm giving up something bad I should do a challenge that encourages me to add something good. So the other part of the challenge is add a veggie to breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2 snacks. If you're IN, post that you're in. You can do both challenges or just one. The challenge goes until Thanksgiving Day. If you eat sugar, or don't get your veggies in you must post that you have failed and that you are getting back on the wagon. Oh, and I am signed up for the Turkey Leg Race. Wooohoo!

Here is a recipe from Body rock tv. It has honey in it, and yes, we are allowed to have honey. :) Let me know if you make it, and how it is. I'm gonna try. It's kinda strange.

bodyrock-tv-breakfast-cake

Blame it on New Moon (Important! Read All!)

HI guys!  Heather asked me if I was going to be at Boot Camp on Friday (because I'm going to the 12:00 am New Moon), and I said I was going to try, but then I found out it is late start on Friday.  Then I have to be in SLC by 11:30.  Then be back in Ogden at 3:30 to see New Moon again....So, I don't think I'll be able to make it.  We will do our bicep, back, shoulder workout on Wed instead of Fri.  We are going to do a "milk jug" workout, so you'll need a full gallon of water.  It works best if it is sealed "new", as Angela and I found out.  Be sure to bring it because you will mess up your workout as well as someone else's if you don't.  They only cost about $.75.

If you still want to do a workout on Friday, this is what I'll be doing.  This is the trainer for 50 Cent.  If you've seen 50 Cent's body, you'll understand why I'm doing it.  It's only 20 min, but looks pretty hard.  Add a 30 min run to it after if you'd like to make it longer.
link to part one 50 Cent Trainer Work Out
link to part 2 50 Cent Trainer Work Out

The more you eat...The more you burn! WHAT?

It is almost hard to believe, but there is such a thing as burning calories by eating.  The negative calorie foods speeds up your metabolism and therefore can help with your weight loss efforts. You can eat bigger portions and more often and yet burn more calories, because your body will use more energy for digestion. So for example, you will eat a fruit that has 40 calories but your body needs 100 calories to digest the fruit, which means that your body will burn 60 calories . One of my favorite vegetable is celery and I am using it quite often. Piece of celery that contains 5 calories requires 150 calories to digest, so by eating this piece of celery, you are actually burning 145 calories! All of these negative calorie foods also contain all kinds of vitamins and minerals so they are like a natural and healthy fat burning supplements. It is much better solution to include in your diet a lot of negative calorie foods that will speed up your metabolism, then starving yourself and do exactly the oposite. Remember that in order to loose weight permanently you have to boost your metabolism and you can do that by eating every 2-3 hours. You should not limit your daily diet only to the negative calorie foods, because your body need other sources of nutrients as well. Include some low fat meat, dairy products and whole grains – basically stick with the clean eating, exercise regularly and you will soon start to see dramatic results.
Some of the calorie negative foods include broccoli, cauliflower, celery, carrot, garlic, onion, zucchini, lettuce, green beans, mango, apple, cranberry, grapefruit, papaya, watermelon, peach, orange, lemon, cranberry, blueberries, strawberry, tomato, raspberry, spinach, cucumber.


Seriously!  How cool is that?  I got this from Bodyrock TV.  Very cool info.  I'm going to eat a lot more of these foods, fursure!