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I just read this blog post called "Fitness-don't be a sissy" and thought I'd share:

http://cocoandhopo.blogspot.com/2010/04/fitness-dont-be-sissy.html

Great Article: Lose Weight Like a Guy

My husband read this article and suggested I read it. Half way through, I knew I had to post it here!

http://health.msn.com/fitness/womens-fitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100254483&page=2

UPDATES NEEDED!

PLEASE UPDATE!!! Lets get updated! Two sessions are now complete and we need updates!

Thanks!

Article from EAP Newsletter: Food Portion Distortion

Time to get updated!

Session "o" Weeks 56-59 is over, so if you aren't up to date on your tallies, please get them updated ASAP so a drawing can be done before the current session is over.

I'd like to welcome Allyson and Merredith. Both are Vicki's friends. We now have 10 members!

I hope everyone is finding time to exercise. Lately I've been having a harder time getting my exercise during on the weekdays, so I've had to really make sure I get a least 2 days during the week and then exercise Saturday and Sunday. That's been my routine for the past several weeks. I'm looking forward to the spring time and getting outside more to exercise, but in the meantime I've been putting my Wii to good use! I'm loving the new Wii Fit Plus (let me tell you-flapping your arms like a bird for 5 minutes is really hard!) and have been mixing that with either Active or Gold's Gym. Between the three programs (and using at least 2 for each work out) my muscles have been quite sore! All 3 programs track time and calories burned, so I've started keeping a log of my exercise with hopes that I can use the info to start creating workouts based on how many calories I want to burn. I haven't gotten that far, but I'm getting there!

I hope you all will post what's been working for you and if you are having a hard time to let us know so we can motivate you!

Happy posting and have a great weekend!

Shannon

Welcome Aboard Nancy!

Welcome Nancy! You are all set up to post your tallies! Let me know if you pledge on the Pound for Pound Challenge and I'll add your pledge.

Shannon

Welcome Nancy!!

I wanted to introduce Nancy, who works with me at Probation. Please help me welcome her to the blog site!

-Vic

Rusty would like...

Since Rusty was the Biggest Winner, and she really doesn't drink much coffee, would like Target Gift Cards instead of Starbucks Gift Cards. So if you haven't purchased her gift cards yet, get her Target! She would like to be add to her Wii games collection.

Please contact her for her address.

Thanks!

And the WINNERS are....

For Weeks 44-47/Oct 19 through Nov 15 the winner is RUSTY:
Vic owes $7
Shan owes $10.50
Kelli owes $7
Beth owes $3.50
Theresa owes $10.50
FOR A TOTAL OF $38.50


For Weeks 48-51/Nov 16 through Dec 13 the winner is RUSTY:
Vicki owes $10.50
Shan owes $3.50
Kelli owes $3.50
Beth owes $3.50
Theresa owes $7
FOR A TOTAL OF $28

For Weeks 52-55/Dec 14 through Jan 10 the winner is VICKI:
Shan owes $7
Kelli owes $14
Beth owes $7
Theresa owes $3.50
FOR A TOTAL $31.50

Congratulations Rusty and Vicki! I hope the winnings aren't as great next time (meaning everyone is getting their exercise in!)!!!

Check it out!

In response to Vic's suggestion to pledge on the Pound for Pound challenge put on by The Biggest Loser, I've added a couple new features on the blog. So far 4 of us have pledged to lose a certain amount of weight by the Pound for Pound deadline of June, 30th, 2010. If you are wondering what the countdown gadget is for, its to let us know how much time we have to lose our pledged weight. Also, I added an area right under the countdown clock listing who's pledged and how much they've pledged. If you made a pledge, I'm hoping you know what your starting weight is so you can occasionally update the pledge section with how close you are coming to reaching your goal. I found this to be super motivating, and I've already lost over 2 pounds since Monday!

I also added a section to post useful links. If you have admin user power for the blog you can add links yourself. If not, just tell us about the website in a post and I'll add it the list. This could be a useful tool for us!

And last but not least, we are actually all caught up in posting our tallies, so I have results for the last three sessions! Before I list the results, I want you take notice that both Judy and Rusty have succeeding in exercising at least 4 times a week EVERY WEEK in these sessions! Excellent job Judy and Rusty!!!!

Here are the results:

For Weeks 44-47/Oct 19 through Nov 15:
Vic 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Shan 1 ticket (owes $10.50 to the winner)
Kelli 1 tickets (owes $7 to the winner) {Kelli was out for medical the first week)
Judy 4 tickets
Beth 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Rusty 4 tickets
Theresa 1 ticket (owes $10.50 to the winner)


For Weeks 48-51/Nov 16 through Dec 13:
Vicki 1 ticket (owes $10.50 to the winner)
Shan 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Kelli 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Judy 4 tickets
Beth 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Rusty 4 tickets
Theresa 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)

For Weeks 52-55/Dec 14 through Jan 10:
Vic 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Shan 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Kelli 0 tickets (owes $14 to the winner)
Judy 4 tickets
Beth 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Rusty 4 tickets
Theresa 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)

Somebody take a look at the results and make sure I didn't make any mistakes. Post a comment to let me know if I got it right! If someone responds in next little while I'll do the drawing this afternoon. Good luck everyone!

Thanks,

Shan

I'm in

OK. After over a week of being sick and no exercising, I need to get motivated. I'm in on the pound for pound challenge. I pledge 20 lbs. by June 30!

Beth

Pound For Pound Challenge

Hey everyone - I have an idea to not only get us motivated for post-holiday weight loss, but also a way to give to charity. For those of you who watch The Biggest Loser, they often mention the Pound For Pound challenge. For every pound you pledge to lose, they'll donate one pound of food to the food bank of your choice (that's affiliated with this challenge). It's a great cause and I encourage everyone in EFC to do this. I figure we can all sign up and pledge on our own, but lets track our progress on this site. The challenge ends June 30, 2010, so that'll give us 6 months to get to our personal goals. To sign up, go to http://www.pfpchallenge.com/. For those Sacramento - based folks, they may try to assign you the Contra Costa / Solano County foodbank based on your zip code, but you can manually choose the Placer Food Bank that's based out of Roseville for a closer pick. For everyone who signs up for this, email Shannon with the pounds you pledge to lose to post in a special column on the site. Hopefully we can individually post updates on how much weight we've lost so far so everyone can keep track.

Also it's time to update your current tallies. Please take a few minutes to make your updates so we can do the coffee card drawings. Thank you!!

- Vic