Birthday Fundraiser for Parkinson’s

Four years ago, my mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease… at that time, my husband and I had our first child.  For his first birthday, we asked guests to bring money instead of a gift.  We donated the money to the Parkinson’s Society and raised over $500… by the time the Superwalk for Parkinson’s came around in September of that year, we raised $1,000 …

And now, in 2009, we did it again…our daughter turned 1 and we held another fundraiser, once again asking guests to bring money instead of gifts.  This time we raised $1,000.  By the Superwalk in September, we are hoping to raise close to $1,500.   

We are a spoiled generation…but that’s ok…as long as we pass-it-on and help others.  Every little bit that we can give will help find a cure for ailments and diseases.  Parkinson’s is so close to being cured and that’s because of the generosity of people like you, who continue to give.  We would like to thank everyone who participated in our fundraiser as well as our community partners, who assisted in sponsoring our daughter’s first birthday.

Thank You

Councilors: Joe Cimino and Jacques Barbeau

Craid McDermott ~ Pizza Hut (Four Corners)

Maria Cirelli ~ Tim Hortons (Lively)

John Cimino ~ Caruso Club

Max Massimiliano ~ Regency Bakery

Lisa ~Clowning Around

Miranda ~ Creative E-learning Design

 

2 weeks to a slimmer body - Weigh-In and Measurements

Ok…D-Day is coming on Saturday…it’s Thursday and I’m getting measured and weighed….I hate this part! Ok..I’ll admit I’ve cheated on my diet… I know, I know…I really need to stick to it. I really beleive that you get what you give…so basically if you are going to cheat on your diet, you don’t get the right to compain that you haven’t lost the weight you wanted to lose! Watch this video and see what happens. I’m going to be trying on my dress for my friend’s wedding in 2 days so stay tuned to see if it fits! (P.S. Don’t worry I have a backup dress just in case!)

Updated Weight Tracker

 

2 Weeks to a Slimmer Body - week one update

How to Pick a Fat Loss Burner that is Right for You

Do you want to lose weight? Do you want to have a slimmer and healthier body? Do you want to achieve your desired weight and body build? If yes, you should know about fat loss burners and where to find them.

Many people around the world suffer from obesity or being overweight. Their build is oftentimes the subject of ridicule which results in their having very low self-esteem. In addition, they are more in danger of having harmful diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack, hypertension, and cancer. Once your body is overweight, you can no longer do most of the activities people with normal weight can do. You find it hard to move around and even to shop for clothes that will fit you. Moreover, you will also find losing weight a major challenge and a burden. 

 

Losing weight is not that hard. It only requires time, patience, and perseverance to shed those extra pounds. The best way to lose weight is by finding out which fat loss burner is right for you. Here’s how:

Know your body

Before you go on a diet or take weight loss pills, you should first and foremost know your body well. Find out how your body reacts to certain foods and medicines. It will also help to go back to your medical history and find out whether you are allergic to a particular substance found in weight loss pills or you have preexisting illness that may hinder you from dieting or exercising.  And…of course, always check with a health care professional. 

Be well informed and knowledgeable

Before you think of taking a fat loss burner, make sure that you know the important things or information about it. You can read medical books or research works on weight loss from the library nearest you. If you are to busy to go to the library you can always log on to the internet where you can find hundreds of articles and ebooks on weight loss in just a few seconds. These are written by health and nutrition experts and are usually up to date. 

Visit your doctor

The best person to ask which fat loss burner is best for you is your doctor. Before you take any action in losing weight, it is appropriate that you visit your doctor and ask                                                         him/her about a fat loss burner that is suited for you. In addition, he/she can also suggest other ways on how to help you lose weight. 

If you are planning to lose weight and decide to take fat loss burners, you should know which one is right for you. You can do this by knowing your body first and then gathering information on weight loss, and also by visiting your doctor. The right fat loss burner can help you lose weight fast, safely, and easily.  Of course, exercise and diet are THE MOST IMPORTANT and safest components to losing weight in a healthy manner and keeping it off for good!

Amazing Weight Loss Transformations

What Motivation!  These people have all tranformed their bodies and are now healthier and more energetic. 

YOU CAN DO IT TOO!  If they can…so can we!!!

Personal Trainer - Lynne Labelle-Hickey

This summer I enrolled in boot-camp and let me tell you…it was GREAT!  WOW…what a workout!  Actually, it was just like on t.v. — you know like “the last 10 pounds boot-camp” or “X-Weighted”.  It was crazy.  Our trainer/coach was Lynne Labelle-Hickey, a personal trainer in Sudbury, Ontario. 

Her confidence and physical ability enabled her to coach a large group of people (amateurs and athletes) into lean, mean machines.  In the beginning of the boot-camp, many people were only able to do 1-10 push-ups and after 5 weeks, increased their starting amount by 5-10 push-ups.  This simply goes to show how a good workout twice a week can help you build muscle, strength and lose weight. 

My favourite part of the boot-camp was all the great “gadgets” she had.  We flipped a tire, jumped in and out of a canvas ladder (flat on the ground of course), jumped over these crazy looking metal things, she even had a 12 pound ball with handles on it!  The variety was amazing.  Every week was different, therefore there was no time to get bored!  Lynne led us in a great warm-up and then set us up in stations, followed us through them, came around to each person to either spot or encourage and then she led us in a great cool down which incorporated core exercises and yoga.  All this in 1 hour, twice a week! 

Check out our bootcamp video where Lynne kicks my butt before the rest of the ladies show up!  It’s CRAZY!!!

 

If you have the chance to take up boot-camp in your area, I strongly recommend it and you’re from Sudbury, give Lynne a call at the Health Coach Clinic on Paris Street - 705-674-9111.

Below is more information about Lynne.  I also just want to point out all of her experience.  This is very important when you are looking for a personal trainer/coach.  You want to make sure that before you hire a trainer/coach, you check out the person’s credentials and experience to ensure that you can trust your them and trust that you will not injure yourself due to their lack of knowledge or experience.  Also, please remember to check with a health care practitioner before engaging in any physical activity. 

Lynne Labelle-Hickeyis the personal fitness trainer at Health Coach Plus in Sudbury, Ontario. Lynne’s passion for fitness, her commitment to her clients’ and relentless energy are the driving forces behind her success. While her clients are always top-of-mind, Lynne balances her professional and family life by enjoying time with her husband Tim and two children, Benjamin and Milana.  She is engaged in various activities and hobbies.  Lynne is an avid outdoors person who enjoys spending time swimming, boating, skiing, and camping.  She possesses a fixed wing pilot license which was acquired through Eagle Flight Center in Sudbury.  As one of the youngest female pilots, Lynne has spent much time enjoying nature from the sky.  Exercise and good nutrition became a priority for Lynne when she competed in the 2008 Ontario Physique Association show in Ottawa.  Since then, Lynne became interested in educating, motivating and inspiring individuals to become healthier, lose weight, and gain self-confidence.  

Lynne is a graduate of Biochemistry at Laurentian University, and a member of the Canadian Fitness Professionals.  She has studied human anatomy, exercise physiology, nutrition, as well as volunteered training for high school volleyball teams.

Lynne is a Personal Trainer Specialist and Fitness Instructor Specialist certified through Can-Fit Pro.  Can-Fit-Pro (a division of Canadian Fitness Professionals Inc.) was founded in 1993. They are world leaders in the combined certification and continuing education of group fitness instructors, personal fitness trainers and allied health professionals.  

Advances in research and technology are constantly changing fitness theory; Lynne stays on top of these changes through continued education. She is currently pursuing her Nutrition and Lifestyle coaching certification.  Since early 2008 Lynne has been working in the fitness industry, most recently designing a personal fitness studio within Health Coach Plus and leading several group exercise classes within the city; including the popular boot-camp training programs.  Her formal education coupled with a lifetime of fitness training allows Lynne to provide individuals with complete fitness assessments and testing, weight loss and body sculpting programs, strength training, muscle building programs and various indoor and outdoor group fitness classes.

Visit Lynne at http://freestylefit.blogspot.com/

Here are some pictures of Lynne in her first competition in Ottawa in 2008 - and yes she did place…(if you want to know which place, you’ll just have to contact her!) 

P.S. Check out those abs…after children and not surgery…you go Lynne!  What an inspiration to the rest of us…hard work that’s what it takes and…DIET…DIET…DIET…we have to watch what we eat, that is so important! 

 

Exercise Update

2 Weeks to a Slimmer Body

As promised, here are the activities that I am doing to try and slim down and tone up to fit into my dress in 2 weeks.  I’ll keep you posted!

Day 1 (Mon)

RUNNING - 9KM with child in stroller (approx. 65lbs total weight)

 Day 2 (Tue)

RUNNING - 13 KM with Running Room group

 Day 3 (Wed)

REST

 Day 4 (Thurs)

BOOT CAMP - 1 Hour (AM)

RUNNING - 6 KM (PM) with Running Room group

 Day 5 (Wed)

Weight Training - 2 Hours (PM) with trainer

Day 6 (Thurs)

BOOT CAMP - 1 Hour (AM)

Weight Training - 2 Hours (PM) with trainer

Day 7 (Fri)

RUNNING - 6 KM (PM) with a friend

 Day 8 (Sat)

Rest

Day 9 (Sun)

RUNNING - 6 KM (PM) with Running Room

 Day 10 (Mon)

Weight Training - 2 Hours (PM) with trainer

Day 11 (Tue)

Rest

 Day 12 (Wed)

Weight Training - 1 hour (PM)

Day 13 (Thurs)

Weight Training - 2 Hours (PM) with trainer

 Day 14 (Fri)

Rest

Day 15 (Sat) - DRESS DAY!!!

RUNNING - 6.5KM with 2 children in stroller (approx. 110lbs total weight)

2 Weeks to a Slimmer Body-Day 1

I purchased a dress for a wedding in 2 weeks.  The dress is a little tight so I need to do some work…well ok A LOT of work in the next 2 weeks for this dress to look HOT on me!  I hired a friend who is a personal trainer and she and I will be working on tightening up my bicepsts, tricepts, back and abs.  Follow me on my 2 week journey and find out how this dress will look on the wedding day…(Oh…and by the way, it’s not my wedding day…that already happened 8 years ago…ha ha…I’m going to a wedding!)

I’m attaching a pdf file with my weight and measurements so you can follow along with me.

weight-tracker-post-baby-2

BMI and Calorie Calculator

fitday.com is probably the best way to track your daily caloric intake and calculate your bmi. It’s FREE and it’s easy to use. Just click on the link below and it will take you there

This website is AMAZING…you can track your daily calories, carbs, protein and fat. It graphs everything out for you enabling you to stay on track with your fitness goal. Fitday.com also has a downloadable software program that is very affordable and awesome. You can track and print and share. I use it everyday!

It’s totally worth checking out.

Don’t forget to come back and leave your comments…

Select Nutrition

Selecting proper nutrition is vital for proper maintenance of a fit and healthy body and lifestyle. The key to attaining proper nutrition is invariably having a balanced diet - a diet which incorporates all food groups and micronutrients in healthy combinations and proportions, such as carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, dietary fiber, minerals, and other essential nutrients.  Select nutrition combined with exercise is a sure fire formula for leading a healthier lifestyle amidst a society that is increasingly drawn towards a sedentary lifestyle coupled with unhealthy dieting.

Living in the fast lane, which is an apt description for the kind of life that most of us lead today, is the main reason for the proliferation of fast foods, pre-cooked foods and foods having high calorie content. This has resulted in generations of obese, arthritic and hypertensive individuals - conditions which could be avoided if people could just be more selective with what they eat.  For a treat, fast food is alright once in a while, but not on a regular basis. Using the food pyramid, a helpful tool used to develop proper eating habits among school age children, remains as important for us adults in planning our meals to ensure that we get proper nutrition. The key is eating the right food groups listed in the food pyramid in proper portions.  Eating too much sends signals to our body that it should store the food as fat instead of burning it for energy. 

The following is a rundown of select or ideal eating habits for select nutrition: 

1. Design your meals so that you eat 5 to 6 times daily without overeating.  You can do so just by eating the same amount of food say, every 2 to 3 hours. Do not skip meals especially breakfast, because you need a source of energy for the day ahead.  Your fist is about the size of your stomach so use that as your guide for portion control.
2. Drink water every time you feel like it.  Just make sure to drink at least 8 cups daily.
3. In lieu of processed food, fast food and other calorie-laden foods, eat fresh foods, especially fruits and vegetables.  Remember that foods closer to their natural state are better than their processed counterparts.  For carbohydrates, complex, unrefined ones include potato (not French fries or chips), whole grain bread, wheat and whole wheat bread. For protein, reduce your red meat in favor of lean meat, eggs and nuts. Eat low fat dairy such as cheese, milk and yogurt.
4. It pays to know how to read labels if you cannot avoid processed foods.  Stay away from foods containing high cholesterol, saturated and trans fat contents, including foods that are high in sodium and seasonings.
5. Minimize sugar consumption by limiting sodas and alcohol intake.

Couple select nutrition with proper exercise to fire up your metabolism.  Simply put, metabolism is the rate by which your body burns food to fuel its energy requirements. Consistent eating habits train the body as to what to expect for energy, while exercise expends whatever excess fuel there is, thereby reducing the possibility of acquiring blood sugar related diseases and obesity.  You don’t have to do any fancy workout: try running, walking, jogging, or doing some aerobics at a nearby gym or even in the comfort of your own home, using a training video.

We tend to be very selective in the way we look, in choosing personal effects and in selecting people whom we associate ourselves with.  It’s time to be selective in terms of nutrition.  Select nutrition with a balanced diet as its centerpiece will provide proper sustenance for the kind of life that we lead.

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