5th Annual NO Halloween Candy CHALLENGE

5th Annual  NO Halloween Candy CHALLENGE

My commitment is to not eat 
ANY Halloween Candy 
from today  until 2 week after Halloween.

I will allow myself to have 2 pieces after that. 

I will have none until then.

  


Your challenge is what you make of it. 

Examples could be...
1) 1 piece of candy a week 
2) I will only eat 4 mini KitKats the whole month. 
3) I will not have any chocolate candy
4) I will only eat dark chocolate candy
These are just a few examples. You make the challenge your own.

I do this challenge because I would find myself eating candy and not even thinking about it. 

I would think it's only once little piece but it adds up and it's BAD thinking!

I have been very successful every year.  I began to challenge others. 

Most of the time I don't even eat the candy at the end of my challenge. I worked so hard not to have it.

It was more of a reward NOT to eat it at the end! 

Who's in it with me? 

What will your commitment be? Make it personal to you. 
Some people allow them self one piece of candy a week or only one kind or candy. 
Make this Challenge yours. 

Here is the calorie count for those little candies. 
Dove Milk Chocolate Promises or wrapped square
s (8 g) - 42 calories and 6 g carb 
Hershey Kisses - 26 calories and 8 g carb each kiss 
Hershey Kisses with Almonds - 23 calories and 2 g carb each kiss 
Hershey Kisses filled with Caramel - 21 calories and 3 g carb each kiss 
Hershey Candy Corn Kisses - 27 calories and 3 g carb each kiss 
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars - Fun size (14 g) - 67 calories and 8 g carb 
Hershey's Miniature Bars (mixed) - average of 42 calories and 5 g carb each bar 
M&Ms, plain, Fun size (18 g) - 88 calories and 12 g carb 
M&Ms, peanut Fun size (18 g) - 93 calories and 11 g carb 
M&Ms, peanut 1/4 cup candy - 220 calories and 24 g carb 
Miniature Bars (Milky Way, Snickers, Twix, 3 Muskateers) - 
average 38 calories and 5 g carb each bar 
Mr. Goodbar Snack size (17 g) - 90 calories and 9 grams carb 
Nestle's Crunch Bars Fun size (10 g) 50 calories and 7 grams carb 
Nestle's Crunch Caramel Bars - Fun size - 70 calories and 9 g carb 
Palmer Peanut Butter cups, small - 6 g carb 
Three Muskateers bar 
Fun size (15 g) - 64 calories and 11 g carb 
Mint, Fun size (15g) - 64 calories and 11 g carb 
Tootsie Rolls 
Small bar - 50 calories and 10 g carb 
Midgee - 23 calories and 7 g carb 
Mini-Midgees - 11 calories and 2 g carb 
Peanut and Peanut Butter Candies 
Pay Day - Snack size (19 g) - 90 calories and 10 g carb 
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups 
Miniature (about 9 grams each) - 44 calories and 5 g carb per cup 
Snack size (17 g) - 88 calories and 10 g carb 
Snack size (21 g) - 100 calories and 12 g carb 
White, Snack size (21 g) - 100 calories and 11 g carb 
Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins (34 g) - 180 calories and 17 g carb 
Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar, Snack size (17 g) - 95 calories and 9 g carb 
Reese's Nutrageous Bars, Snack size (17 g) - 88 calories and 9 g carb 
Reese's Whipps Bar, Snack size (14 g) - 60 calories and 10 g carb 
Mixed Candy Bars 
100 Grand Bars 
Fun size (11 g) - 50 calories and 8 g carb 
Fun size (21 g) - 95 calories and 15 g carb 
Almond Joy Snack size (15 g) - 80 calories and 10g carb 
Baby Ruth Bar, Fun size (18 g each) - 85 calories and 13 g carb 
Butterfinger Bar, Fun size (18 g each) - 85 calories 14 g carb 
Butterfinger Crisp Bar, Snack size (20 g) - 100 calories and 13 g carb 
Heath Bar, Snack size (13 g) - 74 calories and 9 g carb 
Kit Kat, Fun size (14 g) - 73 calories and 9 g carb 
Milky Way bar, Fun size (17 g) - 75 calories and 12 g carb 
Mounds bars, Snack size (17 g) - 83 calories and 9 g carb 
Rocky Road, Snack size (10 g) - 45 calories and 6 g carb 
Snickers Bars, Fun size (17 g) - 80 calories and 10 g carb 
Snickers Almond Bars, Fun size (17 g) - 80 calories and 11 g carb 
Snickers Creme Pumpkin (1 oz) - 150 calories and 16 g carb 
Take Five bar, Fun size (15 g) - 10 g carb 
Twix, Snack size (10 g) - 50 calories and 7 g carb 
Taffy and Caramel 
AbbaZabba, small (12 g) 50 calories and 11 g carb 
Charleston Chew bar, Fun size (10 g) - 45 calories and 8 g carb 
Laffy Taffy, Chocolate, small bars (8 g each) - 32 calories and 7 g carb 
Milk Duds Snack size (12 g) - 54 calories and 9 g carb 
Milk Maid Caramels, Brach's - 40 calories and 10 g carb per piece 
Fruity and Gummy Candies 
Jujyfruits - 9 pieces - 60 calories and 16 g carb 
Lifesavers Gummies (2 rolls per ounce) - 52 calories and 13 g carb per roll 
Mini Dots (2 small boxes per ounce) 70 calories and 17 g carb per box 
Skittles 
Original Fruit, Fun size (20 g) - 80 calories and 18 g carb 
Chocolate Assortment, Fun size (20 g) - 80 calories and 18 g carb 
Starburst, Fun size (2 pieces per stick) - 40 calories and 10 g carb 
Twizzlers 
Mini-bars (14 g) - 11 g carb 
Strawberry Twists, Short (9 g) - 32 calories and 7 g carb 
Cherry Pull-N-Peel (12 g) - 40 calories and 9 g carb 
Hard Candies and Pops 
Blow Pop, Junior - 50 calories and 14 g carb 
Jolly Rancher 
Hard Candy (6 g) - 23 calories and 6 g carb 
Lollipops (17 g) - 60 calories and 16 g carb 
Hard Candy Sticks, Small (11g) - 43 calories and 10 g carb 
Double Blasts (4 g) - 13 calories and 3 g carb 
Tootsie Pops - 60 calories and 15 g carb 
Tootsie Caramel Apple Pops - 60 calories and 15 g carb 
Wonka Nerds - small box (13 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb 
Other Candies 
Candy Corn, Brach's - 11 pieces - 70 calories and 18 g carb 
Hot Tamales - small pkg (14 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb 
Jr. Mints, Fun size (10 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb 
Mike and Ike small box (14 g) - 50 calories and 12 g carb 
Pop Rocks - small packet (10 g) - 7 g carb 
Raisinettes, Fun size (16 g - about 16 pieces) - 56 calories and 11 g carb 
Smarties Candy, Roll - 25 calories and 6 g carb 
Whoppers 
1 small tube - 30 calories and 5 g carb 
1 small pouch (21 g) - 100 calories and 16 g carb 
York Peppermint Patties 
Regular small patty (14 g) - 53 calories and 11 g carb 
Pink Peppermint Patties, small (14 g) - 53 calories and 11 g carb 
Peppermint Patty Pumpkins (14 g) - 50 calories and 11 g carb 
List from About.com

WHO'S IN? What will your commitment be?

LET's GET HEALTHY!
TIA

Volunterring in Branson at the 70.3 Iornman.

Volunteering in Branson at the 70.3 Iornman.

For those of you who don't know much about Triathlons it is were you do three sports in a row. The typical and most common is to swim, bike, and run.

The 70.3 Iornman it is  1.2 mile swim / 56 mile bike / 13.1 mile run (1/2 marathon.)

70.3 is half the distance of a Full Iornman.

A full Iornman is 2.4-mile swim/ 112-mile bike / 26.2 miles (a marathon) 140.6 total miles.

We have done sprint triathlons 400 meter swim/12 mile bike / 5K run. It might not sound like much next to Ironman but let me assure you it is hard. We were planning on doing an 70.3 Iornman this past race season but due to injuries we were not able to. Lord willing we will be doing an Iornman this up coming year 2012.

We wanted to volunteer for the one in Branson for so many reasons.

The three main reasons were we wanted to see how they were run, what to expect, and to show our support for the sport. It was such a wonderful experience and an awesome event. So many walks of life and so many different ages, sizes, colors, ethnicity, regions, and countries were represented.

Our experience volunteering was

an honor!

We were in charge of several parts because they had such a poor turn out for volunteers this year. I am assuming because it was very cold and rainy both days. It rained the enitre day Saturday and part of the race day.

We were able to connect with almost all of the 1400+ people. It was amazing. We did body marking (wrote numbers and ages on the athletes), bike check in (so many cool bikes), bike exit (transition 1) We called out everyone's number as the left for the bike portion of the race and bike enter (transition 2) were we asked them to dismount the bike and were able to say encouraging words to everyone when they were tired from such a long and hilly ride.

So many grateful athletes, we were thanked often by them, even during the athletes exhaustion.

Such a powerful thing to see so many people from all walks of life giving all they have for a personal goal, to finish, to become an Iornman! It gets me even more excited to do one. These triathlon athletes are a rare breed.

I am proud to be a "TRIer".

If you ever have the opportunity to volunteer for such an event it just might be life changing.

Making it a lifestyle!

TIA

10 minutes out

5 minutes out

Pros are in the water.

LET"s Get Healthy!

TIA 

CPR Classes in Metro East Area - O'fallon, Fairview Heights, Belleville, Swansea, Shiloh IL

All times are Saturday at 8am sharp unless other wise noted.
10/5/2013 in East St. Louis 9:45 am sharp
10/28 Monday 6pm
11/2/2013
12/7/2013
1/ 6 Monday 6pm
1/11/14
2/1/14
3/8/14
4/5/14
5/3/14
6/7/14
7/12/14
8/2/14
9/6/14
10/4/14

There are more classes not posted with only a few slots available. If you can't do these dates fell free to private message me and I can let you know what other classes I have available. I will come to your facility if you have 10 or more needing CPR.

5th Annual NO Halloween Candy CHALLENGE

5th Annual  NO Halloween Candy CHALLENGE

My commitment is to not eat 
ANY Halloween Candy 
from today  until 2 week after Halloween.

I will allow myself to have 2 pieces after that. 

I will have none until then.

  



Your challenge is what you make of it. 

Examples could be...
1) 1 piece of candy a week 
2) I will only eat 4 mini KitKats the whole month. 
3) I will not have any chocolate candy
4) I will only eat dark chocolate candy
These are just a few examples. You make the challenge your own.

I do this challenge because I would find myself eating candy and not even thinking about it. 

I would think it's only once little piece but it adds up and it's BAD thinking!

I have been very successful every year.  I began to challenge others. 

Most of the time I don't even eat the candy at the end of my challenge. I worked so hard not to have it.

It was more of a reward NOT to eat it at the end! 

Who's in it with me? 

What will your commitment be? Make it personal to you. 
Some people allow them self one piece of candy a week or only one kind or candy. 
Make this Challenge yours. 

Here is the calorie count for those little candies. 
Dove Milk Chocolate Promises or wrapped square

Two Ways to Incorporate Treat Meals

Two Ways to Incorporate Treat Meals

1. Planned Treat Meals

If you are just starting on a new healthy lifestyle and beginning to Eat Clean your treat meals should always be planned. A planned treat meal is just that planned! These planned treat meals give you something to look forward to. It’s easier to eat healthy and avoid unhealthy foods if you know that you can have whatever you’re craving on your treat meal. Most of the time a treat meals falls on the weekend. That is usually the best choice to help you eat healthy and clean eating through out the week

In the beginning starting out on a healthy lifestyle and eating clean sometimes people tend to think of what they can't have rather that what they can. During this time cravings and desires are at the highest point and are hard to resist. Treat meals will help people stay on course if they know they are going to be able to have a small indulgence.

For some people they can eventually move away from a strict eating schedule and begin to be more flexible. Eating clean and healthy 90% of the time and still enjoying some of the other not so healthy foods.

2. Flexible Eating

Flexible eating has no schedule on treat meals. It is eating as clean as possible and then on occasion enjoying what you are craving. Typically I know that I’m going to go out to eat once or twice a week and that is what I save my treat meals for. When I have hit my 2 treat meals for the week I indulge NO MORE!

Vacation is one time when I know I’m not going to be able to eat very healthy. It is hard to find restaurants that have truly healthy food! Believe or not I pack food. I only eat breakfast out once, I bring food for lunches and just eat out for dinner. So many people gain weight (5-10 lbs) on vacation the same weight they worked so hard to lose to go on vacation. It really isn't worth it! You can save a tremendous amount of money bringing your own food and eating at the hotel, park, or on the go and save some body fat to boot!

After you have a treat meal your next 2 meals should be healthy in order to help you live a healthy lifestyle.

With that make sure you stay away from to many trigger foods.

Treat meals

Are you wondering why I changed the name from Cheat Meals to Treat Meals?

It is because we really need to look at healthy eating as a lifestyle. If we think we are "cheating" on our healthy lifestyle then we aren't really living a healthy lifestyle. We know rewards are a good thing and cheating is not good, we feel guilt, regret and in turn possibly revert back to an unhealthy lifestyle.

What is Eating Clean? Eating Clean is treating your body how God intended. I will talk more about Eating Clean on my next blog.

Have a Healthy eating day!

TIA

Ironman Finishers 70.3 Kansas

.. we are wiped out!

PAIN

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Wheat Bread It's Healthy...Right?

I get this question a lot.

"Wheat bread is healthy. Right? "

Wrong.

"Well I thought if it says wheat on the label it is has to be healthy. Right?"

Wrong! Most wheat breads are nothing more than slightly improved versions of white bread, have high fructose corn syrup them.

To live a healthy lifestyle we must get rid of the white breads and replace it with only 100% whole grain breads. Don’t be discouraged by this fact because they have some very yummy 100% whole grain breads out there.

"What kind of bread should I be eating?"

REAL 100% whole wheat bread or 100% whole grain bread.

"I don't know how to pick it out in the store. What should I look for?"

Yes it is hard to pick it out bread.

You need to look for bread that says on it 100% whole wheat or 100% Whole grain on it.

When buying bread don't just go looking for the words on the label that say healthy, wheat bread, multigrain, or stone ground on the label. Those are just descriptive labeling, aka, advertising.

Again, look for bread that says 100% whole wheat or 100%whole grain on the label. Then look next at the ingredients.

The first thing on the ingredients label must have the word "whole" “stone ground” on it, for example, "whole wheat flour, whole grain flour, stone ground grains". If it says enriched or unbleached flour it is not good for your body. That is bread stripped of healthy grains. Put it back. Second make sure the bread doesn’t have High Fructose Corn Syrup in it.

Buying 100% whole grain is the best choice for your body because of the extra fiber in whole grains makes you feel fuller longer, which means you eat less. It also helps level out the peaks and valleys of insulin after eating. The other benefits form eating a diet in whole grains is that will lower your type II Diabetes, high blood pressure and risk of heart disease.

Here are some breads that are good choices.

Ezekiel 4:9, Sprouted Grain Bread (found in the freezer sessions)

Healthy Life 100% Whole Grain

Natures Own. 100% Whole Grain

Natures Pride, 100% Whole Wheat

Pepperidge Farm, 100% Whole Wheat

Arnold, 100% Whole Wheat

Here are some good Thins, Flats, and Bagel Thins.

They are breads that are lower in calorie and less dense.

Arnold Sandwich Thins 100% Whole Wheat

Pepperidge Farm Flats 100% Whole Wheat

Bagel Thins 100% Whole Wheat

Have a healthy day