We Did It!

Yes it was early on a Saturday morning, but we did it! Congratulations to Lance and Leora Jackson for rolling out of bed and starting their day in the fresh morning air. We walked and jogged as the sun came up and did some exercises to help strengthen our legs and core, it was awesome! For all those that didn't make it our challenge to you is to join us this Saturday at 7:30 am. We'll meet at the church on 2700 west and about 5800 s. (surrey road) in the parking lot and head out on an energized walk down the canal road. If you think our walk will be too easy for you I can easily make it more challenging for you. This will be a great way to start off Halloween day which is typically full of treats and goodies. Our workout may just give you enough motivation to only pick out 1 or 2 of your FAVORITE treats that night instead of tasting all of the goodies at the party or "sacrificing" for the kids and having to eat all of their "yucky" candy for them. ;) We'll see ya Saturday morning and hope you have a Happy (Healthy) Halloween!

Let's Get Moving!

It's Go Time! We had a great turnout for the party and everyone is excited for our support group to finally begin! Your goal now is to schedule "My Time" into your busy schedule. Even if its only for 15, 20, 30 minutes or whatever, its time to make time for YOU and for helping you feel better about yourself and be excited about taking life on everyday! After you decide what time of the day may work best for you, call up your friend, mom, sister, neighbor or whoever it is that you want to buddy-up with and FIND A WAY to work together. Even if you can't workout together everyday, have somebody that you can be ACCOUNTABLE to and will help MOTIVATE you to keep moving. If its been awhile since you've exercised don't feel overwhelmed about what you are going to do, just start by walking, 2-3 days a week, anything is better than nothing and all we're going for is a start and working on becoming CONSISTENT. THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24TH I will be leading a group workout at Bennion Jr. High on 2700 W. 6200 S., from 7-8am. I know it seems early but its a great way to start our day. Make sure to dress warm enough, we'll be meeting at the track and I will mix it up for all levels of fitness. Bring anyone you would like, its FREE, and we want to meet everyone who's trying to make a change so we can all support each other! I'm also looking for group leaders who would like to start an exercise group in your area and help lead saturday workouts close to you. Our goal for our group workouts is to get to at least 30 people total coming to these various groups so that we can meet all together and have Tim Misewicz (personal trainer for 25 yrs) come and lead us in a workout! I think we can reach this goal easily if we all find 2-3 new people to join us each week. My goal is to make it to 100 people coming to the saturday group workouts by Thanksgiving and to meet at least once a month as a whole group with Tim. I think this is totally achievable because we all know people who want to get moving again. So, we will try to workout outside for as long as we can and in the mean time we are looking for indoor facilities to be able to cater to our group to help stay motivated through the Holiday season! Thanks for joining our launch for winter fitness, I look forward to seeing you on saturday morning! - Jill Egbert (Please contact me if you would like to be a group leader in your area, I am more than happy to help you and your neighbors get moving. 801-706-5736, egbertjj@gmail.com)

Reminder: Winter Fitness Fest Kick-Off!

Just a reminder our Fitness Party is on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7:00 pm! Hooray! It's finally here and here is the address: 9519 S. Heather Dale Cr. (1370 W). It will be great to see all of you there with your friends and/or family that want to join in too! Please no kids as Tim's time is worth $100 an hour and we'd like to take full advantage of his help without distraction. ***There will be some very exciting new products there to help us along our fitness road to results so you will not want to miss out! See ya there! (for more info on the party check out the "winter fitness fest" post)

Free Tickets to NextFit Health & Fitness Summit at Zermatt ... Midway, UT

Don't miss out on a great opportunity to meet some of the world's best celebrity fitness trainers. Great weekend getaway at a discounted hotel price, but free tickets to the event. There will be hiking, biking, classes, training with celebrity trainers, etc. If interested contact Jill Egbert 801-706-5736 ASAP. The Dates are October 9th and 10th. This weekend so respond quickly.

Winter Fitness Fest!

Welcome to our fitness community support blog! We are excited to have everyone participate in helping each of us not only survive through this winter wellness challenge, but to THRIVE through the "hibernation" months! I don't know about you, but I have worked too hard this summer losing weight and getting in shape to let Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies, and Christmas party's give it all back! To help us get motivated for this wonderful time of year, my friends and I are throwing a PARTY! Not your typical party where we say "oh, one little cookie won't hurt", but an amazing party where Tim Misewicz (personal trainer for 25 years), will give us some great exercise and nutrition tips to help us get ready for this holiday season. We'll have a "taster's table" for healthy snacks and alternatives to all the sweets, as well as free give-a-ways! We will be announcing the date and location of our first winter workout session that Tim has willingly offered his services for. He has really been great to lend his expertise in helping kick-off this winter fitness fest so lets make his time worth-while by getting as many of us AND our friends and family to this fun-filled evening on Thursday, October 15th at 7:00pm! Location is yet to be determined as we are anticipating a great turn out and we want to make sure we meet where everyone can be accomadated. If you could please RSVP either by just commenting on this blog, emailing Jill Egbert egbertjj@gmail.com or call 801-706-5736; or email Emily (Ceder) Bateman cederandcarter@gmail.com, how many will be attending with you that would help us out a ton. We are looking forward to meeting you and helping you reach and/or maintain your fitness goals so that when New Year's comes around you will have already made that resolution a lifestyle! Make sure to check the blog for our party location and following the party we will begin posting new tips from trainers like Tim, Dori Madson, and Kathy Smith. We also want to hear your stories, goals, pictures and any fun new health tips or recipes that you like and want to share with us on the blog! It's really incredible to feel how someone elses' successes boost our own! Remember, we are also trying to include our families and especially our kids, so if you've done fun activities or found ways to help them move and make good food choices we want to hear it! (If you still need some added motivation to come and join us, read the previous post about "skinny jeans" :)