I Have No Demons: Only Angels In Disquise

Thinner Winners read this poem and remember how most felt unsuccessful until they learned how good their results really were at the Awards Celebration....
This awareness guided with self-compassion can bring about a life-altering change for you.
Be kind to yourself as you go forward and you will reach your goals of a healthier, happier life!

Love to all of you,
Bonnie Neer
The Director of Fun

I have no Demons-  
none that I hide from,  
that hunt or haunt me-  
nor I them.  
When I view them with compassion  
I find misunderstood and  
mistreated parts of myself.  
I find innocent hungers crying out 
keeping me from a fool’s sleep  
because I had not nurtured them.  
All our Demons, yours and mine,  
are Angels in disguise-  
that upon empathetically embracing them  
make us stronger, so much stronger  
than we could ever be in avoiding them!     
Yes, this includes that misunderstood Angel too! 
 ~Billy Sunday Mars

The Thinner Winner Cooking Show is On Youtube!

Watch the show, make a recipe from it, take a picture of it or you making it and get 5 extra points!

TV Show Menu

Winter Minestrone

Quinoa

Apple Crisp

President's Day Workout

It's Team Fit / Fat

although it was a holiday all wan't quiet, the Thinner Winner's laughter filled the gym. Thinner Winner Team Trainer, Gabe, lead the group through new agility and partnering exercises. 

The Challenge time has started! 11 more days to go! What team is going to win?

Body Awareness Class

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9th at 7pm
Meet in the Lobby
Thanks to Jennifer Milchanoski, Pilates Instructor at Body Kinetics, the Thinner Winners have the opportunity to attend a FREE 30 minute Body Awareness Class using Pilates Mat techniques and Breath work! Bring a little Jacket or sweatshirt for this different kind of workout...you might get cool.
Plan to stay afterward and share your experiences on your Thinner Winner Journey! 

Listen to Jennifer's story and learn how Pilates helped her connect with her body and find the health within.

Putting the Brakes on Hunger

In the Emotional Hunger talk with Billy Sunday Mars, he explained that understanding ourselves is key to putting the brakes on eating sugary, starchy,and fatty foods. 


Follow the link to his recently published article and get more information reinforcing what we learned on February 4. There are some more helpful tips. Enjoy!


http://www.stopstressingnow.com/2012/02/desperately-seeking-serotonin-the-story-of-six-sixty-sexy/

This coming Saturday at 12 pm is Part II of Our Emotional Hunger: A Hunger for Intimacy. I will write more about this event on the Patch. 

Super Bowl Weekend Workout

Go Michelle! Your team is in the lead for performance points!

The Saturday Workout group trained with Cheryl and Gabe on the Rip-60. 

Afterwards we gathered in the lobby and handed out Body Kinetics T-shirts for the teams.

We reviewed the point system and the teams' weekly stars.

Team 4: Thinking Thin is in the lead with 124 performance points. 

Food Scale with Almonds (L) and Corn Chips (R)

Team Captain: Nancy T

Gabbie C

Janice K

Michelle  K

I set up a demonstration table to visually become aware of portion sizes for snack food. 

We measured 1 oz portions on a food scale.

Marie measuring the Corn Chips

In honor of Super Bowl I brought in a bag of corn tortilla chips and a bag of raw almonds as examples of the kind of party food our Thinner Winners would be offered the next day.

Although you may be trying to stay away from corn tortilla chips right now we can’t always control our food selection at a party. 

Knowledge is power.

For those unable to come to Saturday’s workout today there is an Alternate Monday Night with Gabe at 6pm to learn this weeks training and pick up your Body Kinetics T-shirt

See you tonight at the Club!

Thinner Winner Cooking Show Channel 26

EVERY SUNDAY @ 12:30 PM

EVERY TUESDAY @ 6:30 PM

Tune in with me and Mark Labroudette, owner of Design Build Specialists across the parking lot from Body Kinetics...

And learn how to make a really hearty Winter Minestrone, one that is good for you and is satisfying even after a hard workout.

How about Quinoa? Ever made it.? ...it is really simple

And don't forget hot Apple Crisp can be a healthy way to enjoy a little dessert.

Make one of the recipes, take a picture of it and email it to me. You will get 5 extra Thinner Winner performance points!

Don't forget to laugh when Bonnie looks to the upper left at the camera crew or when the door bell rings as a customer entered the showroom at Design Build Specialist...Or when the bowl was too small for the apple crisp. 

It's all good and all good fun! Enjoy it with me!

What is Behind It All?

I wanted to follow the Emotional Hunger talk with this quote...

Following the Pattern

The Tao of Power, Lao Tzu’s Classic Guide to Leadership, Influence, and Excellence by R. L. Wing

"What is curved becomes whole:

What is crooked becomes straight.

What is deep becomes filled;

What is exhausted becomes refreshed....."

The ancient saying is more like a riddle on the meaning of life and its difficulties...

"What is curved becomes whole

Are these empty words?

To become whole

Turn within."

What is behind our difficulties, the fears we have learned and the challenges we now face? Certainly, the Universe doesn't waste a moment of pain and discomfort and call it "unimportant"!


What could possibly be a value out of an insurmountable past that is difficult to leave behind or times when life is stacked against us?

Could this ancient saying be suggesting it is to drive you "in" 

To discover your true self 

Your true strength, and 

True love?

Please feel free to post your thoughts...

Came home late last night from the Club

My daughter had made the Quinoa with Balsamic Roasted Mushrooms

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2854 under the sides / salads. She added a chicken breast. 

I had a great food session with  Team 5 who is calling themselves FIT over Five or FIT / FIVE. Out of the discussion I realized that many of you are not eating frequently enough and are very tired by the time you stop to make dinner and then binge on crackers and cheese. 

Some of the most difficult times are

• Mid-Afternoon - low blood sugar
• Preparing Dinner - Low blood sugar
• The Day- After- the- Workout- muscle repair, stiffness, fatigue & self-medicating with Carbs

Having a lunch with protein and fiber should last longer. EX chili or a salmon lentil salad

Those of you learning to cook more or just really busy consider a protein shake for a snack mid-afternoon or following your workout.. It can be a meal replacement but not a crutch.

Remember: with protein shakes and bars you must drink a lot of water or you could become constipated.

Overall as a mid-afternoon snack this will make fixing a dinner that is healthy easier to do because you will not be dying of hunger.

Imagine a diet where you have to eat! 

As far as which protein shake to get...

Cinda swears by one that helped her lose 150 pounds. 

I have used one that is available at Whole Foods that tastes pretty good. Of course is individual..Check in with her or me for more information.

FIT /FIVE is leading the pack in food training. They are meeting with me next week at a home and we are all bringing dishes to pass to try different foods and recipes...! Any other teams want to try this?

Tonight I will be with the Gut Busters at Marie's house to talk food. More later...Bonnie

Post Workout Chili! - My Dinner

Hi Everyone!
I made my chili and improvised by using the left over Italian Pot Roast from the beef section on the recipe page. I let it simmer while I finished the laundry and headed off to the Club.
I had a great visit with Veronica while she was power walking on the treadmill, later with Michelle as she came out of Power Pump, and Cinda walked in for her second workout of the day. 
Nancy Cohen is joining the Waist Management Team. She, Cinda, Billy Sunday Mars (our weekend speaker} and I exercised our jaws talking about the emotional hungers that keep us in habits that don't support a healthy life. It was a great conversation that left us all feeling powerful about the possibilities of change and more compassionately understanding about why things hung us up in the past. 
I worked my legs on the machines, came home and ate my chili - it was great!

Welcome!

Imagine yourself regaining control, physically, mentally, emotionally and if applicable spiritually

by healing the relationship you have with your body, with your life

Enjoy your food, explore what it is like to care for yourself and experience the release of stress with exercise.

Join with others in the celebration of living a healthy life.

Enjoy the process

Bonnie Neer

Director of Fun