Thank you to one of our Petaluma Campers who told me about a cake she had from a party last week and she enjoyed some at the party and then threw the cake away after everyone went home!

Yes.

Congratulations!  That is a reason to celbrate.

I am a child of a baby boomer and of course my mothers parents are from the depression era.  It has been passed down from generation to generation that we can't waste food.

When I was a kid, I had to eat until I ate everything on my plate, even if I was full and so I spent a lot of years thinking I 'can't let that food go to waste - so I better eat it.'

What if the food serves absolutely no purpose in our body, like cake (or crackers, chips, pie, ice cream, candy, etc.) We simply enjoy eating it because it tastes good. But in reality is garbage - it serves no purpose.  So why after the birthday parties and the barbeques and the dinner parties to we keep the treats around?  Why do we worry about wasting it?  You know what will happen if it stays in the house right?  We will eat it!  Every last bit of it.  Even if it makes us feel gross, because we don't want to waste it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am here today to officially give you permission to THROW IT AWAY!  WASTE IT!!

If you have a party and you have unworthy leftovers laying around you have my permission to enjoy it one time and then throw it away!

Set yourself free from the guilt of wasting food.  Especially if it is food that is wasting you.

Do your very best on the stacker tomorrow and enjoy the great benefits.

Not to many re-registered?????  What are you going to do next week?

It may help you to see some Q & A regarding the payment plan below.

 If the price increase is effective 1/09, what is the price for going to the monthly pay now? I understand the !57.50 is the price as of January, but an unclear as to how it works in the meantime. I assume if you pay by the month it is still $200 until 1/09. So what is the discount if you are committing to the next year? It seems the price should be less than the January price, but I need clarification. $157.50 is the 3 day price now and it will not go up on 1/09.  The people that pay camp to camp will endure the price increase.  The monthly payment plan is now $157.50 and will remain that way

	Date: ___9/3/08_____________________________
		Goal	2100	70	210	158	25
	Time	Food/Beverage Description	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein	Fiber
Meal
#1	7:00	Isagenix	231	6	28	23	7
	10:00	Chocolate Milk	170	3	27	8	0
Snack
#1
	11:00	3.2 oz Turkey	95	1.5	3.8	15.5	0
Meal		1 oz. Salami	110	9	0	7	0
#2		1 TBSP mayo	50	4.5	2	0	0
		2 slices wheat bread	220	2	46	8	6
		1 slice of cheddar cheese	113	9.3	0.3	7	0
	2:00	Mix 1	200	2.5	29	15	3
Snack
#2
	4:00	Fitbody Foods Bar	242	7	38	10	4
Meal
#3
	5:30	1 cup cottage cheese	200	5	8	26	0
		6 strawberries	26	5.5	0	0	1.5
Snack
#3	8:00	1 chicken strip	125	6	9	9	0
		Marie Callendars Chicken Waldorf Summer Salad	450	35	21	15	4
h2o		Daily Totals	2232	96.3	212.1	143.5	25.5

Hello my friends,

I have posted below my most recent food journal.  As you can see it is pathetic.  I didn't get a journal in yesterday but I am diligently working on today's. 

During the last week of camp I spend a lot of time working.  I kind of do that all the time, but this week and next week are intense.

Here is something I found that really struck a cord....

'We must wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and the weds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everthing of value.' - From The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn

Let me dissect that for a moment. We must wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull...

Everyday huh.  Do you notice there are little pulls everywhere.  Don't we all have it inside of us that nagging voice that creeps in with bad advice.  Pulling us to the dark side.

If we relax, the bugs and the weeds of negativity will move in and take everything of value.  If we don't get up and fight the good fight everyday the weeds of negativity grow. One day it is a missed workout, another day it is a missed meal.  We let them slide and don't fight the next day and it is another missed workout or hours without food.  We then are not fighting as much as we used to and the workouts are a faint memory the food journals are a thing of the past and the un-fought battle of negativity has creeped in and taken the value.  The value is all that we are receiving each day that we get up and fight.

So here we are with 2 days left in this camp.  Many of you have dropped your gym membership and sold the treadmill for a life with a new battle team, boot camp, led by Captain Jeff.  I know I will see you on 9/15. 

I hope the rest of you are not considering fighting this battle on your own.  I know each and everyone of us has what it takes to fight the battle but will we do it on our own?  Sometimes. I just want to see everyone take the value from this camp and keep adding to it rather than surrendering it because we worked to hard to get here.

Either way, I look forward to working with you again in the next camp!

I will have some other motivation over the next couple of days, I will take the week off in between camps and then get right back to this............so we can win the battle!!

Tiff

	Date: ___9/1/08_____________________________
		Goal	1850	62	185	139	25
	Time	Food/Beverage Description	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein	Fiber
Meal
#1	8:30	Flax Plus Raisin Bran	200	2	42	5	11
		8 oz 1% milk	120	2.5	14	11	0
Snack
#1
Meal		Turkey Sandwich on Wheat Bread
#2	12:20	4.2 oz Turkey	124	2	5	20.4	0.6
			220	2	42	8	6
Snack	3:30	Odwalla Super Chocolate Protein	340	7	48	20	0
#2
Meal	7:00	Chocolate Milk	120	2.5	14	11	0
#3			100	0	25	0	0
	8:00	1/2 hamburger	150	8.5	0	17	0
			120	4	17	4	0
Snack
#3
h2o		Daily Totals	1494	30.5	207	96.4	17.6

Here is another one of my favorite quotes and I was reminded of it by Gayle in our 6 pm Napa class.

“You MUST do the things you think you cannot do!”  - Eleanor Roosevelt

 

If we always did what we are truly capable of we would shock ourselves!  Imagine how great it would be….. It can be.

 

I wanted to share with you a tip from Lisa in our 5:30 am Napa class I am cutting and pasting here:

 

I read an article yesterday that talked about the importance of journaling.  The article gave a different spin which I thought was helpful, it was called "reverse journaling".  You basically write down your meals and snacks before hand and check them off as you eat them.  If you plan your meals and do the portion sizes the night before (just as you would pack the kids lunches or whatever) then it is grab and go.  I think that I am going to try it because I have a mental block that if I don't start the day off journaling then I'll just start tomorrow (repeat). 

 

 

I love this idea and of course if it helps get over the hump between journaling and not journaling then I say do it.

 

I know that it is so much easier for me when things are planned out in advance.  I like to have pre-cooked, pre-portioned food ready to eat in advance but taking it a step further and writing down and/or getting it ready the night before would make for a very successful day.

 

I know the holiday might have been a crazy time for some of us; even I jumped off the journal for a couple of days.

 

But today let’s re-commit!  Let’s journal each day this week and do everything we can to get to the goal calories, carbs, fat and protein at the end of each day.

 

Then let’s get measured on Thursday click here to view the calendar.

 

And of course let’s continue into the next camp doing what we need to do in order to reach our goals and take care of ourselves.

 

My new slogan is:  I love my children, I love my husband, I love my business but for ONE HOUR per day I LOVE myself at boot camp. 

 

Happy Labor Day!

Tiff

Just a couple of things today.

I have a couple of quotes and a foam roller routine.

"Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care f