Hip Hop Abs

Well I'm currently in week 3 of the Hip Hop Abs program by Beachbody. It's a lot of fun, easy to do, and very effective. I thought I was done losing weight, but since I've been using Hip Hop Abs I've lost about another four or five pounds. I can see my abs toning up too. After tomorrow, I'll only have a week left of it. A good friend of mine is doing it with me, which has helped motivate me to do it every day (it's six days a week for four weeks).

Once I'm done with Hip Hop Abs I plan on starting TurboFire. It's a very intense interval training 90-day program. It uses the same system as Insanity, (high intensity interval training) but it isn't quite as hard as Insanity. I'm really looking forward to it though. Now that I'm at my target weight and in good shape, I think I'll be able to tone up quite nicely. I'll also finish it right before my trip to California, so I'll definitely be ready for the beach!

Sorry for the short blog today; I need to get back into the blogging habit.

Creating a Newsletter is Harder than it Looks

Well, I started creating my nutrition newsletter. There are so many ideas rolling around in my head, it's hard to figure out where to start. I know I want to talk about fast food and meat. Those are the main issues that have been on my mind lately. I know I also want to include a good, healthy recipe. Possibly two. One of them will be kid-friendly. At least one article in each newsletter will be catered toward child nutrition. Also, I'll probably include one exercise in each newsletter. I have a few people I'm thinking of hitting up to see if they want to put a piece in it. Well...enough brain-storming. I need to get back to it.

Child Nutrition and the Obesity Epidemic

I'm thinking about starting a newsletter about child nutrition and the obesity epidemic. This is a topic I've been thinking about a lot lately. I feel like I need to do something, but I just can't figure out what. It seems like a losing battle; no matter what anyone does, this epidemic never seems to get any better. If we can't get the parents to change their mindset, it never is going to get better. This is something that needs to be handled from the roots. Policies and school lunches are not going to teach parents how to feed their children and take nutrition seriously.

So, in an attempt to handle things from the ground up, I'm going to start a monthly newsletter. I'll gather facts and statistics and healthy kid-friendly recipes. Each month I'll try to find a new topic to cover. Maybe I'll poll people to see what they would like to learn about. Working at a daycare gives me an audience, and maybe HealthSmart will let me put the newsletters out on their little table by the door.

What kind of things would you want to read about in this type of newsletter?