Dallas Boot Camp FitnessREAL Eating, REAL Movement, REAL Thinking, R.E.A.L. Living

Inspiration comes in many forms. As I am about to finish my first week of my second month of boot camp (it’s that good!), I noticed something today as I was getting dressed. When I buckled my belt, I needed to buckle it in one hole. My inspiration today was noticing my waistline is a little smaller.

As I mentioned before, I am refusing to hop on the scale and I haven’t been measuring myself (although I probably should at least do that). I have simply been focusing on making it to bootcamp three times a week and making better food choices.

This month has been challenging. I moved into our new home and picked up a new client the weekend before my first day of boot camp. So I have been making an effort to keep up my normal schedule, fit in my new client, unpack, reorganize, show up to boot camp, and make better choices in my diet. In the beginning, it was difficult figuring how I could fit everything in while all of my belongings were in disarray. The first week of class I was tired and sore from the workout, but I stuck it out.

During the third week, a classmate showed up with a plastic air cast on her leg. She had injured her ankle the night before, but decided to show up to boot camp anyway. Instead of focusing on her injury and what she couldn’t do, she came anyway and focused on her strengths. While we did squats, she did curls. I am not sure if she knows it, but she was a huge inspiration to me in my momentary moving/reorganizing my life chaos.

Yesterday morning, as my 5:45 alarm went off. I struggled to get out of bed, I had worked late the night before and didn’t crawl into bed until way after midnight. Then, I thought of the girl who inspired me last week, got dressed, and went to boot camp. Within 15 minutes of walking through the door, I was awake, laughing and motivated to kick off the day.

I am excited to introduce  an awesome new member to NDBC! Jennifer Browning has been working as a freelance photographer in Dallas for four years. Her work has taken her to Cuba, Haiti, Europe and across the United States photographing people like Jennifer Tilley, Shannon Elizabeth & even former President Bill Clinton & his wife Hillary.

While Jennifer hasn’t put down her camera, most of her work these days is doing grassroots online social networking & marketing for non-profit organizations. Her clients include Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc, The Global Institute at the University of Miami, & locally, Alley’s House.

Jennifer will be sharing her personal NDBC experience with all of you!  Posting anything from food to fun, Jennifer will be giving real life updates on how she is changing her life to feel better & become healthier.  This is a real person who will share all of her REAL eating, REAL movements & REAL thinking to give a real life view of change.

The North Dallas Boot Camp & it’s creator LOVE FOOD! NDBC thinks it’s important to educate boot camp participants, as well as clients on real food & what it really looks like! Join me & Suzan Mackay at Whole Foods Market for a store tour. The next store tour will be Tuesday September 22nd or Thursday September 24th starting at 6 p.m. We will  meet at the Forest location located at 11700 Preston Rd Dallas, TX 75230

Some of the topics we will be discussing are:

• what is REAL Eating & REAL food?
• what does seasonal mean & why is that important?
• what is raw food?
• organic
• grass fed meats
• how to value shop?
• services you can use for convenience
• Whole Foods Market & educating the community

For more information about the Whole Foods Market Food Tour please contact NDBC here, or Suzan Mackay  (suzan.mackay@wholefoods.com) at the Preston & Forest Whole Foods Market location.

The North Dallas Boot Camp has ONCE AGAIN started off to a ROCKIN new month of fat burning, muscle toning, FEEL GOOD FUN! I want to thank all the new participants of NDBC & of course all the returning veterans for a GREAT first week!

Changing your lifestyle to lose weight should be fun, easy & enjoyable!

So why is NDBC different from all the other boot camps around? The creator of NDBC strongly believes that being healthy or becoming healthier should be something that is ENJOYABLE, FUN, HAPPY & SHOULD FEEL GOOD! Let’s throw out all the old rules of counting calories, killing yourself in the gym, 3 sets of this, 20 reps of that, 1 minute rest (BORING!) low-fat this, no-fat that, body fat percentages, fad diets & restricting yourself from the foods that you want, & no good supplements & B.S. food systems that TRULLY do you more harm than good (if you don’t believe me LET’S TALK!)

Here is what’s being said about The North Dallas Boot Camp

I feel alive again! – Monetta J., McKinney, TX

I absolutely ENJOYED IT!  That’s exactly what I needed! – Kelly P., Flower Mound, TX.

The instructors are positive, motivating & nice!  Mario really understands because he’s been there, thank you! – Central Life Sciences, Dallas, TX

There is more to the workouts than just doing it. I feel like I am constantly learning something new and challenging my mind. I always feel AWESOME when I leave class. – Gina R., Dallas, TX

I feel stronger, stand up taller, feel healthier, and love it when I can do something that I have never done before! – Susan M., Dallas, TX

I invite ANYONE to come & participate in a class FOR FREE during any scheduled session! You can see the schedule here, or if you have any questions you can contact NDBC here. REAL eating, REAL movements & REAL thinking is what NDBC believes to be a great way to REAL health & REAL quality living!

Recess-hop-scotch-Dallas

When is the last time you played catch, hop-scotch, tag or Simon Says? My good friends at The Movement Dallas are pretty excited about the new group class called Recess! If you haven’t heard me talk about it, check it out here now.  Recess was featured on the news this week & is taking off!

The North Dallas Boot Camp wants to hep Recess be successful so please come out & join us for a Recess class!  Your first class is FREE! Let’s play!

The North Dallas Boot Camp will also begin the September session this coming Tuesday the 8th! NOT THE  7TH (website error)

NDBC would like to invite anyone to come & try the first 3 days for FREE! All you have to do is register here, skip the payment page & show up on the desired class time on the 8th! After the first 3 days you decide you want to completer the 4 week program, you will complete your registration with your payment.  Contact NDBC if you have any questions!

a REAL foodie: loves food that provides quality nutrition & quality of life!

This past weekend I was telling some friends about my volunteer work at The Movement Dallas, I help every Saturday morning with the organic co-op that The Movement has started.  The co-op provides communities in Dallas with literally some of best QUALITY & NUTRITIOUS foods that you can find locally!

One of my buddies was asking me about the foods that I eat, how I prepare my food, where I do my grocery shopping & places that I like to eat out at, when I do.  “You’re a foodie!” he says….

A FOODIE:

• The dictionary defines a foodie as “someone who has an ardent or refined interest in food.” In previous decades, words like “epicure” or “gourmet” were used to apply to the same type of person. The words are out of favor now, and bring to mind stodgy, snobbish people who are only willing to consider a restaurant that has truffled pate on the menu.

I will tell you this… I love food & I eat it to live (rather than live to eat.)  REAL food & great quality has literally helped me lose 84 pounds, & has given me the opportunity to do some very great things with food & the education of great food quality.  I like to consider myself a different kind of “foodie” (if that’s what others would like to call me) not a snob or person who has to eat at nice places… but a person who appreciates REAL QUALITY food & what it does for me. I have fun with it, I create crazy & tasty food combos & I take pics of my food too! Hahaha… it’s a blast.  So yeah, I guess that makes me a foodie!!!!

The North Dallas Boot Camp is coming up to it’s first full year of business in October!  I would like to say thank you to EVERYONE & all the support that I have received!  I have personally grown & have gained more energy to continue to do my best to help others!

The month of August has been another great experience!  The end of this session will be coming next week, which means the beginning of September will bring more new faces to NDBC!

The start date for the next session is Monday September 7th, 2009!  A Session is 4 weeks, 12 classes for only $150!

For other exercise classes, please visit TheMovementDallas.com & check out Recess!  I will be teaching Tuesday mornings & Saturday mornings!  I am looking forward to all the new faces & of course the returning faces from this month!

Full Quiver Farms is a local farm that produces quality uspasturized dairy products, REAL farm fresh eggs &

other quality 100% REAL foods for local Dallas co-ops & other all natural stores here in the DFW area.

When a person is able to speak about an experience & is able to create a feel for what may be, true fun, true passion true “love for the job”, they in a sense “paint you a picture with words” & make you laugh just a little… I usually consider that a pretty cool experience.

In the journey of creating NDBC &  learning SO MANY things in the that time, my experiences have  truly been so.  I could write you a few lines of my Full Quiver Farm experience & tell you all about picking up for the co-op… but I would rather show you a few pictures!  So much easier!  Enjoy!

Contact NDBC for information about REAL Food Tours, REAL Eating education or any other REAL Living questions!

The North Dallas Boot Camp is all about education. Join me & Suzan Mackay at Whole Foods Market for a store tour. The next store tour will be this coming Thursday, August 27th @ 5:30 p.m. at Whole Foods Market, located at Preston & Forest.

Some of the topics we will be discussing are:

• what is REAL Eating & REAL food?
• what does seasonal mean & why is that important?
• what is raw food?
• organic
• grass fed meats
• how to value shop?
• services you can use for convenience
• Whole Foods Market & educating the community

For more information about the Whole Foods Market Food Tour please contact NDBC here, or Suzan Mackay  (suzan.mackay@wholefoods.com) at the Preston & Forest Whole Foods Market location.

Have you ever wondered what is REALLY in the box or bag of food that you are buying from  your “local” grocery store?  Ever wondered what your favorite restaurant has in the back of the kitchen that they are using to prepare your food (& how it’s ALWAYS available & ALWAYS  the same?) Ever wondered what was REALLY on the “guiltless menu” on your favorite “neighborhood” restaurant that has a location in almost every major city in the U.S.?  Have you ever wondered or EVEN thought about what it means to claim to be “fat free”, “lowers cholesterol”, “cholesterol free”, “sugar free”, “calorie free”, “all natural”, “heart healthy” or any other ridiculous claims t

How POWERFUL are the PEOPLE who provide me with FOOD, really are?

hat multi-corporation giants claim to be?  Have you ever stopped & asked the questions, WHY & HOW multi-corporation giants became giants? Here is some simple truth (I want to clarify that it’s not the whole truth) THEY WILL PRINT & SAY WHAT EVER THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH, IF IT MEANS THAT THE CONSUMER (YOU) IS GOING TO BUY IT!  They will make the packaging as “pretty” & marketable as possible, they will pay millions of dollars for campaigns that make them billions in return, then they will contribute even more millions to policy makers that allow them to produce “all natural fat free FOOD” products that are made from synthetic chemicals, genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), artificial flavors, preservatives, hydrogenated oils & even propellants!  If you have ever wondered… here is a link that you might want to checkout. Even if this link is total B.S… have you ever wondered?

For information on what you can do to stop wondering & KNOW, you can contact NDBC for R.E.A.L education (Real Eating And Living.) Or you can check out any of the links under “Resources & Favorites.”