CCN Ladies Fitness Group

06/26/2024

Go ahead and add this delicious summer salad to your meal plan this week 🍋🫑🥒🫒

• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 cups of chicken broth or water
Cook the quinoa

Add in
• 1 cucumber
• 1 bell pepper
• Quartered cherry tomatoes
• Fresh parsley, chopped
• Fresh mint, chopped
Crumble some feta cheese
Drizzle olive oil and lemon juice on top
Salt and pepper to taste

06/12/2024

I hope you're able to get outside today for some movement and to enjoy this beautiful day! ☀️

I started the morning with a workout at the gym with a friend and took a two mile walk with Cash afterwards! 🐶 How are you choosing to move your body today?

This picture makes me laugh because his tongue is out of control 🤪

02/01/2024

Join us tomorrow for a full body HIIT workout at the church! Bring dumbbells for extra resistance. Comment on this post if you plan to come.

Tomorrow, February 2, is National Wear Red Day, and this month is American Heart Month to bring awareness to heart disease being the leading cause of death in America. So tomorrow, wear red to workout and let's do some cardio 🫀❤️

01/30/2024

Congratulations!! 🎉

Brenda is the winner of our 12-Week Workout Challenge giveaway! She won a digital food scale and Natural Vitality Calm Magnesium Supplement.

Each participant (which there were 15 signed up) got 1 point for each week they worked out 3 or more times, and 1 point for each week they submitted their check-in survey. Our top participants were:

• Brenda Eberhart & Jan Owens tied: 24 points
• Molly Carter: 21 points
• Annie Leis & Julie Cole tied: 16 points
• Jenna Baldwin: 14 points

Great job, ladies! 💜

01/30/2024

We completed the 12-Week Workout Challenge! What an awesome 3 months of 15 ladies working to create a healthy habit!

Tonight will be the drawing for the giveaway, so be sure to submit your check-in survey for Week 12 (link is in this week's email). Winner will be announced on this page, as well as emailed individually!

01/06/2024

We are finishing up Week 9 of the 12-Week Workout Challenge, and you ladies have been doing great! Here is our giveaway at the end of the challenge: a digital food scale and Natural Vitality Calm Magnesium Supplement. I use my food scale all the time to measure out food portions. To me, it is easier to measure food by the grams than to use up a bunch of measuring cups and spoons when putting together a meal. Just zero the scale after each ingredient to take individual measurements!

This magnesium supplement is in powder form, and there are several different flavors, but sweet lemon honestly tastes like lemonade! I take it every night, and here are some great benefits of increasing your magnesium intake: Magnesium aids in vitamin D activation (which helps with the winter blues), improves muscle function, bone health, nervous system function, heart health, decreases feelings of anxiety and stress, can provide relief from headaches/migraines, and helps with regularity in the digestive tract.

This powder's only ingredients include citric acid, organic lemon flavor, and organic stevia leaf extract. It is, therefore, gluten-free and vegan.

So how do you enter? Well, if you signed up for the 12-Week Workout Challenge, that's one entry! You have to be signed up to gain any additional entries. Additional entries have been and will be counted by submitting your weekly check-in survey.* Additional entries will also be given to those who have completed 3 or more workouts in a week. So go fill out your week 9 check-in survey!

*I have monitored the participants who have submitted check-in surveys, so going back now and submitting any surveys between Week 1-Week 8 will not be counted.

12/27/2023

More info coming after the new year!

12/21/2023

Although we will not be meeting together at the church for a workout tomorrow, I still plan to get a workout in. Who else will be also?

Have a great Christmas weekend! 🎄

12/13/2023

Join us for a fun tabata workout and a plank challenge tonight! I'll warn you, you'll feel the burn with 9 different planks in the challenge 🔥 but don't let that keep you from trying!

12/12/2023

Health Tip Tuesday ✨️

I found a great article published by Cleveland Clinic explaining 13 common reasons for overeating. Ever think, "I shouldn't have eaten that?" Me too 🙋‍♀️ Losing some self-control around food is actually pretty common, leading to overeating habits. These are not healthy habits and can be embarrassing and lead to lower self-esteem. Being an embarrassment to yourself and having low self-esteem fight against you in your health journey, that's why this article explains ways to counteract each reason. Click the link below and see if any of the reasons apply to you and if the "What to do" sections are helpful. If you have a tip to share on ways you fight the urge to overeat, feel free to share in the comments!

We all overeat sometimes. But when it happens more often than you might like, it can lead to unhealthy outcomes. Here are common reasons why we overeat, and ways to combat the habit.

12/07/2023

Join us tomorrow morning!!

12/06/2023

Health Tip Tuesday ✨️

Have a sweets craving but don't want to over indulge? I made this edible brownie batter in just a few minutes and it was so good!! 🤩 I'm the kind of person in the kitchen that doesn't measure most ingredients, I just eyeball it (and usually do not put as much sugar as what any recipe calls for 🤭). But if you want precise measurements, here it is:

• 1 15oz can of chickpeas (take a few minutes to pinch off the skins, it'll definitely help the texture)
• 2-3 tbsp of almond milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup maple syrup (or however sweet you want it to be -- I probably did 1-2 tbsp)
• 1/2 cup of nut butter
• 1/4 cup of cocoa powder

Mix it up in a blender and then sprinkle in some dark chocolate chips!

This makes about 2-3 servings, so it makes plenty to enjoy with a friend or to put in a container in the fridge to enjoy later!

Rich and decadent edible brownie batter that's safe to eat by the spoonful! This edible brownie batter is packed with rich chocolate flavor comes together with only 6 simple ingredients. It's perfect for kids and made vegan and gluten-free too!