Final winners...

Hooray! We made it through February..for a short month it sure seems long!

Congratulations to ALL of you who kept moving this month with our Red Dress Challenge.

This week's winners are:

Pat W: Montague's Wine Bar & Cafe Gift Certificate

Dana K: Tonic Salon Gift Certificate

Thanks for participating in the Red Dress Challenge. I hope you found it motivating!

xo-Karin

Double Heart Day

Yesterday we went to the Reforestation Camp to go cross-country skiing for our xo expedition. I inadvertently earned at least two hearts because I could not read the trail map!! Jack (our 8 year old) and I left the lodge at about 4 PM. I was planning to ski with him for 30-45 minutes. Unfortunately, I was more than a little confused by the map and we ended up on a MUCH longer loop. I couldn't even call Ryan...no signal on my cell phone! We were out for 90 minutes! I am lucky that Jack is a good skier (not to mention a tough kid) and that the sun sets later these days. Jack earned a whole week's worth of hearts.

Hope you all have started working on your hearts for this week. Try not to get lost while doing so.

xo-Karin

More winners!

Congratulations to the winners of this week's drawing:

Sara L: Gift Certificate to Montague's Wine Bar & Cafe

Tami H: "Keep the Beat" Cookbook-Heart Healthy Recipes

One more week to go...keep on logging your exercise!

xo-Karin

This week's winners

Congratulations to this week's winners:

Danica: "Keep the Beat" Cookbook-Heart Healthy Recipes

Anne: Gift Certificate to Montague's Wine Bar & Cafe

You can claim your prize the next time you're at the studio.

Have a Happy Valentine's Day!
xo-Karin

Take a vacation, it's good for your heart

Dying for a Vacation?
Is it hard for you to find time for that vacation that you need so much? Here's some life-and-death motivation from Wellness Expert and Life Coach Dr. Susan Biali, that might inspire you to call your travel agent, right now!
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/890523/dying_for_a_vacation.html

Welcome new RDC participants!

This week we have 3 newcomers to the Challenge:
Thanks for joining us, Danica, Pat & Karen.

Week 2

I started out this week on the right foot:
putting one foot in front of the other. We went snow shoeing today for our xo-expedition at Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve. The short loop (1 1/2 miles) because we had the kids with us.

Snow conditions were a bit slushy, but it was a great day to be outside and enjoy the sunshine. Hope you had a chance to do the same!

Thanks for again for coming along, Anne!

xo-Karin

Half way there (this week)

We're half way through the week and I'm half way done with my workouts!

How are you doing?

xo-Karin

The Heart Chart

Starting tomorrow you will get a HEART sticker next to your name on the HEART CHART everytime you finish a workout at the studio or bring in your exercise log to report your independent workouts!

Hi to everyone taking the Red Dress Challenge!

Dear RDC participants,

I am hoping this blog to help inspire each of you to reach your weekly exercise goals.

Believe it or not, the Red Dress Challenge is going to be a challenge me personally. It may seem to you that since I am a personal trainer and I spend most of my days at the studio I get plenty of exercise. The truth is, I typically average 2 cardio workouts per week and it's time for me to step it up a notch!

I started TODAY by going skiing AND scheduling my workouts for the rest of the week. Just like I tell all my clients, if it isn't on the schedule it probably won't happen.

I encourage all of you to chime in with what your are doing, how you are feeling, and maybe you will inspire someone else to squeeze in that one extra workout!

xo-Karin