HOLIDAY SPOTLIGHT
GIFT – Really addictive, fun books
The perfect holiday gift! The award-winning Spriggles
Motivational Book Series for children combines "spirit" and "giggles"
to motivate and educate young children (ages 3-8) and their families to lead healthy,
active, and enthusiastic lifestyles. The three book series includes: Inspiration, Health
& Nutrition, and Activity & Exercise. Sample
chants from the book:
"Never
say can't, Ant," "Avoid the junk, Skunk," "Go for a jog, Frog,"
and many more. You’ll find you and your family making up your own chants!! All copies signed by the authors. A portion of proceeds is donated to
seeMOMMYrun.com.
HOW TO VIEW AND ORDER BOOKS:
Online at http://www.spriggles.com Please be sure
to type "SEEMOMMYRUN"
in the Special Shipping Instructions. OR call toll-free (888) 875-5856. Again, please
mention seeMOMMYrun. |
 
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NEED BLOGGERS: Are you a
blogger?
seeMOMMYrun is launching a new blogger section on the site. We need 3 bloggers willing to share a few lines of
their personal content for all to read on the seeMOMMYrun home page of all 29 states. Only a few lines of your weekly blogs will be used
twice weekly on our site. Content should be
fitness, health, nutrition, baby, or motherhood related.
We’ve already found one witty (and willing) blogger who lives
in the DC area to provide content. We will choose 2
more bloggers to be featured on the site. And
who knows…we might get your blogs placed on a major sponsor’s site in the near
future. Please email andrea@seeMOMMYrun.com with a link to your blog. DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING
YOUR BLOG IS DECEMBER 1ST, 2005.
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HOLIDAY GIFTS
seeMOMMYrun members receive 10% discount on "Pellie Runs
A Marathon" is a delightful, hard cover children’s
book about a little duck that runs a marathon. The readers are taken through the work
and the smiles of 26.2 miles! For more info, visit www.powerpackpresentations.com.
 Buttercup Kids (http://www.buttercupkids.com/) offers a
unique line of birth announcements, baby shower invitations and thank you cards designed
exclusively by artists around the world. Truly extraordinary designs at everyday, ordinary
prices! Use the discount code SEEMOMMYRUNFAN online or over the phone (866-207-3591) to
receive 15% off of your entire order.
 Bet you didn’t know seeMOMMYrun founder Andrea Vincent is also a published author! She published a children’s book in 1995, and
now has a workbook to help seniors write about their lives in “Bite-Sized
Pieces.” Check it out – it
makes a great gift or quality time with a relative helping them fill it out. $12.95 per copy.
Click here for info and to order: http://www.trafford.com/robots/03-2057.html or order at www.Amazon.com.
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ARTICLE –
Nutrition Tips for the Holidays
by Jodi
Citrin, RD. President, Citrition, LLC. www.citrition.com
It’s that time
of year again. There are holiday parties every week, cookies and sweets everywhere you
turn and a to do list that just keeps growing. You’ve been working so hard to
exercise and be healthy and you really don’t want to sabotage your efforts, but your
motivation is fading and fast. Here are some tips for how to stay on track during the
holidays and what to do if you fall off. These
are NOT diet tips on how to avoid all the good foods, but rather tips to enjoy the
holidays and still feel great when New Year’s rolls around.
- Avoid letting one “bad” meal
or one too many indulgences sabotage the rest of your day. One of the most important things you can do
for yourself is realize that everyone has a “bad” eating day. Having one too
many desserts or one too many courses at lunch does not mean all of your efforts have gone
to waste and that you should give up. Just think of it as an indulgence. Pick yourself up
and start exactly where you left off. Turning that one meal into an entire day of pigging
out will only leave you feeling worse.
·
Avoid
starving yourself during the day when you know you’re going to have a big dinner.
This is an all too common mistake. You know you have a holiday party or a big dinner and
so you eat hardly anything all day. You want to save up your calories for the pumpkin pie,
sweet potato pie and eggnog. This is NOT the way to eat less, but actually the opposite.
If you starve your body all day, you are guaranteed to overeat at night. Make sure to eat
as you normally would during the day. That way when you go to the party, you won’t be
starving. You can make good choices and indulge in the foods you want. But, you will
actually be able to stop when you’re full because you won’t have gone to the
party starving.
·
Keep up
your workouts. Think of your walking or
running group as an appointment, not something optional. Just because things are getting
busy around the holidays doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make time for you. Make your
health and feeling good a priority. Exercise helps you burn those holiday calories so you
can fit into your clothing when they are over, but it only works if the exercise is
consistent.
·
Stay
clear of the low carb diets. Carbohydrates are GOOD for you and really important if
you are walking or running. Carbohydrates are your muscles’ fuel. Without carbs, your
muscles can’t work properly. So, enjoy those healthy carbs, the whole grains, fruits,
vegetables and beans…have some sweet potatoes, squash, string beans and stuffing (Try
it with whole wheat bread. It’s delicious and healthy!)
·
Keep
yourself hydrated. If you’re
exercising, you know how important it is to keep your body hydrated. Holiday foods tend to be very salty which can
dehydrate your body. Also, if you drink alcohol, whether it’s wine, beer or liquor,
that can dehydrate you even more. So, make sure to drink water before, during and after
your workout.
·
Don’t
weigh yourself all the time. As a woman, your weight fluctuates a lot depending on the
time of the month. During the holidays, it will fluctuate even more with those huge meals
and salty foods (which cause water retention and therefore make your weight go up). If you
do weigh yourself, do it once a week on the same day each week. And, always weigh yourself
first thing in the morning before you drink anything. If you don’t like the scale,
find a pair of pants that fit you comfortably. Try the pants on once each week to make
sure they still fit comfortably. If they do, you know you’re doing okay.
·
Enjoy
and embrace this time of year. Eat, laugh and remember to find time for your exercise.
You’ve worked hard to reach the fitness point that you are at. Keep at it so that you
don’t have to start from scratch when New Year’s rolls around.
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POSITIONS
AVAILABLE – Fundraiser, Sales Reps, Board Members
The following positions are available as
freelance positions for seeMOMMYrun.com:
Fundraising Professional -
Do you have experience raising money for non-profit organizations? Pitching to
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commission-only position - paid monthly - based on a percentage of the money you raise for
seeMOMMYrun.com.
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We need experienced, energetic sales reps to contact potential advertisers and sponsors.
There are millions of organizations out there that would be perfect for ads or
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Board Members -
We are creating an Executive Board to oversee all corporate decisions of
seeMOMMYrun.com. If interested please send a short bio to marketing@seeMOMMYrun.com. We are looking for
women with all different types of backgrounds and experience - so please send us your
info!
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