Category Archives: 12-Week Program

Voltage U: Mother Cabrini HS Week of 5/9

Posted on May 19, 2011 by High

Voltage and the Energy Up G's

Energy Up! Whoo!

Another AMAZING week with my G’s at Mother Cabrini HS!

On Wednesday May 11th, we talked about “hitting the ground in sneakers” to help Mayor Bloomberg pass a bill that would no longer allow people receiving food stamps to buy soda and other sugary drinks. Whoo! Get ready for the G-Force. More details to come.  We put five different fruit snacks to the test in our Sugar Shock moment; enjoyed a healthy food tasting of chili, string cheese and clementines; and raised our voices in the Energy Up Rap Affirmation: “I’m an Energy Up Girl and I want you to know….” Darlene P. won the weekly water bottle raffle prize (a goody bag filled with fabulous cosmetics) and the group’s overall weight loss was, drum roll PLEASE, 29.2 pounds!

Until my next update, take it from my G’s, stay fit, fab and fierce! Energy Up! Whoo!

………………V

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Voltage U: Mother Cabrini HS Week of 5/2

Posted on May 13, 2011 by High

High Voltage at MCHS 5/4/11

Energy Up! Whoo!

I am SO happy to bring you periodic back stories of our AMAZING school programs.  Of course, we provide the full details on the 12-Week Program section of the energyup.org  website, but it’s ALWAYS cool to tell great stories over and over and over again!!

Earlier this month, following the Spring Break vacation, we began the Energy Up session by congratulating our Spring Break Super Stars. BTW, on June 3rd six young women: Aliyah H., Keilyn O., Laura L., Rosa B., Sera B. and Titiana B. and I will enjoy a fabulous evening at Candle 79, an awesome vegetarian restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.  The session continued with a healthy food tasting: veggie burgers, sweet potato fries, stir-fry veggies, clementines and string cheese; a Sugar Shock moment with a review of the amount of sugar in Gatorade, Red Bull, Rockstar, Vitamin Water and PowerAde; and a special Energy Up Rap Affirmation, in which each of the girls completed the lyric: I’m an Energy Up Girl and I want you to know…..

Brianne J. won the weekly raffle prize, Nashwah D. lost the most weight over the spring break vacation and the group’s overall weight loss was 20.8 pounds.

Until my next update, stay fit, fab and fierce. Energy Up! Whoo!

……………..V

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Spring Break Comment with Shannon Wilson

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Shannon

I had a McDonald’s Crispy Chicken Club Select sandwich and it tasted really different to me. After I ate it, I had a stomachache. I’m proud to say I don’t like it at all!

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Voltage U: MCHS April 13 Update

Posted on April 28, 2011 by High

MCHS Working it Out!

Energy Up! Whoo!

‘Twas the week before Spring Break and the girls are AMAZING.  We enjoyed our time with Dr. Betsy, our sugar shock with Nutella (a hazelnut flavored spread made with skim milk and cocoa), jellies and jams and our food tasting:  Lebanese Salad (courtesy of Sera’s mom), hummus, carrots, tabouleh and clementines. And the group’s overall weight loss to date is 24 pounds. Isn’t that Fit, Fab and Fierce?

A shout out to Micaela for the weekly updates and Sera’s mom for the delicious salad.

…………………V

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Spring Break Comment with Shannon Wilson

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Shannon

Helped my mom with cleaning the house this week….. learned something new today…….. oh.. and guess what? I haven’t had a bottle of soda since Energy Up! started…. didn’t really think of that until today. I’m so happy…… Soda is awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never knew why I liked it as a kid. Well, now I know better!!!!! Energy Up has helped me out a lot. I’m getting healthier every day…. Energy Up!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Voltage is awesome!!!!!!!

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Spring Break Share with Sera Bahmad

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Sera

Today me and my mom worked so hard cleaning the house. we also had music going on. i think we lost hundreds of calories, we swept the floor, moped it,  dusted off our supplies, cleaned out the room, and washed the dishes. (check out my music video, tell me what you think. its in link forum so you have to click on it)

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Energy Up! Spring Break Star Club

Posted on April 14, 2011 by High

Energy Up G’s,

What are you doing over Spring Break?  Stay Energy Up busy and U will be rewarded!

We are looking for 6 Energy Up girls to be in the first class of our Spring Break Star Club. That’s right, star status, red carpet treatment. Six G’s will be invited to a fabulously healthy dinner at one of my favorite restaurants.  Plus they’ll receive an Energy Up Swag Bag with loads of goodies and star status on the Energy Up blog and newsletter. 

Beginning April 15, start posting on www.energyup.org and post often.  Here are a few ideas:

Introduce a friend to Energy Up, post about it. Keeping a food journal? Post about it.  See a great video? Post about it. Perform a kind act, post about it. Discover a healthy treat?  Post about it. Have a positive thought, post about it.  Have a comment about our blog poll, post about it.  Just post and share your light and energy with us all.

I’ll select the six members who submit the most posts. Visit the website blog to see your posts and others too.  Follow these simple instructions and start posting. 

1. Visit www.energyup.org

2. Log-in or register (it’s FREE)

3. In your Page Profile section, select “New Blog Post.” It’s the last item on the left sidebar list.

4. In the new window, select and enter a title for your post. Like this:

Spring Break Share with (your first name and last name initial)

Spring Break Pix with (your first name and last name initial)

Spring Break Comment from (your first name and last name initial)

Spring Break Friend with (your first name and last name initial)

5. Below the title, start writing or post a picture or favorite video. Tell us how you’re spending the Spring Break vacation, Energy Up-style.  Tell us about the friends you signed up to Energy Up!.  Better yet, tell us how much you miss us! 

That’s it! Follow these steps as many times as you like between April 15 and April 29th. Visit the website blog to see your posts and others too. We’re selecting six girls with the MOST POSTS for the first EVER Energy Up Spring Break Star Club.

So what are you waiting for?  Have a great vacation and get your Spring Break swag on with Energy Up! Whoo!

 ……………………….V

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Energy Up at Mother Cabrini HS

Posted on April 11, 2011 by High

Energy Up! Whoo!

Energy Up G's with the Lightning Bolt Lunch Special

I am Happy!
I am Healthy!
I am the master of my thoughts!

Our week was FANTASTIC.  We sugar shocked with pop tarts and ice cream to uncover the enormous amount of sugar in the products.  For our healthy food tasting, we sampled walnuts, almonds, string cheese, tangerines, stir-fry vegetables and couscous, a traditional North African dish made from semolina (crushed durum wheat). YUM! The week’s Lightning Bolt Lunch Special served up a sell-out: Veggie Burger with Sweet Potato Fries. Double YUM!  Jenae S. was the winner of the raffle prize from Bath and Body Works.  And the total pounds lost this week: 12.4. Now that’s Fit, Fab and Fierce!

…………………….V

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