Energy Up Blog
Last night HBO debuted a documentary titled "The Weight of the Nation." If you missed it, be sure to go to http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com and check out the videos, the info, and how you can help make a change. As they say...TO WIN, WE HAVE TO LOSE. This is an epidemic and the stats that are included in these documentaries are straight up SCARY! This is real people! This is not political propaganda, this is a REAL ISSUE and for the first time in our history, there is a chance for life expectancies to go DOWN because of it! We here at Energy Up! have been, and will continue to help spread the word of healthy lifestyles and continue doing everything in our power to make this right! Our children and their children are depending on us! ENERGY UP!!! WOOOOOO
Check out Mother Cabrini student Savannah Dominguez talking about choosing to be SUGAR-FREE below! Energy Up!! WOOOOO
Today Energy Up worked with Mother Cabrini High School to promote a healthy school lunch for the students in the school. Students gathered in the cafeteria during designated hours to try the new, healthy chicken, the salad bar and several other foods. Having spent the whole day in the cafeteria working with Voltage, I was able to see exactly how the students were responding to the new foods and environment.
The green and red lights sparkling, the music pumping, pink and turquoise table cloths and balloons everywhere created a fun and comfortable environment for the girls to get together and try new things. I was met with a very positive reaction to not only the cooked chicken but also the new salad dressings. Girls filled in to the cafeteria line faster than ever, excited to see what Voltage had to offer, knowing she’s never let us down before. What was surprising to the girls was finding out that the food being served was actually school food! How astonishing it was to learn that the school was capable of such things.
Eager to hear more of what the girls thought, I asked several of them how their day went. I was met with several responses such as, “Great!” and “Fun!” When I asked about the food, one girl explained that the chicken was better than before and that the rice was also much better than usual. I was also told that the salad dressings were fantastic! She claimed that it was so good she ate a whole plate, as did I.
We, of course, had a few negative responses such as complaints about the lack of ketchup and the vending machines. The vending machine problem will be solved on its own if the school decides to be accountable for their actions. Though with the ketchup craze, one girl said, “I can’t live without ketchup at school,” to which I promptly replied with, “It doesn’t belong in school therefore you can live with ketchup outside of school.” I said this with a smile as I told her to sparkle up, letting her know that my retort was in no way to be taken in a bad way, just as an explanation.
Overall the Energy Up Invasion of Health Day at Cabrini was a success! The girls gobbled up the salads faster than ever before, adored the big pink cups used for water and enjoyed the fun music filled environment. I know the girls at Mother Cabrini High School would be more than happy to be a part of another one of these events in the future. I also know that we all expect great things to happen with the food in the cafeteria and eagerly wait for the good results.
Queens school plans to go sugar-free; Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria also bans bakes sales
Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria also bans bakes sales
By Clare Trapasso / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Soft drinks: Public enemy No.1 in obesity fight?
What an amazing event! What an amazing day! What amazing women! What amazing energy for our 1st annual Fit, Fab, Fierce Power Lunch. This week, Energy Up! once again took over the cafeteria at The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria, the FIRST SUGAR-FREE SCHOOL in NYC.
We had so many INCREDIBLE, POWERFUL WOMEN in attendance. Thank you to everyone for their help in making this day happen.
Special thanks to:
Kris Brescoll, Leah Brickley, Karen Bussen, Carol Bynoe, Iman Dean, Wendy Dessy, Lisa Freedman, Laura Giuffrida, Christina Hill, Julia Moskin, Maria Muscarella, Kesha Nichols, Andrea Pizziconi, Greta Reinen, Tricia Rowan-Rossicone, Ashley Russell, Courtenay Smith, Gayle Sobel, Nahla Taher, and
Candice Taylor
Check out some pictures from the event below!
Now that you have all the tools to become the best Fit, Fab, and Fierce G’s you can be, take all that amazing energy and create your ultimate vision board. Get as colorful, creative, and dynamic as you would like. Who and what would you really be if there were no limits?
Guidelines:
• You will be judged on originality
• Pictures of yourself and affirmations are welcomed
• The poster board should be 22" x 28" (standard size)
• The deadline will be Thursday, April 19th
• The top three winners will receive a fabulous outing with High Voltage
What an amazing story on 60 Minutes last night. Sugar is a TOXIN!!!
On March 22nd I had the amazing honor of attending the Mother Cabrini Hall of Fame Dinner. What a SPECIAL evening this turned out to be...Seeing all these AMAZING Mother Cabrini Alumni, knowing that all of our Energy Up! G's from Mother Cabrini will also be very SUCCESSFUL FIT, FAB, & FIERCE WOMEN.....I am so PROUD of all of them and keep in touch with many of our alumni. My date for the evening was one of our accomplished alumni, Madeline De La Cruz. Madeline TOTALLY SURPRISED ME by writing and delivering such a POWERFUL, HEART FELT INTRODUCTION. Click here to read her introduction, it's truly amazing. These GIRL'S ARE THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE...IT REALLY WAS A SPECIAL EVENING...Thank you to Mother Cabrini for presenting me with this special honor. All my LOVE and Energy Up Whoooo V
Dr. Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez joined Energy Up! at Mother Cabrini High School this week for a talk about balanced nutrition. During the session, the Energy Up G's sugar-shocked several products and Voltage taught the girls how to properly read food labels. See pictures of Dr. Vargas, Voltage, and the Energy Up G's in action below!
- Voltage teaching Energy Up Gs how to read a label.
- Dr. Ileana Vargas-Rodriguez scrutinizes a box of cereal. Can you believe how sugar is in cereal. What about those "other carbohydrates"? Stay tuned, we're investigating!"
In honor of St. Patty's Day, we held our fabulous SHAMROCKIN' event at The Young Women's Leadership School of Astoria and the everyone LOVED IT!!! The Energy Up! girls got together with High Voltage and over 15 teachers from the school to "sugar shock" various items and taste healthy foods including sugar-free salad dressings made especially for TYWLS Astoria for being the first SUGAR-FREE SCHOOL in NYC. What Energy Up! event would be complete without drinking water...and thanks to Omega Water we had plenty of it! The girls loved the Berry Breeze, Orange Splash, Lemon Squeeze, and Fruit Fushion flavors. THANK YOU OMEGA WATER!!!
Check out pictures from the event below -- THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT IN MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN!!! If you'd like to get involved in any future Energy Up! events, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Shame
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Behaviors designed to "uncover" or "expose" others are sometimes used for this purpose, as are utterances like "Shame!" or "Shame on you!"
When i see an advertisement or read about a product that is so UTTERLY DECEITFUL, I put them in the HALL OF SHAME!
The product must STAND OUT as such a complete misrepresentation of what it really is....many products are not particularly good for you...but a product in the Hall Of Shame is clearly misleading and deserves to be called out.
The Hall of Shame uses faulty science and studies to back up their pitch. It manipulates emotions and lack of knowledge and uses misleading language and artwork on packaging while manipulating the public's lack of nutritional knowledge. HOW OFFENSIVE!!!
ENERGY UP! feels that corporate America would be happy to produce healthier foods...it is our job to DEMAND IT!!!!
If one of our girl's feel that a product belongs in the Hall Of Shame we will be happy to take a look and discuss it. Email your product to us by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it -- High Voltage will read each submission personally and decide whether or not they belong in the Hall of Shame.
Below you'll find products that have already found their way into the ENERGY UP! HALL OF SHAME
I can't believe it...
This week, in conjunction with National Nutrition Month and International Women's Day, we kicked off our 10th year of Energy Up! at Mother Cabrini High School in NYC! Over the past 10 years, the Energy Up! G's at Mother Cabrini have transformed their lives; and the faculty and staff have been AMAZING and SO SUPPORTIVE! This week I welcomed the freshman class of Energy Up! G's for the spring semester at Mother Cabrini and boy are these girls ready to to be FIT, FAB, & FIERCE -- I've haven't seen enthusiastic WOOOOOOO's like this in a while! ENERGY UP!!!! WOOOOOOO!
For this event, we partnered with the great folks from Omega Water -- we had tons of Omega Water on hand to keep our Energy Up! G's hydrated and motivated -- they LOVED the Omega Water, I highly recommend checking it out here: http://omegawater.com or on Facebook. THANK YOU OMEGA WATER FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
Here are some pictures from the event -- check these girls out -- they're AMAZING!!!
We're updating the look of our program materials a bit to speak to our core group of girls in the Energy Up program at TYWLS in Astoria, Mother Cabrini High School, and many others around the country! Our new look/messaging offers strong, powerful affirmations and statements to help remind and empower our girls, their friends, teacher, faculty, and staff to stay Fit, Fab, and Fierce! Check out the new look below and let us know what you think!
It was so disturbing watching a commercial on television about Disney Gummy Bear Vitamins knowing that the first two ingredients are sugar and that it is basically spoon feeding your children sugar with a few vitamins.......there are so many wonderful parents that have no idea how HARMFUL and miss leading these commercials are....SHAME ON DISNEY FOR BEING A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SUGAR INDUSTRY!!!!!!!....Kids need fruit and veggies not SUGAR CANDY pushed as vitamins!!!!!!...RING THE ALARM!!!!!!!!....Energy Up Whoooo V!
