Tuesday Tip of the Day

Today's Tuesday Tip of the Day comes from Twig:

   

 A bonus tip today. Twig shared this with me as well. How to "crack" your oatmeal. If you buy regular oats, you know it takes twice as long if not more to cook. To help speed up that process, take your oatmeal & put it in the blender or food processor. "Pulse" it a few times and then cook. See examples below.

There you go! Happy Tuesday!

Late: Tuesday Tip of the Day!

 

Satomi's tip may sound a little funny.  Those that do Zumba and attend EMZ know exactly what she's talking about with 'cut up shirts'.  Like she said, don't cut up all of them...OR buy more than one of the same design.  Why?  There's been a few occassions where we want to sport our tee with jeans to an event that is not Zumba and we can't because it's "too cut up".  Hahahaha!

Don't forget -- beginning this Friday, January 18th, we kick off our "Attendance Challenge" plus our "EMZ Weight Challenge".

 

Attendance Challenge will work like this:

 

Pick up card from any one of the instructors.  It is then your responsibility each day after class to have an instructor sign off on date attended.  If you lose your card, you start over on the day you pick up a new card.  If you forget to get your card signed, sorry -- no back dating.  At the end of the 12 week challenge, the individual(s) with the most days attended will receive a prize.  *No entry fee

 

EMZ Weight Loss Challenge:

Men & women separated into separate groups.  In each group two winners will be chosen.  One person with the most pounds lost.  Second winner will be based off of percentage. Here's the calculation:  total weight lost divided by beginning weight multiplied by 100.  For example, if my beginning weight is 267 and individual loses 30 pounds, here's the math:  30 / 267 = 0.112 X 100 = 11.24%.  Total of four winners.  No extreme dieting, starvation, etc.  We want to encourage the safest and healthiest way which means proper diet & exercise.  I (Sinai) will be doing weigh-ins before class on Friday, maybe during & definitely after.  Prizes will be awarded to winners. 

Hopefully the challenges will serve as an incentive to stay motivated.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at theemzcrew@gmail.com.  Thanks!!!

Tip of the Day Tuesday!

 

Do what it takes to stay on track...even if it means using hand puppets!  Hahaha!

Thanks Beti for the demo.  You're the bestest!

Happy Tuesday!

Stay on track & don't give up.

Happy New Year - 2013!

It's a New Year.  

New Beginnings.

New Goals.

With that being said, we've decided to add "Tip of the day Tuesday".  Some fun tips from a few of our instructors.  Some serious, some not so serious.

Our very first tip and appropriate for the New Year is from the one and only Suka801 aka Ame.

Our preference would be for you to join our EMZ Crew Monday through Friday, but understand that it may not work for all due to different reasons.  Definitely add fitness to your life.  Be consistent.  Find a workout you enjoy.  Make it a lifetime commitment.

Christmas Eve Class

Here's a couple videos from our class this past Monday. We have a few students who like to coordinate their outfits and join us on stage. Here they are with their "Christmas outfit", heels and all. Do not try this at your Zumba class! 

 *Video taped by two different individuals catching different angles. Enjoy!

 

 Aside from teaching Zumba, this guy also sings. Here's Liu Vakapuna (one of our instructors) singing Chris Brown's "This Christmas".

 

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(Back - L to R:  Billie, Betsy, Sinai, Silia, Ame, Beti, Dana, Lila.  Front - L to R:  Souna, Sela, Twig, Satomi, Maki, Nicole.  Missing:  Liu)

 

From our EMZ family to yours

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Caralee Lambard Hand

Let me introduce you to Caralee Lambard Hand.  She's one of our faithful members at EMZ.  She's been attending over a year now.  She also plays a key in keeping our class going by opening the doors each morning.  Thank you Caralee!

Here's Caralee's story in her own words:
I heard about EMZ several months before I actually started attending. My son was going to seminary in the stake center where we meet now. We'd drive past the building behind the Hook and Ladder every morning, and we wondered why there were so many cars there at that hour of the day. We went to a Stake Youth Council Meeting, and Mahina was there and telling everyone about EMZ. I thought about going, but didn't because of the seminary schedule. When school was over for the year, I ran out of excuses not to go. School was over, it was free, and just up the street from my house, so I started going. I had a pair of pants that was way too small for me. I couldn't even make the button and button hole meet, because my stomach was so big. After a week or two, I could put on the pants and button them, but it was still tight. A few months later, I could fasten them completely. My goal is to put them on and wear them comfortably. I can wear them, but it is still kind of snug. I have lost about 20 pounds, but some of it has come back. I am hoping to break the plateau I have been on, and to lose some more. I do not want to go back to where I was a year and a half ago. I recently hit my 50th birthday. In my family, that is a scary decade, because of the health problems several family members have had. We've had run ins with heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. I hope that by doing zumba on a regular basis, I will be able to avoid those things.

 

 

April 2007

July 2011

 

November 2012