Crock Pot Recipes

Please add to our bulletin board.  We are looking for healthy and yummy crock pot recipes.  Also needed:  kid friendly allergy friendly, low carb, etc.


(Double click on the board, write your name, then your recipe.

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HBM Summer Challenges

Check out our August Challenge.  Join us now!

Click below for a weekly checklist.

Weigh-Ins are moving to Fridays

Okay, so the Monday morning weigh-ins suck!! Everyone is depressed when they get on the scale and it really sabotages the week! So, I'm making our weigh-ins on Fridays, starting this Friday! That means that there are going to be less points this week! Our final weigh-in for the June Challenge will be Friday, June 26th.

Challenge - Be Nice!

Winner for the May HBM Challenge

The winner of the May HBM Challenge is Jennifer Rubalcava!!!  Congratulations on all of your successes!!  You are truly an inspiration!

Join us for the June HBM Challenge!

Will you be continuing on your HBM journey in June?  That’s right, next Monday is June 1^st and we are starting with our June Challenge.  Details will arrive to your email when you sign up.  There’s a new CHALLENGE for our membership drive.  For every new person you bring into our group, your name will be placed in a drawing for an amazing beach bag bundle.  So, if you bring in 2 new people, your name will go in twice.  Remember, they don’t have to be local!  So, grab your coworkers, friends, family and let them experience the wonderful accomplishments that you are benefitting from!! Pay on our blog to pay or leave money in my mailbox at school.  

Take this poll to see if we want to change up our score card in June.

Our June Challenge is quickly approaching!  Would you like to see some new challenges?  I was thinking about taking out "Make a good habit" and "Break a bad habit" and replacing them with two new challenges.  You can also choose to keep these if you want.  Click the picture below and it will link to a poll.  Take the poll twice to get two new goals.

Clean Slate Challenge

Clean Slate Week!! 

Watch this video to hear about the details:



Starting today, if you earn at least 80 points this week, you'll be put in raffle to win a great picnic basket that is insulated and filled with awesome picnic supplies, including wine sippy cups!! Good luck! 

Umbrella Drink Challenge

Check out the video below for your next challenge.  You can text me your pictures.  The picture is due by 7pm on Monday, May 25th.



Prize:

HBM Bracelet of Accomplishment

Attention - New motivation! Introducing the "HBM Bracelet of Accomplishment". We have all been working so hard on our challenge and it's important to be recognized for our accomplishments. Here is a visual reminder of how far we've come and how much we've accomplished. Order your bracelet on the HBM blog website where it says "Click here to make a payment" (where you paid for our challenge) for only $10. Click on the dropdown menu and choose "HBM Bracelet of Accomplishment". You will receive a bracelet with a charm that says "Balance". Then, throughout the challenge each month, you can earn some beautiful beads to put on your bracelet. There are beads for colorful food challenges, weight loss, winning the monthly HBM challenge, exercise and running a race, etc. You'll receive beads for these accomplishments regardless if you have a bracelet or not. It's just nice to have a visual reminder of everything you have accomplished. The silver bead just screws off and you can place your bead on the bracelet.

Green Challenge

Time to comment

Hello out there!! Can you hear the echo? This is a friendly reminder that you receive a point for each day that you post, share, and talk the Healthy Balanced Mom stuff up. This is our place to support, praise, and share with each other. It's also our place to receive help and support. So, share your recipes, ideas, work outs, struggles, successes, everything in the comments below each post!!! If I'm not seeing you on here posting or hearing you at work sharing with each other, I shouldn't see you getting the points for this category (hint hint).

Week 2...Down! The winners are...

The leaders this week are:  Lisa Scharffenberg, Mimi Ferris​, Dale Marshall​, and Jennifer Lee Rubalcava​!!  This was a tough week for many of us!  Let's reflect on our week(s) and cut out that "one" thing that is holding us back!!

Challenge: Get yourself organized

Prize Alert:  Organization Challenge!

Time to get some organization under our belt.  This challenge will help you to clear an area, room, desk, closet, etc!  You just have to take a before and after photo of the area that you organize and text it to me.  All entries will be entered in the contest and will the winner will be drawn.  (This counts as "ME" time!)

Deadline:  Sunday, May 17, 7pm.

Text pictures to:  508-932-3347

Week 1 point leaders

The leaders for last week are: Dale Marshall, Jennifer Lee Rubalcava, and Lisa Scharffenberg. Many others on their heals!! Way to go everyone!! Let's do this!

Week 1 - Down!!! Send in your points

We made it through the first week!  Make sure to send me your point totals for the week.  The maximum amount is 90 points.  If you would like to send me your weight please do. My cell number is 508-932-3347.  Just text me!!  Great job!!

Special gift to you from Mother's Day

Click on the image below to watch a very important video:

Water Bottle Challenge

So we have three days down and the biggest obstacle for most people seems to be the 3 Liter water requirement!  It makes sense since most of us are teachers and nurses and it's hard to actually GET to the bathroom!  But, I'm seeing that some of you are creating some good strategies to get that water down!

First Challenge this month (an oldie but a goody).  Come up with a fun strategy to get the water down.  What motivational technique can we use to chug a lug?  Double click on the board below, type your name, and include a picture, description, anecdote, song, whatever to inspire yourself and others!

If you haven't already done so, sign up for email updates on this blog.  Make sure to check your email for an additional step for "Feedburner".  You must follow this blog to be eligible for a prize for this challenge.  Good luck!

All submissions are due by Saturday morning at 9:00am!

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Change in the Rules

Okay, in the name of BALANCE (ya bunch a lushes)...

There is a change in the way that alcohol, and any drinks, is managed.

I know that alcohol is a large part of having fun, staying sane, and being somewhat balanced, so I am altering the way that we count it in our May Challenge.  Of course, I'm not going to make this easy!  We are all in this challenge because we need change.  Most of us, well, all of us, are looking forward to losing some weight and feeling good in a bathing suit this summer.  So, we need to make sure that we burn off the calories that we gain from our drinks.

This goes for all drinking - alcoholic drinks and soda.

You must burn off the drink calories that you bring in.  So, find out how many calories your drink has.  Then, go exercise to burn off that amount of calories.  Example, my glass of wine has 250 calories and my 30 minute run burned 350 calories, so I can afford that glass of wine plus some.  Obviously it's better to do the math (and exercise) before you drink.  Get it?

No double dipping!  If you are exercising for 20 minutes for one point, don't count that 20 minutes toward your calorie burnage.  Go do more!

This Challenge is about balance, getting healthy, and losing weight.  Alcohol and soda are loaded with empty calories that our body doesn't need (our mind does).  See how you do!  If you are losing the weight with each weigh in and are satisfied with your plan, then stick to it.  If you aren't, then re-think that glass!

Of course you don't have to do any of this on your cheat day or the one free drink that you get on your cheat meal.

I think this is a fair way to keep our lifestyles intack.  With the warmer weather and the celebrations that occur, we need to feel in control of our lives and actually live life to the fullest!

Cheers!

A new start

Well, we are ready to begin our new HBM - Lose to Win...Think Thin Challenge for May on Monday, May 4th.  We have an amazing group who are already bringing a lot of energy.  We started with a prize for signing up by 6pm on Sunday night.  Our winner is Mimi Ferris who will receive a $20 gift card to Marshalls/TJMaxx.  What a great way to start!

So, send in your first weigh in to me. You can text me at 508-932-3347, or message me on Facebook.  Of course, you don't have to send me your weight.  You can just keep track of it on your score card and just send me your point totals for each week, beginning next Monday.

Here we go ladies!  Off to a more balanced and healthy journey!

Cheers!

Prize Alert

 I went shopping at Marshalls today and got motivated by all of their workout clothes. So, I bought a $20 gift card for a raffle. If you sign up for the May Challenge by Sunday at 6pm your name will be put in the raffle. Drawing will be at 6pm. If you have already signed up, your name is already in!  Get your friends to join!

Here We Go!

Hi friends,

I’m taking on a new venture.  In January I joined my friend Kristen Breen in a quest to get healthy and be more ‘balanced’.  She started a wonderful group called “Healthy Balanced Mom” and began challenges for health and well-being.  During the last few months, I have met some amazing women who have helped me begin my journey to a heathier me.  The support and encouragement throughout the months have been priceless.  Kristen is moving on to other adventures and has given me the honor of taking over “Healthy Balanced Mom”.

So, here I am asking you to join me on this journey.  This is a group to help us get healthy, lose some weight, start some good habits, and clear out some baggage!  Now that it’s Spring, we can certainly see that we are going to get back into shorts and eeeeek, a bathing suit. 

Let me spell it out for you.  HBM – Lose to Win…Think Thin is a monthly challenge to get your health back and find balance in your life.  Our next challenge begins on Monday, May 4^th and goes through Sunday, May 31^st.  We’ll continue with the challenges each month.  You earn points for different activities:  eating well, drinking water, exercising, getting enough sleep, and being good to yourself.  The person with the most points at the end of the month receives a cash prize of $100.  During the month, I will post challenges if you would like to participate that will earn you prizes such as jewelry, incentive jewels, wonderful soap, etc.  When you’re in the monthly challenge, you can join our group on Facebook, or follow my blog and you’ll receive some great support and encouragement.

Get others to join!  This challenge is open for everyone - near and far!  So, come one, come all!

Here's how to start:  Make a payment using the "Payment Button" on this blog.

While you're here, sign up to receive my blog through email.  Make sure to fill out the “Feedburner” box that pops up as well as confirming it in your email.  Then, join our Facebook group, "HBM - Lose to Win...Think Thin".

    Let’s do this!

    Cheers,

    Dierdre


Check out our tribute video to Kristen...