My Beauty Boot Camp

Workout Snap Shots

  A Tired Group after a Saturday Workout

Ladies performing Kettlebell swings. Kettlebell swings are one exercise that accomplishes many goals!  Kettlebell swings bring into action practically every group of muscles on the back of your body.  Legs, hips, glutes, back and the core.  Kettlebell swings are used to increase power, explosiveness, flexibility and the cardiovascular  system.

Heather Sets Some Goals

Amy,
Attached is my meal plan for this week. I missed you Saturday; hope you are feeling better. Below are my goals for the last 4 weeks of this fabulous experience, I am not going to be including any weight in lbs in my goals because I would rather take on some strength goals at this point.

Top 5 goals for the rest of Beauty Boot Camp 2008
1) I would like to be able to do 10 boy pushups
2) I would like to be able to do 5 Chair crunches
3) I would like to be able to do a pull up with or with out assistance from a band and or the machine
4) to do 15 minutes before or after work out on the elliptical on a 2 setting
5) I would like to put on a bathing suit and not be able to see my belly roll

These are some goals that I have for the next 3-4 weeks, I know that I can accomplish these goals with your help Amy. The 5th goal does not mean I need to have a flat stomach (it did not develop over 3 to 4 weeks so I know it will not diminish in that time either) it means that I would like to put on a bathing suit 1 piece and have it (even if it is a size bigger than I should wear) stretch and not cling to my stomach. I think I can explain this better in person, but these are my five fitness goals for the next few weeks. Look forward to the work out tonight,

Heather Weighs In

I Lost 30 POUNDS! WOW!!

"Week two was a lot of fun and full of a lot of triumphs. My schedule went as follows Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6PM I was at Gym of Buckhead, working my butt off (literally.) Amy is the Bomb diggity. On Tuesday and Saturday (After gym) I was at Institute DERMed with Kim and Alla, can I tell you IPL is not fun but the results are going to be fabulous I can already tell, and as for Endermology, the best massage I have ever gotten. Then I had Friday and Sunday off, but I can tell you that I did not take even a moment for granted. You see I walked on Friday and on Sunday when ever I felt the "I am hungry because I am bored" I went on a walk with my dogs around the whole apartment complex. Since Sunday is my free day I got to have a great Easter with Chicken, spinach and a salad for dinner at a friends house,WOW sounds like I did not have a free day...lol that is until the three of us ate a whole bag of Cadbury Mini eggs.

"I almost forgot, on Thursday after my work out I went to Noland Suttles Salon and had the oily scalp treatment and met my new hair dresser. I love Pam, she is so much fun and will definitely give me the "WOW factor" that I want. Now I am not only writing here to tell you about my day to day activity, but to also share about my personal victories. The first victory was achieved on Friday afternoon, when I realized that my fingers and arms have not gone numb from carpal tunnel all week. Now to me this alone is worth all of the hard work that I am putting in to this boot camp. The second and most amazing victory was that after weigh in on Saturday I have lost a grand total of 30 lbs. Oh my gosh I could not believe it. But I have noticed that my clothes are fitting differently, and my friend noticed last night and was so supportive, Thank you all for all of your support so far and in the future. I have Gym again tonight and I am so looking forward to it. I hope that you all have a good day and I can not wait for you all to see the progress that we have all made.

I "t's a great group and I'm so happy to be getting to know Phyllis, Cheryl, Kim, and Deena.  Supportive, Kind, and Interesting are words that come to mind.  Amy is putting a lot of time and energy into us and all of us want to make it worth her time.  Stay tuned for exercise updates and how eating the correct foods fuels your body".

Oily Hair Solution and Soft Curl Styling Tip

Heather's first comment about her hair was that she had terrible problems with oily scalp; she shampooed her hair daily, and by mid afternoon she had abandoned all hope.

I knew immediately that we had the solution for her and explained that her problem was more common than people thought. At Noland Suttles we use the L'Oreal Serie Expert line which includes an in-salon treatment and take-home follow up treatment. We first do a scalp treatment in two stages: Exfolliation with L'Oreal Serie Expert Soft Peel followed by a scalp balancing treatment using L'Oreal Serie Expert Sensi Balance. Because the treatments are so strong they do need to be administered in the salon by someone with experience using them. The take-home follow up product is the L'Oreal Serie Expert Sebo Control pictured to the left. This is a scalp regulating product which is available for purchase and use at home. However, to get the best results, the treatments need to be applied in the salon about twice; sometimes more, depending on scalp oil production in conjunction with the home use of Sebo Control.

 

Look Strange? Well, the results certainly don't! Learn Pam's Soft Curl Styling Tip    ...READ MORE

Heather Dabney, BBC Winner, Checks In

Now let me tell you Wednesday (winners announcement day) was the LONGEST day of my 30 years, and after checking my email and the BeautyBootCamp Blog for what seemed to be every 5 minutes I received the word that I WON!!!!!! Oh my goodness I jumped up and down and called my mom at that second. After letting the news settle in I realized that I wanted to track my progress on Myspace and get all of the support from all of my friends that I could, that is where you come in. I will be letting all of you know on here what my week has been like and how I am doing with all of the exercise and the meal plan right here. So any words of encouragement would be grateful. Thank you guys and I can wait to start.