Recipe Day!

Power Mix

Serves 8

Ingredients:

½ cup             125 ml            Compliments Oatie O’s

½ cup             125 ml            Compliments Bite-Sized Wheat Cereal

¼ cup             60 ml              Pretzels

¼ cup             60 ml              Sunflower seeds, unsalted

¼ cup             60 ml              Almonds, slivered, unsalted

¼ cup             60 ml              Raisins

½ tsp               2 ml               Cinnamon

¼ tsp               1 ml               Allspice                     

Directions:

1.  Mix all ingredients together and serve.

Nutrition Information per Serving (¼ cup):

Calories                     94

Fat                              5 grams

Carbohydrate            12 grams

Fibre                           2 grams

Protein                       2 grams

Sodium                      45 milligrams

Courtesy of 

You can raise $1,000! Just ask Wendy Bauer.

A common worry we hear at the Bust a Move office is “I can’t raise $1000.” We reassure every participant that we are there with them every step of the way – but sometimes, it takes more than our reassurance. Sometimes, it takes someone else paving the road and beating their odds to encourage people and show them that they can do what seems impossible. It takes someone like Bust a Move participant, Wendy Bauer.



Despite her fears that she wouldn’t be able to meet her goal, Wendy signed up for Bust a Move. Within 15 days she had already exceeded her goal, raising $1,200. Here's her story.

 

"Have fun with it. Don't make it a hard thing like I did at first. Once you start having fun with it, people see that, and react to it."

Since we interviewed Wendy for this video, she's raised another $330 bringing her total to $1530, with more fundraising to come. So if you’re doubting yourself and your ability to raise $1000 – look for Wendy in her blue porter’s uniform at the QEII and ask her for some tips. She’s a very friendly lady with a big heart, and we’re sure she would be more than happy to help you out!

"Bust a Move for Breast Health changed my life"



Karni, before October 2009





Karni Sweeney was a big girl for most of her life. Or so she told us, as she sat in front of us at Tim Horton’s in her size small t-shirt and size nine jeans. That all changed when she heard about Bust a Move last year, from her employer, Micco Companies, a sponsor of Bust a Move for Breast Health. She signed up in October of 2009, determined that this was her chance to get active. In just over a year, Karni has lost 50 pounds, and the days off wearing a size18 pant and double XL shirt are long gone.





“Bust a Move was life- changing,” said Karni. “If it wasn’t for Bust a Move, I would never have started moving.” Her resolve to get up and move started in October of 2009. By the end of December, she had dropped a full clothing size. “I couldn’t believe it. Before Bust a Move, I was worried. If I couldn’t work out for 6 hours in a week, how could I do it in one day?”



Karni, today



Her story began and continues to evolve in small steps. Her first goal was to get off the couch and move every day. She then began making little changes in her lifestyle – like having one milk in her tea instead of three cream. Once that became a habit, her goal was to lose 10 pounds. And then another 10. In December, Karni strengthened her resolve and only missed the gym on four days.



By the Bust a Move event in January, Karni had lost 20 pounds and was looking better than ever, but she wasn't ready to stop. Bust a Move had changed her life and shown her what she was capable of. She found a workout partner and continued her quest for better health. She even partnered with one of the trainers at Palooka’s Gym and created an all-women boxing class that attracts participants from the ages of 20 to 60.



Karni didn’t face this challenge alone. Her resolve inspired her family to take their health into their own hands as well. Her mother and sister-in-law both lost significant amounts of weight. “Together, we’ve lost the equivalent of a good-sized teenager,” Karni joked. Her teenage son has been a wonderful support system, and often accompanies her to the gym. He has, for the first time, joined a school sports team. Her brother quit smoking, and her father quit smoking as well as drinking. Karni single-handedly got her entire family up off the couch, moving and healthy.

“I’ve said it ever since and I’ll say it for the rest of my life,” says Karni. “Bust a Move for Breast Health changed my life.”

Karni and her boxing instructor, Rachel Gardiner

Bust a Move Workplace Presentations

Meet Bust a Move’s Superhero Recruiters, Fiona Kirkpatrick-Parsons and Robyn McIsaac!

These two super women have come together to co-chair the Recruitment Committee for Bust a Move for Breast Health 2011. Fiona is the Manager of Event Marketing & Communications at Trade Centre Limited and Robyn is the Vice President of Prevention Programming and Public Affairs at the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation.

Fiona and Robyn are currently dispatching teams of superheroes to visit workplaces and recruit heroes and heroines to join the Bust a Move movement. Contact Bust a Move to learn how you can tune into your inner superhero and dance like there’s no tomorrow with local fitness instructors and Paula Abdul!

Bust a Move is a fun, motivational way to build team spirit and give back to the community. We hope to see you and your superhero colleagues soon!

Take action…contact the Bust a Move office today for your workplace presentation.

(902) 473-3329

info@bustamove.ca

Did you know…?

That one out of every nine women in Nova Scotia is diagnosed with breast cancer? That of those women, one dies every second day? That there is something that you can do that will not only help eliminate gaps in Nova Scotia’s breast health care, but will leave you feeling happier and healthier? That there is a community of superheroes in Nova Scotia that is ready to take breast cancer by the horns? That Paula Abdul will be channelling her inner superhero in Halifax on March 26th?

This year will raise even more money for the integration of a world-class breast health centre right here in our backyard. As a direct result of fundraising, Bust a Move participants will save lives.



*All participants registered prior to November30th will be entered into a draw to win two (2) VIP tickets to a meet and greet with Paula Abdul!