Team Jab

HUG A VET DAY-

Friday, February 12th….meet at the Veteran’s Hospital and visit with vets!  TEAMJAB will deliver sweets and non-sugar treats to celebrate the annual HUG A VET DAY..this is my fifth year running.  If you are interested in going, email me at teamjab@aol.com and put GO HUG A VET in the subject title.  If you cannot go, but want to donate a treat, email me at teamjab@aol.com and put SWEETS FOR VETS in the subject header!

• Go to the link above, join the team
• Forward your sponsor info to all your friends
• Get a shirt
• Show up, walk, get fit, and help find a cure!

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Dear Team JAB,

Thank you so very much for all your wonderful donations last Thursday! The staff and kids were so surprised at the amount of supplies that you all donated for our camping trip! We were able to take 15 kids and 6 staff on our Kings Canyon Park adventure. During our trip, we took two hikes (Thank Goodness for bootcamp, let me tell you!), dipped our toes into the Kings River, played volleyball, told ghost stories, and so much more! Because of all of you, we collected: 8 sleeping bags (that were all taken and used!)

8 sleeping bags (that were all taken and used!)

Thank you from the bottom of our Si Se Puede hearts!
Chelsea Cardoza, RSC and vet. boot camper
Si Se Puede! Learning Center

Okay Jen ~

Here’s how it all went down …

A year ago April (2008) I was at an event and had the two pictures taken in the beaded skirt. I thought I looked really nice that evening. I got the pictures later, and could not believe how fat I was. I’d been in complete and utter denial. I was 210 lbs. worth of denial.

I knew my 30th class reunion was in a year, and there was NO WAY I was going to go looking like that. That was my impetus to get the weight off. My brother Tim had been on me to come try out Bootcamp, and I finally decided it was time to give you & Team JAB a shot.

Lisa Nelson

Lisa Nelson

I remember my first Bootcamp, when I approached you with a blown out knee and a million excuses why I couldn’t do it.  We were at Clovis West, and you told me to just start walking.  Walking around the track.  I huffed and puffed my way around the track.  Then we did some group activities, and towards the end of the hour, we’d played a round of tag!  Extreme tag!  It was so much fun!  I felt compelled to come back again … and again … and again.  The first two weeks, I was so incredibly sore, and the summer heat and bad air caused my lungs to scorch.  But amazingly, my body started responding … pretty soon the weight was coming off!

I don’t have a scale at home, but clothing-wise, I’ve gone from a Lane Bryant Size 16/18 to a normal Petite misses 12/14.

Lisa Nelson

I’m off of all blood pressure medications.  I’m off of all anti-depressants and anxiety medications, too.

I ran the Komen run last fall … Ran the Marine Corp Mud Run this summer … Was on the StreetStrider R&D team and rode in the Xmas parade … If there’s a signup sheet for anything physical, you can pretty much count me in!  And this comes from the girl who was ALWAYS chosen last in jr. high PE class.  Today, my Bootcamp BFF’s WANT me on their team! AMAZING! The friendships I’ve made at Bootcamp are ones that will last a lifetime.

And then, there’s the giving back … We did the Extreme Home Makeover.  You’ve helped me with the Children’s Hospital cancer kids.  And all of the other opportunities to support good things have added that much more to MY life!

So the 30th reunion has come and gone.  I paced myself at the buffet table, maybe had a little too much champagne, but have made a commitment to keep up the healthy routine despite the festivities being over!  Of course I’m still a work in progress, but am a far different – and much better – person than I was 16 months ago!

I think the best thing I heard over the reunion weekend came from one of the football jocks … while wading in a sea of some severely obese classmates, the jocks called me over and we got reacquainted – and I was prounounced ”smokin’ hot” by one of them!  LOL  Never thought of myself that way, but of course, I’ll take it!

Lisa Nelson

You can certainly use my story as a ringing endorsement to encourage anyone that needs some motivation.  If I can do it, anyone can!

Thank you so much for providing a place where we can come and laugh, cry, form lasting friendships, get healthy, learn, vent, piss and moan, and even fart.  Hahahahhah!  I know that the ultimate desire has to come from within, but YOU have made my life so much better by providing a place that feels safe.  I wish I’d win the lottery, and I’d finance your Fat Farm dream!

God Bless you and yours … I love you bunches!

Lisa Nelson

This is a video of a feature on KSEE Channel 24 in Fresno CA. Some of the regular boot campers along with Jenifer showcase some of the benefits of boot camp.

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