Starting To Make A Difference….

                     Though the Goal Bands Game came about during my recently completed volunteer mission to SA I would be remiss, however, if not crediting my father, Leonard Mentzer, for some of the pivotal inspiration. He was a Berkely and Columbia grad who worked for 20 years at Manhattan Tort and served under 3 of NYC’s venerable mayors and it is his oft stated maxim “simplify, simplify, simplify”, that is the key ingredient of the Goal Bands Game.

Finally, I must credit TV’s Judge Judy with providing further inspiration for the Goal Bands Game. She, Judy Sheindlin, is my brothers’ favorite mother inlaw ( also his only mother inlaw ) and she has taught me, and 1/2 of America, that procrastination is not an acceptible option for those whom wish to be successful.

This “get up and do something about it” attitude is the other great truth of the Goal Bands Game.

A Fun Way to Summer Health and Safety.

“FOR CREATIVE PLAY, A GOOD TOY IS 90% CHILD AND 10% TOY” ( EXERCISE CAN BE GOOD OLD FUN ) quoted from USA TODAY ( 6/26/09 ) Life sec. pg1    

For health hints www.caloriesperhour.com

New Years Goals made easy.

When’s the last time that you changed a life with a simple gift ?

Goal Bands Game for everyone on your list.

Happy Holidays

Healthy Family Goals made Easy, Fun, Affordable and Enduring.

At Black Belt Goals Inc. we believe that helping familes to have fun while making them healthier and happier is the first order of our business and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Our “GOAL BANDS GAME” is:

Easy = so easy your 4 year old can play it, or your 100 year old grandmother and everyone inbetween

Fun = play Goal Bands Game with the whole family for 1 week and see how much fun it can be to  encourage one another to healthy, life-changing achievements ( ie daily family walk, salad for lunch, no junk foods etc. )

Affordable = A Goal Bands Game costs less than a pizza and can be played over and over again, with good and healthy fun at every turn

Enduring = Goal Bands Game helps you harness your inner strengths for a lifetime of personal achievements

 

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT AND DON’T EAT. EXERCISE TOO!

Francine Kaufman, M.D., Prominent Pediatric Endocrinologist, past President American Diabetes Association (ADA), Professor of Pediatrics USC, appearing before the U.S. Senate (7,16,’08) said “…there is a strong correlation between Type 2 Diabetes and childhood obesity…children who are overweight, obese and unfit are at an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, abnormal lipid levels, inflammation in their blood vessels and higher than normal blood sugar levels. These disorders are precursors of Diabetes and Adult Onset Cardiovascular Disease…one in three children born…will develop Diabetes in his or her life…today there is no doubt that obesity in youth, along with it’s associated medical conditions is the major health challenge of this century…despite the efforts of government and public health officials, the number of overweight and obese youth continues to increase. More needs to be done to combat the ever growing epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes. Today 23.6 million children and adults in the United States-or nearly 8% of the population-have Diabetes…Diabetes is among the leading cause of death by disease in the USA.”

A WELLNESS PROGRAM YOU WEAR ON YOUR WRIST.

If you’ve ever wished for a quick, easy and fun way to insure that all of your family’s resolutions were met ( ie New Years, Lent, learning habits, weightloss, etc ) then look no further. Costing the same as a cheeseburger and promising a lifetime of inner strength, better health and fitness, the Goal Bands Game is unique to the world and just what the doctor ordered. Say goodbye to breaking promises to yourself, of remembering your goals the moment you’ve missed one and not a moment sooner ( ie “I was supposed to take a 1/2 hr walk today. Oh well, I’ll just have to take an 1hr one tomorrow.” Or, “Darn, I forgot about my diet so maybe I’ll just eat the rest of this and skip my next meal.” ). Say goodbye to this old you and say hello to a whole new one. A confident and sure person with a powerful self discipline and an awesome focus, ready to take on the world and all that it has to offer. The Goal Bands Game is a pure and simple system that employs colored wristbands, in seven day cycles, to encourage a willpower in it’s participants that leaves them strong enough to succeed in life’s biggest challenges. Safe, simple, effective, fun. Goal Bands Game. For everyone, ages 4 - 100 yrs

Special “Holiday Season” sale

TEACHERS ! FAMILIES ! GROUPS ( ie “packs”, “troups”, ”clubs”, “teams”, etc. ) Take advantage of our Holiday sale. Order 12 units, or more, from now thru New Years’ 2010 and pay only half price. That’s right, $2.50 each for the best motivational tool your classroom, or group, will ever experience. And, if you live within 30 miles of Fishkill NY, the delivery is free.

                             contact Blackbeltgoals@gmail.com for more info  

                                                 PH  845-729-7335 ask for Jim

Bring out your very best with the Goal Bands Program, create a real ‘team’ feel in your classroom, family, club, wherever and discover for yourself the tremendous potential that lie’s within each of us. 

                                                    

‘WELLNESS’ WEEK. ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON SCHOOL (SHRUB OAK, NY)

The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School and Church Community ( www.seton-parish.org ) welcomes you, and cordially invites all of our families and friends to join us in our inaugural, schoolwide, Goal Bands Game. It is slated to begin on Monday, Nov. 3, at the end of our Goal Bands Game fundraiser, and will have as its focus, family ‘wellness’ ( health + fitness ). Together we will send out a message, loud and clear, that good health is a choice we can make and depends, largely, on the actions we take. Please choose from your own set of ‘wellness’ goals and remember on Nov. 3, to put on our yellow ‘bands, go to school, work, or wherever you choose, and let’s get it done. NOTE: we would appreciate it if “wellness’ week participants would notify us ( see contact + submission pg.’s ) upon their game completion. Black Belt Goals is going to add a RECORD’S pg to it’s site and would like to list the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton total to its’ group record list. Thank you and good luck.  P.S.  KID’S MAKE SURE MOM AND DAD PLAY TOO !

 

COMBINING FINANCIAL AND HEALTH GOALS

This week we have decided to add financial goals to our health and educational goals of weeks’ past. We will be cutting out our trips to Dunkin Donuts and everything else, food or drink, that doesn’t originate from the home. This will mean that Chris, Lorna, and I will be ‘brown bagging’ it for the week and we’ll all  be pulling double duty in the kitchen. We hope to reinforce the lesson, for all of us, that there are many savings to be had in our daily lives if we just take the time to find them. Also, as an added benefit our menu should become decidedly healthier, giving us a chance to increase the range of our ‘wellness’ goals. 

ONE OF OUR FIRST PARENT PARTICIPANTS CHOSE TO “QUIT SMOKING” AS HIS GOAL. HE SUCCEEDED. LET’S KEEP IT UP.

The American Heart Association has declared that cigarette smoking is “The single most alterable risk factor” contributing to early death in the United States. It has been estimated that almost 1/2 of all smokers will be killed by their habits, accounting for 440,000 annual deaths. Furthermore, it has been calculated that  3,000 American teenagers start the habit every day, contributing to the, over, $50,000,000,000 spent each year in smoking related medical costs. The good news is that most, if not all, of the negative numbers that come with smoking can begin to reverse themselves immediately after quitting. Isn’t it time to try ?