Mamavation Application

This is the most vulnerable I have ever been here online and I need your help. This post is part of application to be one of the next Mamavation Moms and I will not be chosen without your love, support and tweets.

In case you don’t know what Mamavation is, here is a description from the website:

Mamavation ™ is a social experiment and weight loss campaign in social media with the goals of teaching moms healthy living lifestyle choices so they can share with their family. Mamavation ™ is a two part campaign: (1) a virtual healthy living boot camp for two moms and (2) the home of the first virtual healthy living sorority in social media, the Sistahood ™ .

As a healthy living bootcamp, Mamavation ™ is an opportunity for two moms (Mamavation ™ Moms) to change their lives together by entering into a 7 week healthy living boot camp created to give them the tools they need to succeed. The will receive a professional nutritional plan created by a physician that specializes in nutrition, Dr. Renna, and a fitness program created by Tracey Mallett. They will also receive a treadmill from Smooth Fitness, Earth Footwear, an EA SPORTS Active, Tracey Mallett and Tae Bo DVDs. The program is managed by @bookieboo, with the goal of teaching moms how to live life better. The Mamavation ™ campaign plans to give them the tools they need to succeed, in hopes that they will create a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their families.

I gained my last 20 pounds between September 2009 and mid-January 2010 because I suffer from plantar faciitis in my right foot and there were many days when I could barely walk let alone exercise. Since finding the cause of the pain I have been stretching, wearing supportive shoes and receiving treatments from my chiropractor, my pain has decreased dramatically and I can now exercise again.

On March 1, 2010 I weighed in at 244 pounds (ACK! I can’t believe I just wrote that). I have been a yo-yo dieter for years but on that day I said “The buck stops here!” Today marks 4 weeks of my personal campaign and I weighed in at 238 today! YAY ME!! I need to be healthy for my family. My boys are teenagers now and I know I haven’t set the healthiest example for them in the past. I only have a few years left with them living under my roof…I hope heehee. I want them to see how I can set my goals, work hard and achieve them one step at a time. I want to be able to keep up with them as we do our comando Disney trips. I am tired of telling them to “Slow down, wait for me, I need to rest.” I want to be back at the front of the pack, where I belong leading my family-instead of my big rear bringing up the rear.

I have been reading about the #Mamavation campaign on Twitter since it started and now my time has come. I know I will succeed with the support of my family, friends, the Mamavation Sistahood, and you my loyal readers. I promise, if you help me get chosen I will share every success and failure with you. I will motivate you towards your goals as you share them in comments on my Mamavation posts and through Twitter.

I need you to start right now tweeting, “Hey @bookieboo! I want @MomMaven to be the next #Mamavation Mom. She has my support!” (tweet this as often as you can without spamming your Twitter stream.) I need @bookieboo to know I have a support system and to be chosen as one of the top 5 moms. Then when I make it into the top 5 I need more tweets from April 5-12 because that is when the two moms for this campaign will be chosen. I cannot do this without you.

Here is my application video:

THANK-YOU for your tweets of support!!
Hugs,
Cindy