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Jumping Jacks Challenge

November 29, 2011 5 comments

My sister told me to blog more. So I thought of a fun challenge for us!

Did you know that 700 jumping jacks could help you lose 1 pound? Of course with a healthy diet in place. You can’t go eat a pile of pies and expect jumping jacks to help you lose weight. Remember, its 30% exercise, 70% diet that brings in results.

So here’s the challenge this month. With the holidays upon us that means that exercise can sometimes go to the waste side, but doing so means that all that holiday partying can go to your waist size. SO…. Let’s find ways to get our fitness on, yes?

Jumping Jacks Challenge

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Each day in December take some time to get some Jacking Jacks in. All it takes is less than 5 minutes to knock out this mini exercise. It requires no equipment at all, just YOU.

You ready for this? I’m committing to do these jumping jacks and I know you can too! Every little bit adds up, to something great!

Stop Making Excuses and Go Workout

November 01, 2011 4 comments

You know what drives me crazy; Excuses. I’m sure you’ve heard them all, or said them all… I know I have too.

“I’m too busy to work out.”

“Its just ONE more cookie.”

“But everyone was going to the buffet for lunch, I had to eat it all too.”

“I’m not losing weight, its so-in-so’s fault for tempting me with food.”

Just stop. Please, just stop. I tell myself this from time to time, when I find I’m making excuses for myself, for my actions and not getting the results I want. Its no ones fault that I missed a workout, or that I ate too much. Its only my own fault. Its only your own fault if you’re not happy with your diet and exercise routine. Its so easy to fall into this trap of blaming everyone and everything else for our own doing, but we have to become better than that. We have to become the type of people to own up to our own shortcomings, but choose to do better, not wallow in self-pity. Don’t wallow, go for a walk. :)

I saw this the other day and completely 100% agree with this:Don’t be on a diet, ya’ll. If thats the only piece of advice I can ever give, then that would be it. Don’t do a diet. Live your diet. Make healthy choices, make it a lifestyle of healthy living.

And it wouldn’t be right for me to leave you today without giving you some homework, right? ;) Here’s a fun workout that you can do anywhere. Try this out at the gym or at home…

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Booty Kickin’ Moves

September 27, 2011 0 comments

I’m a big believe that every little bit of exercise adds up. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, park your car at the last parking spot to get in some extra steps to the store, etc, etc. It’s a great way to burn extra calories and boost your metabolism. I’m all about that! Sometimes I don’t have the time to get in a good long workout at the gym (or even at home), so I always try to get in a little bit of extra calorie burn where I can.

When I do go to the gym, I like to have a game plan. If not, I’ll wander the gym aimlessly, not knowing that to do and most likely ending up on the treadmill and blah that’s it. I’ve taken this (mostly lower body) workout below with me to the gym and knocked out some killer calories in the process…

Booty Kickin’ Moves

  • Warm-up: Walk, Jog, Run, Repeat for 5 minutes.
  • Sumo squats (4 times) then high jump, repeat 10 times
  • Lunge-back w/ weights raise to chest (10 each side)
  • Scissors plank (1 minute)
  • Side plank – raise top leg to sky 5 times, repeat 6 times (3 each side)
When you exercise do you have a plan or just go with whatever you feel like doing that day?

Fall is in the Air…

September 06, 2011 8 comments

This is fantastic right there, ya’ll. With weather like this, it makes me want to start decorating for fall…

Notice how I said “start”.. there’s still more to do.

This cooler weather makes me want to dress for fall…

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and this cooler weather also makes me want to go outside to exercise!

Yesterday, Hubs and I took Taxi for a nice long walk… at noon O’clock. And we didn’t die of heat stroke. I mean seriously, this is amazing!!

and I do believe that this week I’ll be making some oatmeal pumpkin muffins with homemade cream cheese icing… just because. It’s going to be a good week, friends.

Now, if it could just rain a bit, and get these wild fires put out, it would be the perfect week!

How was your Labor Day?

Question for the Day: When Fall starts, what things do you like to do to kick off the season?

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