Happy Monday to All,

I am back!!!!!!

:flowerforyou: Monday Mini Challenge:
Food- stay below allowed calorie limit. Today try to analyze whether you are eating empty calories also know as "no nutritional value". The first thing that comes to mind is soda. If you are a soda drinker, lets make today a soda free day!!!
Cardio- do a 2 mile or 30 minute brisk walk.
Strength- 125 crunches (three different kinds)

:flowerforyou: Tuesday Mini Challenge:
Food- Give up one of your comfort or must have foods for the full day and maybe continue the whole week.
Cardio- Do 100 jumping jacks throughout the day. Do low impact if jumping bothers you.
Strength- Do 10 sets of 10 tricep kickbacks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO81bExngMI&feature=relmfu

:flowerforyou: Wednesday Mini Challenge:
Food- Try to prepare from scratch everything you eat today. If it takes less than 5 minutes to prepare or comes in a box, chances are it is not the healthiest.
Cardio- power knees http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U6AVmC9C8U. If you have bad knees try doing a brisk 30 minute walk.
Strength- Do 10 sets of 10 push-ups

:flowerforyou: Thursday Mini Challenge:
Food- Sodium reduction. Try to decrease your sodium by 500mg.
Cardio/Strength- Circuit Training, Do the following circuit three times. 25 jumping jacks, 25 sit ups, 25 squats.

:flowerforyou: Friday Mini Challenge:
Food- stay below your allowed calorie limit. Try to eat at least 6 times a day. Have 3 main meals and 3 light snacks of around 100 calories throughout the day.
Cardio- Interval training. Warm up for 5 minutes, jog for 1 minute, walk for 1 minute, X8 reps, cool down for 5 minutes
Strength- Can't ever do enough crunches. Lets do 125 (3 different kinds)

:flowerforyou: Saturday Mini Challenge:
Food- Make sure you are not snacking on bad foods. Keep your snacks healthy. (fruits, vegetables, nuts etc)
Cardio/Strength- Saturday is my house cleaning day and actually burns a fair amount of calories. Move the furniture and give a thorough clean today.

:flowerforyou: Sunday Mini Challenge:
Food- make sure you are being honest with everything you consume.
Cardio/Strength- we all deserve a day of rest and relaxation so today, take a leisurely walk outside with your children, pet or just yourself and enjoy the world around you.

Note: Please make sure you stretch before and after all exercise to avoid injuries.


Keep Smiling

Donna