Planning Your Exercise

I hope everyone had a wonderful week, and kept up with the challenges of last week. Welcome back, this week we are going to amp up our workout, and challenge ourselves to eliminate one of our high calorie foods.

This week like I mentioned earlier we are going to do much more than cardio. Lets focus our attention on specific muscle groups each day, most individuals prefer to workout that way as it ensures total exhaustion of that muscle. Of course this kind of program is most beneficial with a personal trainer, however, it can be performed by an individual if that individual prepared themselves beforehand.

How do one prepare themselves for such a program? Firstly, make a schedule, draft out which muscle group will be worked out on which days, preparing exercises to be preform on those days, at least 5 exercise maybe a photo printout just in case. Always remember to start with at least 5-15 minutes of cardio to get your heart rate at a calorie burning pace, and never forget to STRETCH.

Challenge

Make a weekly exercise plan using exercise from the links posted on the exercise page. The eliminating food for the week is soda, soft drinks, pop whatever you call it.

Enjoy your week, work hard and reap the rewards. Have a healthy day, feel free to leave comments.

White Bread The Culprit

This week we are avoiding white bread, the question for most might be why. Well, here it goes, white bread contains pretty much just carbohydrates, there's no fiber, and most if not all nutrients has been strip from the flour used. Although we are focusing on white bread we have to bear in mind that the flour itself is the culprit, therefore, such products as pretzels, bagels, crackers etc. made from refine flour pose the same danger to our weight loss as the white bread. Think of it this way, any form that refine flour takes should be avoided.

For those especially trying to lose weight these refined flour products should be avoided. Reason number one is that these products contains absolutely no fiber. Products with high amounts of Fiber helps in that it is slowly digested, making us feel full faster and longer, thereby, you tend to consume less calories with fiber filled products as opposed to refined products which is digested at a very fast rate.

There is also a misconception out there about breads, some people believes that if a bread says whole wheat it must be healthy. I suppose it is an healthier option, but whole wheat breads still contain refund flour. The goal is to look for 100% whole grain bread, also most sourdough breads are high in fiber and other nutrients. So next time shopping try something different, reach for 100% whole grain product and see the difference.

Please stop by and leave comments, share you thoughts and experiences. Have a healthy day.

Getting Back on Track

I am back and so very sorry about the long pause. It has been a very tumultuous last few weeks, lists of unexpected things happening, coupled with my husband being on R&R, I felt I couldn't give my full attention to the cause. Now, I am rested and back to a state of normalcy I feel it's time that we continue with our journey.

I don't know what you've been doing, but for me I know I have been quite lazy. However, I've tried staying relatively good with my nutrition. My workouts have suffered a bit, and it's quite evident for me, as I find myself lacking energy throughout the day and night. Although I am amp to get back into a routine I understand that it is important to pace myself. On that not lets move on to the challenge I the week.

Challenge

This week it's about cardio, and getting our heart rate back up. In addition, I want to add a new component to our weekly challenge, and that would be to eliminate a food that is not so beneficial to our health. So for this week it's WHITE BREAD, I am not saying you can't it bread, just that you choose whole grain instead. Work on your cardio, at least 30 minutes each day for the rest of the week.

Feel free to stop by and let us know how you've been doing these pass few weeks. Stay blessed and have a healthy day.