Healthy Fitness Challenge: Week 12, Day 5
Inspiration/Motivation: Enjoy the journey on the way to the destination! Be confident. Be fly. Be happy.
Warmup: Yoga or Pilates to lengthen and tone your muscles, open your joints and release tension and stress from your body.
Exercise of the Day: Plough is an excellent yoga pose to stretch the lower back & hamstrings. This pose also tones the core, reverses the blood flow and invigorates your internal organs for digestion & elimination.
Exercise Tip: Your mind is very powerful when you are training. Visualize yourself executing each move correctly & put 110% into each exercise and you will maximize your results.
Meal Plan
Breakfast: Multi-Grain waffle with Blueberries Bananas/Turkey Sausage
Snack: Freshly squeezed green juice- 2 handfuls spinach, 1 apple, ½ lemon, ½ thumbsize of ginger, ice & water
Lunch: Grilled chicken wrap with lettuce/tomato/hummus
Snack: Cottage cheese with berries
Snack: Orange & 10 almonds
Dinner: Poached salmon with sautéed asparagus/grilled peppers & corn
Dessert: Diced mangoes & strawberries
Nutrition Tip: Makeover your favorite meal by using all healthy ingredients. For example, use ground turkey and whole wheat pasta for lasagna and try non-fat Greek yogurt in replace of sour cream. There are several light, low calorie, low sugar & organic options that you can choose.
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