Healthy Fitness Challenge: Week 1, Day 4
Inspiration/Motivation Tip: Your imperfections make you perfect! Find the beauty in the characteristics that make You “uniquely” You!
Workout: Back, Bi’s, and Thighs (Interval or Circuit format to keep your heart rate elevated); Core; Stretch-it-Out
Exercise of The Day: Full Body Abdominal V-Up – Work your abs against the weight of your legs and your arms with this full body v up.
Exercise Tip: Make sure you always pull your navel towards your spine when you’re doing abdominal work. Don’t push your abs out. Learning to pull your abs “in” is a motor control that you also want to do throughout the day. This will help you achieve a flat stomach and support your lower back.
Meal Plan
Breakfast-Whole Wheat Breakfast Burrito
Snack- ½ cantaloupe
Lunch-Whole Wheat Penne with Turkey and Tomato Sauce with ½ cup of broccoli
Snack-Celery wrapped in turkey bacon and cream cheese
Snack-Apple and organic low fat cheese string
Dinner-Baked Lake Trout with capers/sauce with Spinach and baby carrots
Desert – ½ cup of sorbet and fresh berries
Nutrition Tip: Eat Every 2 hours. Research shows that you will burn more calories throughout the day if you consistently feed your furnace (metabolism) every 2 hours.
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