Livfit News!
November 12, 2008How to reach your fitness goals
- Stay focused on the goal.
- Maintain your workout routine.
- Make the most of every workout.
- Develop and keep health eating habits.
Take a few minutes and read over the below blogs. Great stories of success.
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Healthy Habits
by Kristen Straughan, MS, RD, LDN
The Food Diary
Write it down…it works!
Recording your food intake allows you a very objective look at the REAL quantity and quality of food you are eating. We often feel we are doing everything right, however, when you take the time to accurately record the portions of ALL food you eat, it almost always tells us that your calorie intake is above the amount of calories you need to lose weight and obtain your weight loss goals – or even just your goals of healthier eating.
If you are feeling frustrated, this exercise can really give you some insight. Accurately measure your food portions, record what time you ate, and how you were feeling when you ate (i.e. hungry, sad, bored, upset, etc). Plug your intake into a food processing program – for example Mypyramid.com.
Holiday Workout
Complete three circuits
No rest, steady pace
Warm-up
15 push ups
15 sit-ups
15 jumping Jacks
15 Mountain climbers
15 walkouts (stand, bend over at waist, place hands on floor, walk hands out to plank push up position and back, repeat)
16 Lunges
16 side hip raise (8 on each side)
15 back hyper
15 dips (use a chair)
30 sec bicycle
Rest 1 min, after each circuit
Stretch