The First Day of Christmas

The First Day of Christmas

Shaking like jelly is for Santa, not you! It's time to get moving for the holidays!

You need to work with me on this one. You know the tune...

On the first day of Christmas my trainer said to me

a plank held for thirty seconds please!

Plank
1. Lie on your stomach with your feet hip distance apart and forearms placed on the ground.
2. Lift your body off of the floor and raise up until your body forms a straight line from head to toe.
3. Suck in your gut and squeeze your butt!
4. Hold for 30 seconds.

If you read this post, you have 30 seconds to do this exercise! And, yes I know there are more than 12 days to Christmas... you're going to have so much fun you'll look forward to repeating the pattern!

Ho, ho, ho,

Carol

Focus on Five and Four

Before we start exercising, let's focus on some fundamentals... that's going to be eating your five fruits and vegetables and drinking four glasses of water every day.  

Only four glasses you ask?  Here's my trick.  Eight glasses just sounds huge, and unreachable even before you've tried.  So, just change the size of your glass and go for four glasses a day. A typical tall kitchen glass holds almost 16 ounces, as does a sports water bottle.  Four glasses should be a piece of cake!  (That does not mean you get a piece of cake if you do this!) Drink one at every meal if that works for you and spread the rest throughout the day.

We all know fruits and veggies are good for us.  It's easy to eat five or more daily.  And, with some focus on this goal, you'll start replacing other snacks with a fruit or vegetable to make sure you reach your daily goal.

Off and running!

It's time to get this fitness business started.  You'll get your fitness survey very soon and then we'll develop a program just for you.