Happy Holidays Fitness Friends,
The holidays are here again and I know we all get caught up in shopping, movies, parties, eating, and um, not exercising. Don't fret, taking a little time off from your usual exercise routine or healthy eating isn't going to sabotage all your hard work from the rest rest of the year. However, I know some of you would feel better if you had something to challenge you through the holidays. I was going to make this just a workout challenge, but, this is a crazy time of the year, so I want us to be mindful of all aspects of our life and do something good for ourselves for the next 10 days. This challenge will start Saturday December 23 and go through to January 1.
Here is how this challenge will work: You will be given one exercise, one nutrition tip and one self care exercise to complete each day. Every day you will combine the previous day with the current day so that by the end of 10 days, you will have 10 exercises, 10 nutrition tips and 10 self care exercises.
I will give you all of them now. Please post comments below or on the Facebook posts on how your challenge is going. Ready? Let's Go!.
Day 1
Exercise: Walk somewhere/anywhere for 15-20 min
Nutrition: Drink a glass of water
Self Care: Take 5 mindful deep breaths in and release slowly because you are probably somewhere where you need to slow down and breathe (it's two days before Christmas after all)
Day 2
Exercise: Take the stairs or do some step ups at least 5 min, and add that walk
Nutrition: Eat a piece of fruit, you can add it to the glass of water
Self Care: Roll your shoulders back 3-4 times, forward 2-3 times and back again 3-4 times and add your 5 deep breathes
You see how this is working by adding to each day?
Day 3 Oh boy, it's Christmas!
Exercise: Squats probably from picking up all that wrapping paper from the floor. 30-40 total, break it down however you like
Nutrition: Eat slowly
Self Care: Take 5 minutes and find a quiet corner and pause, let your mind and thoughts be quiet
Day 4
Exercise: Jog in place for 3 min. You are either at work or maybe standing in line returning stuff
Nutrition: Eat breakfast
Self Care: Stand up or lie down and stretch from the tips of your fingers all the way through your toes
Day 5 Halfway there!
Exercise: Biceps curls 30-40 total. Let's face it, we need to be able lift our Champagne glass in a few days, let's do it with strength
Nutrition: Drink only one cup of coffee or other caffeinated beverage
Self Care: Stay positive
Day 6
Exercise: Triceps dips from a chair, bench on the floor because let's face it we don't want the biceps to steal the show
Nutrition: Skip the salt
Self Care: Spend 30 minutes writing your thoughts down in a journal
Day 7
Exercise: 10-15 minutes of movement, jump rope, dance, run, whatever, just move!
Nutrition: Drink a second glass of water
Self Care: Get enough sleep
Day 8
Exercise: Lunges, your choice 30-40 total
Nutrition: Eat a serving of vegetables, remember those?
Self Care: Laugh
Day 9 Last Day of the Year!
Exercise: Front/lateral raises 30-40 total
Nutrition: Sip your beverages
Self Care: Forward fold stretch and a nice roll back up one vertebrae at a time
Day 10 Happy New Year!
Exercise: Yes, we are starting the new year with an ab exercise, you choose sit ups, plank, ab twist
Nutrition: Make a healthy meal plan for the new year
Self Care: Set your intention for the new year
Congratulations! You made it through the 10-day challenge and by now you should feel better, be less stressed and have a healthy plan for the coming year!
Wishing you all the best this holiday season!
Yours in fitness,
Lori
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