Sunday, November 13, 2011

Second half of November challenge

Nov 12: 500

Nov 13: 400

Nov 14: 300

Nov 15: 200

Nov 16: 100

Nov 17: fast

Nov 18: juice fast

Nov 19: fast

Nov 20: 100

Nov 21: 200

Nov 22: 300

Nov 23: 400

Nov 24: 500

Nov 25: 600

Nov 26: 800

Nov 27: start over

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Popcorn Recipe

Measure out 1/4 cup of unpopped kernels (= about 5 cups of popped corn)

pour into a large pot (high walls) thats been sprayed with a bit of PAM (so the kernels don't stick)

put on medium heat.

Then you just wait, stirring occasionally until the kernels start to make sizzling noises and moving around - when they start popping quickly turn the heat down a little bit and semi-cover the pot with a lid. I lift it up ever so slightly and stir occasionally but it's not really required until almost the very end (when the popping slows down).

Voila popcorn! :D I put a little bit of  cinnamon on mine

It's super easy, healthy and a great way to feel like you binged without actually bingeing - so your body feels fuller

1 Serving=128 cal

Sunday, November 6, 2011

November Challenge

800 cal day

1 pieces of toast:70
40 1 scrambled
100 orange juice
60 1 apple
100 cal of crackers
300 cal of dinner
100 milk


 600 cal day

1 piece of toast: 70
40 1 scrambled egg
100 orange juice
1/2 apple
300 cal of dinner

500 cal day

hard-boiled egg: 17.5
apple: 60
carrot: 21
yogart: 80
orange juice: 100
230 cal of dinner


400 cal day

1 hard-boiled egg: 17
orange juice: 100
1 apple: 60
1 carrot: 21
200 cal of dinner

300 cal day:

1 hard-boiled egg: 17.5
1 apple
1carrot
1 yogurt
120 dinner

200 cal day:
1 hard-boiled egg: 17.5
1/2 apple: 30.5
1 carrot: 21
131 of dinner

Juice Fast:
breakfast: orange juice: 100
cranberry juice: 110
1 snapple: ?
2 servings of v8
orange juice

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Vegan Model Diet

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Breakfast:
1 slice reduced-calorie bread (45 cals)
1-2 cups black coffee, or with no-cal sweetener (0 cals)
total: 45 calories, ½ gm fat

Lunch:
1 medium-large apple (120 cals)
total: 120 calories, ½ gm fat

Dinner:
8 baby carrots (40 cals)
total: 40 calories, 0 gms fat

total: 200 calories, 1 gm fat

Caroline Kettlewell Diet

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Breakfast:
½ cup fat-free yogurt (100 cals)
total: 100 calories, 0 gms fat

Lunch:
1 clementine or 1 small orange ( 45 cals)
total: 45 calories, 0 gms fat

Dinner:
3 bites of dinner (approx. 100 cals) total: 100 calories, 2 gms fat

total: 245 calories, 2 gms fat

3 Day Fruit Diet

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Breakfast:
1 piece of high-carb fruit (banana, large pear, ½ mango)
total: varies

Lunch:
1 piece high-fiber fruit (apple, plums, ½ cup berries)
total: varies

Dinner:
1 piece citrus fruit (orange, small grapefruit, tangerine, 2 clementines)
total: varies

total: 220- 310 calories, 1 gm fat

Running for Beginners

Week One
Monday
One Walk 10 minutes. Next 6 minutes alternate running 1 minute and walking 1 minute. Walk 4 minutes. Stretch.
Tuesday"Tone Zone" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Wednesday
Walk 10 minutes.
Next 8 minutes alternate running 1 minute and walking 1 minute.
Walk 2 minutes.
Stretch.
Thursday"Rock Solid Abs" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Friday
Walk 8 minutes. Next 10 minutes alternate running 1 minute and walking 1 minute.
Walk 2 minutes.
Stretch.
Saturday
Rest Day
Sunday
Walk 6 minutes.
Next 12 minutes alternate running 2 minutes and walking 2 minutes.
Walk 2 minutes.
Stretch.


Week Two
Monday
Walk 10 minutes.
Next 10 minutes alternate running 1 minute and walking 1 minute.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch
Tuesday"Tone Zone" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Wednesday
Walk 10 minutes.
Next 12 minutes alternate running 1 minute and walking 1 minute.
Walk 3 minutes.
Stretch.
Thursday"Rock Solid Abs" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Friday
Walk 10 minutes. Next 12 minutes alternate running 2 minutes and walking 1 minute.
Walk 3 minutes.
Stretch.
Saturday
Rest Day
Sunday
Walk 8 minutes.
Next 15 minutes alternate running 2 minutes and walking 1 minute.
Walk 2 minutes.
Stretch.

Week Three
Monday
Walk 10 minutes.
Next 10 minutes alternate running for 1 minute and walking for 1 minute.
Walk 10 minutes.
Stretch.
Tuesday"Tone Zone" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Wednesday
Walk 10 minutes.
Next 15 minutes, alternate running for 1 minute and walking for 1 minute.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch.
Thursday"Rock Solid Abs" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Friday
Walk 10 minutes.
Next 15 minutes alternate running 2 minutes with walking 1 minute.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch.
Saturday
Rest Day
Sunday
Walk 5 minutes.
Next 21 minutes, alternate running for 2 minutes and walking for 1 minute.
Walk 4 minutes.
Stretch.


Week Four
Monday
Walk 5 minutes.
Next 20 minutes alternate running for 3 minutes and walking for 1 minute.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch.
Tuesday"Lean Machine" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Wednesday
Walk 4 minutes.
Next 24 minutes, alternate running for 5 minute and walking for 1 minute.
Walk 2 minutes.
Stretch.
Thursday"Lean Machine" Strength Training Program. Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Friday
Walk 4 minutes.
Next 24 minutes alternate running 5 minutes with walking 1 minute.
Walk 2 minutes.
Stretch.
Saturday
Rest Day
Sunday
Walk 5 minutes.
Next 22 minutes, alternate running for 8 minutes and walking for 3 minutes.
Walk 3 minutes.
Stretch.

Week Five
Monday
Walk 5 minutes.
Run 10 minutes.
Walk 5 minutes.
Run 5 minutes.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch.
Tuesday"No Gear Here" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Wednesday
Walk 5 minutes.
Run 12 minutes.
Walk 3 minutes.
Run 5 minutes.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch.
Thursday"Lean Machine" Strength Training Program. Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Friday
Walk 10 minutes.
Run 15 minutes.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch
Saturday
Rest Day
Sunday
Walk 6 minutes.
Run 18 minutes.
Walk 6 minutes.
Stretch.


Week Six
Monday
Walk 5 minutes.
Run 20 minutes.
Walk 5 minutes.
Stretch.
Tuesday"No Gear Here" Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Wednesday
Walk 5 minutes.
Run 22 minutes.
Walk 3 minutes.
Stretch.
Thursday"Lean Machine" Strength Training Program. Strength Training Program.
Stretch.
Friday
Walk 3 minutes.
Run 25 minutes.
Walk 2 minutes.
Stretch
Saturday
Rest Day
Sunday
Run 30 minutes.
Stretch.

November exercises

Fat Burning Yoga Workout
Lose belly fat with these fat burning yoga exercises:

You contort into all kinds of wacky positions wriggling into those skinny jeans. Bend and twist on a regular basis and that might not be necessary. An active sequence of yoga flows — a form called vinyasa — burns more than 450 calories an hour, according to Sara Ivanhoe, host of 20 Minute Yoga Makeover: Weight Loss.

These two flows provide a total-body workout. Repeat each one 5 to 10 times

Backbend:
Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Lace your fingers behind you (palms facing up). Inhaling, bend from your upper back, lift your chest, and press your shoulders down.
Forward Bend:







Soften your knees and bend forward as you exhale, letting your torso hang in front of your thighs. Keeping your arms straight and fingers locked together, lift them up and over your head (ultimately reaching toward the floor in front of your feet).
Chair:



Inhale and bend your knees into a squat. Unlock and straighten your fingers, then separate your arms. When your thighs are nearly parallel to the floor, move your arms toward your ears. Keep your weight on your heels. Inhale, stand up, and lower your arms to your sides. Exhale.

Cobra:


Uncurl your toes so the tops of your feet are touching the ground and press your tailbone down. Hug your elbows in as you inhale, straighten your arms (keep a slight bend), and lift your chest off the ground. Exhale as you gently release your body back to the ground. Inhale, curl your toes under, and press your hips up and back into downward-facing dog. Exhale.

Get a Tight Butt And Legs
Our plyometrics-inspired lower-body routine will tone trouble spots ASAP.

Clock Lunge:

Works glutes, hamstrings, quads, and inner and outer thighs
With your hands on your hips, lunge forward with your right foot, sinking down until your right knee is bent 90 degrees [A]. Return to standing. Take a big step to the right and lunge again [B]. Step back to center. Lunge back with your right leg [C]. That's 1 rep. Do 10, then repeat with your left leg.

Keep your neck in line with your spine throughout the move.
Step-Ups with Knee Raise

Works abs, hip flexors, glutes, hamstrings, and quads
Place a 12- to 24-inch-high step in front of you. Step up with your left foot [A], bringing your right leg forward and up and bending your knee until your thigh is parallel to the floor [B]. Lower your right leg back to start, then the left. Repeat with the other leg. That's 1 rep; do 10.

For a tougher challenge, hold 5- to 10-pound dumbbells.

Inchworm Stretch

For lower back and hamstrings Standing with your feet hip-distance apart, slowly bend at the waist, keeping your legs as straight as possible, until your hands touch the floor about 8 to 12 inches from your feet [A]. Walk your hands out to pushup position [B], then walk your feet in toward your hands. Work up to 2 sets of 8 reps.

Your body should form a straight line from your heels to your head.

Squat Jumps
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Works glutes, hamstrings, quads, and calvesStand with your feet shoulder-width apart, arms hanging at your sides. Squat down until your knees are bent about 90 degrees [A]. Immediately swing your arms overhead and jump upward as high as you can [B]. As you land, gently bend your knees and sink back down into the squat position. That's 1 rep. Do 10.

Swinging your arms will give you momentum so you can catch more air.
Wood Chopper

Works shoulders, abs, glutes, hamstrings, and quads Grab an 8- to 10-pound dumbbell with both hands and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Let the dumbbell hang naturally in front of your thighs. Squat down until your knees are bent about 90 degrees [A]. Keeping your elbows slightly bent, brace your abs and press up to standing, swinging the dumbbell up until it's directly overhead [B]. Lower the dumbbell back toward the floor. That's 1 rep; do 10.

Keep your movement controlled to work the most muscle.
Power Skips

Works hip flexors, glutes, quads, and calvesLeading with your right leg, skip as high as you possibly can by raising your right knee to hip height and simultaneously extending your left arm straight overhead [A]. Your left leg should remain straight and your right elbow should be slightly bent at your side. Land on the ball of your left foot. Repeat the skipping motion with your opposite arm and leg [B]. That's 1 rep; do 10.

Try to jump a little higher with each skip.
Figure 4 Stretch

For hip flexors and glutesStarting out on all fours, cross your left leg under your body, so that you are almost resting on your left hip. Extend your right leg directly behind you [A]. Lower your upper body over your left leg, placing your forearms on the ground in front of you [B]. Hold for 30 seconds, then switch sides.

Take deep breaths to help yourself sink deeper into the stretch.