Monday, November 21, 2011

Thanksgiving Tips!

Good afternoon. Hope you are all having a fabulous morning! Monday's are early for me, I wake up at six and pretty much I am busy all day. I do however, always make time for my personal training, and so should you!!!

Thanksgiving is a few days away and with this beautiful holiday comes over-eating, binging, and getting off track. Let me give you a few simple tips to fight the holiday bulge.

First, get up and exercise in the A.M. This will raise your heart rate which in turn burns calories. You will burn more throughout the day by warming up your body. It's like warming up your car, an hour later if you touch the hood, it's still warm.

Second, eat the white meat of the Turkey. The white Turkey meat has fewer fat and calories.

Third, stay away from snacking. If you know you are going to be eating a high calorie dinner then don't eat the snacks or apetizers. Eat a healthy breakfast i.e. oatmeal with blueberries, and stay away from the snack foods.

Fourth, If you are going to consume a traditional Thanksgiving meal with mashed potatoes, dressing, etc....skip desert. Choose one or the other. Have some healthy white meat with a salad if your going to eat desert. Don't do both.

These are just simple tips......USE THEM and stay on track this week!!!

Thank you for reading and no matter what shape and size you are, always love yourself!!!

xoxo
Michelle

TIP OF THE DAY:
Make your own cranberry sauce with fresh cranberries and small amount of natural sweetner (agave nectar, honey, etc).

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Always start off your week strong!

Happy Monday! I just walked in from my training session and as I sit here and drink my protein shake while I type, I feel very grateful. I start of every morning in gratitude but this afternoon I'm really taking it in. Today I had an unbelievable day at the gym and I am just really thankful for it.

I try and stress to all my clients or friends I am helping to start your week off strong. Meaning, put a hardest workout in on Monday. By doing this it will give you momentum to push yourself through the week. If you don't believe me, I dare you to try it.

As a fitness fanatic and fitness professional training is part of my daily life. I understand that for most people it's not that easy. When you start making it a habit to get to the gym, say like brushing your teeth, it just becomes part of your routine.

Start your week of hard, push yourself today so that tomorrow will seem a bit easier. Start your week off strong and you will be surprised at the end of the week what you have accomplished. In any case, please make it a point to exercise and take care of yourself today.

Thank you for reading and no matter what shape and size you are, always love yourself!!!

xoxo
Michelle

TIP OF THE DAY:
My cardio today was hardcore, make yours hardcore as well. Start off with a warm up for ten minutes, then the next ten minutes sprint your heart out, remember to take 30 second breaks for recovery, and when I say sprint, I'm meaning where the last ten seconds are DIFFICULT and almost make you stop!!!

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Get in the Gym

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween and didn't over indulge in candy. I had a ton of fun and celebrated on Sunday night. I can't believe it's already Weds. I have been incredibly busy today, training many clients in the morning. When I got to my personal session, I was feeling wiped out.

In the afternoon, I ate a healthy, small meal, did some computer work, and mustered up the energy to get myself to the gym. I repeat I was a feeling wiped out and tired.......but all I needed was to get in the gym and I was ready to go. I turned on my music and had a freakin fantastic session. I really pushed myself.

My point is: sometimes when your tired all it takes is to physically get to the gym. I was going to go light today with low impact work and I ended up doing a hardcore full body routine with interval training for cardio. All I needed was to physically place myself around the machines.

MAKE IT TO THE GYM TODAY....you won't be sorry.

Thank you for reading and no matter what shape and size you are, always love yourself!!!

xoxo
Michelle

TIP OF THE DAY:
Change up your cardio with intervals, you will burn more calories in less time. Find your "steady" where you can talk without it being to difficult and every other minute raise it to where you can't hold a conversation. Perform 5-10 intervals.

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