Tighten, Tone & Food Help
from I See Fit PeopleToday I want to share links again because I really like them AND I know they will help you through the busy holidays, both food & exercise!
1. Pilates-inspired exercises for the full body from American Council on Exercise, ACE. You can do these at home or travel which is a BIG plus! This is a SHORT video that is about 2 1/2 minutes.
2. If you are one of the few that does not read The Great Fitness Experiment, than you missed this hilarious post from Charlotte on getting TIGHT BUNS!!! Charlotte recommended the Diva Derriere workout. Once again, you can do the whole thing at home or on travel! Brings in some of those old school moves from when I was young!
You can always add light ankle weights to kick it up a notch if you need it to be harder.3. Turkey Day Substitutions from ACE:
Eat the white meat without the skin instead of the dark meat with skin and shave off 190 calories.
Turkey — white meat, no skin (6oz): 180 calories, 3g fat
Turkey - dark meat, with skin (6oz): 370 calories, 20g fat
Make your own cranberries rather than the jellied stuff and save 120 calories.
Cranberries (boiled in sugar) (1/2 cup): 100 calories, <1g fat
Jellied cranberry sauce (1/2 cup): 220 calories, <1g fat
Cut the marshmallows on your sweet potatoes and instead add a little bit of spice to save 100 calories.
Sweet potatoes, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg (2/3c): 200 calories, 3g fat
Candied sweet potatoes with marshmallows (2/3c): 300 calories, 3g fat
Skip the green bean casserole and instead just steam some green beans and cut 110 calories.
Steamed green beans (1/2C): 20 calories, <1g fat
Green bean casserole (1/2C): 130 calories, 7 g fat
Choose pumpkin pie over the pecan pie for dessert and decrease your caloric intake by 160 calories.
Pumpkin pie (1/8 pie): 340 calories, 15g fat
Pecan pie (1/8 pie): 500 calories, 25g fat
Add it all up and you find that you've saved yourself 650 calories.
More Healthy Total: 850 calories, 23g fat
Less Healthy Total: 1500 calories, 56g fat
4. Don't forget about the post I already wrote a couple weeks ago, Thanksgiving Holiday Help.
5. Here are links to past posts for exercises you can do at home and Glute/Leg work. Both may come in handy during the busy holiday season!
Feel free to add anything you want to share!
Categories: Weight Loss, Fitness, Glutes/Butt, Holidays, Exercise, Workouts, Healthy Eating, Dieting, Challenges, Holiday Eating, Tips, Food
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Thanks for sharing this Jody!
I can't get over the difference in Turkey. I never eat any with the skin, but I do like the dark meat rather than the white. :o
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I am not a fan of dark meat but it is not much worse.. just skip that skin!
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They should compare skinless dark and skinless white meat. Not all that much different, just a little more fat.
I actually like to eat pumpkin pie and only eat the filling. I am not a big fan of flour crusts, so I don't want to waste the calories. The crust has a lot of the calories in pie.
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True Lori although I am not a dark meat fan so I stick with white anyway....
Me, dang, I love the crust of anything!
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Interesting
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Great tips for saving calories! Thanks! Enjoy your week. Talk soon
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Keep up the good work over there!
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I'm fortunate in that my gym has 24-hour access and is just around the corner! I fully expect to be there on Friday. Unless I rake more leaves.
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Me too Cammy - my gym is open till 2pm on the day & also Friday!
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Love the links!
And hmm, I'm thinking if I go with white meat, skip the marshmallows, eat steamed green beans and go easy on the cranberry sauce (home-made just ain't happening) then I'll feel less guilty totally pigging out on pumpkin pie!
I've found Thanksgiving is no time (for me) for common sense, but I might as well be strategic about it. (I skip most of the crust and sneak back for extra servings).
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Crabby - sounds like a plan - I will have your crust!
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Thanksgiving here in Canada is long over, and all the thanksgiving posts have me craving another turkey dinner VERY soon!
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Roz, for me, always room for turkey!
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Christmas
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What I was trying to say was:
All good points, but what matters most to the masses (and the massive) is not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas. What matters most is what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving...
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Good point!
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Jody, if we only listened to you... Happy Thanksgiving.
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Ewa - I don't always listen to myself!
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