Good morning! I am in such a good mood this morning, and I think its because I squeezed in a fun living room workout.
The oldest excuse in the book is "I don’t have enough time to exercise!" But after my running hiatus due to my knee injury and picking up a second job, I discovered that you don’t have to drive to the gym or run 4.0 miles for it to "count" as a workout — you can get a great workout in your living room in 30 minutes or less! All you need is some weights, a mat, and some jamming music!
Here’s my routine. It took exactly 30 minutes and I got a decent sweat in!
- Physical Therapy Stretching moves
- Jumping Jacks, 2 minutes
- High Kicks, 2 minutes
- Shadowing Boxing with 3 lb dumbbells, 2 minutes
- Military Presses with Leg Extension with 3 lb weights, 12 kicks each side
- Jumping Jacks, 2 minutes
- High Kicks, 2 minutes
- Shadowing Boxing with 3 lb dumbbells, 2 minutes
- 30 push-ups
- 100 bicycle crunches
- 10 wall squats, held for 10 seconds each
- 20 decline push-ups
- Jumping Jacks, 2 minutes
- Physical Therapy Strength Training moves
Coffee Oatmeal
After my workout, I showered and cooked up a delicious and caffeine-laden breakfast:
Coffee Oatmeal has to be one of my favorite creations! It’s so caramel-y tasting.
My oatmeal contained:
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1/2 cup almond breeze milk
- 1/2 cup hazelnut coffee (brewed)
- 1 sliced banana
- Toppings: chopped almonds, flax, drizzle of maple syrup
The Monday Notes are available on OperationBeautiful.com! Here are two of the most creative:
LR at Blue Eyed Heart posted these notes throughout Target, hitting up the fad diet books, videos, and scales…
Heather at Be Well and Take Care wrote, "I understand that magazines have to make money through advertising, but it’s problematic to be reading a "healthy living" magazine about eating well and working out to find an ad for a product designed to make women obsess over yet one more flaw they need to fix: cellulite. So many women have it, all ranging in body size (heck, Jillian Michaels, Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson and so many other prominent figures, who are beautiful and have healthy bodies) yet it’s still seen as a flaw. " She posted this note in a magazine:
See all the Monday Notes on OperationBeautiful.com! And remember that it’s Monday, so we all need a little extra love — post an OB note today, take a picture, and send it to me at seebriderun@gmail.com!
I really need to try coffee oatmeal! Do you cook it on the stove or in the microwave?
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