You are now a pro at the diet portion of the challenge. With three weeks done its time to increase your exercises and get the most out of this challenge.
The overall goal of the Paleo challenge is not only weight loss, it is a boost in your metabolic function. Your metabolic rate is influenced by your dietary and exercise habits. The PALEO eating plan provides your body with all the needed fuel to build the best metabolic engine, but it is the exercise that will start the engine and continue to rev it up.
Exercise has a number of benefits such as:
Better Posture
Better Self-Esteem
Weight Control
Strength
Stress Reduction
Increases Endorphins (happy hormones)
These are some great ways to increase your exercise when you are away from MCC:
- Doing housework: this a great way to get in a good exercise and get the house cleaned.
- Go out for a short walk before breakfast, after dinner OR why not both
- Park further away at the mall or grocery store.
- Do abdominal exercise and core exercise while watching tv.
- While at work stand up while on the phone.
- Walk to visit co-workers instead of calling or emailing them
- Go for a walk downtown, or take the kids to the park.
- Get off the bus a few stops earlier and get a little walk in before going home
- Visit our YouTube Channel and check out some no equipment exercise demonstrated by our very own MCC Trainer.
- Check out some of our past blogs for great daily exercise routines that you can try at home.
Your turn: What will you do to increase your activity level in these last couple of weeks before the challenge ends?
Well glad thanksgiving weekend is over food wise, it was a difficult weekend to say the least. I have to refocus today and get back at it. The excercise thing, take the dogs for a longer walk they benefit as well. I have my classes booked but will try to excercise independantly at home dust off the excercise equipment and get at it!.
Great plan. Today is a very tough day! Most will find today to be a tough one: exercise will be hard to get through, eating on program will be a bit more of a challenge. Even though we want to work off all that turkey, any remanent of sugar will be calling for you. Hang in there, best of luck, it takes 3 days to regroup from any holiday meal.
Great plan. Today is a very tough day! Most will find today to be a tough one: exercise will be hard to get through, eating on program will be a bit more of a challenge. Even though we want to work off all that turkey, any remanent of sugar will be calling for you. Hang in there, best of luck, it takes 3 days to regroup from any holiday meal.
I’m hoping to get out for more walks in the evening, after my girls have gone to bed. I also have been using my vivofit so my goal this week is to get over 11000 steps each day
I plan to exercise more this week. Yesterday I grilled up chicken again for the week and bought a huge veggie tray!
This week I will make sure that I walk briskly at least 20 minutes a day when I can’t make it to MCC. With all of the trails around us, the beautiful fall scenery and weather is a motivator!
Ok so the food thing kinda went off track on Sunday but on Monday I finally made the meatball soup for my lunch and more chocolate banana brownies. Also got a new dog in Saturday and have been doing morning, lunch and sometimes evening walks with him. He is very energetic so I have to keep up!.
I am really feeling the effects of my increased exercising over the past month; it’s amazing what a difference an extra class can make. Getting back on track eating today was tough.
It was a difficult weekend being in Montreal for the wekend visiting friends and family, but trying to get back on track and I am going to continue this plan after the challange on my own, so not giving up yet.
I am finding myself feeling motivated with the fitness! Working out helps keep me on track:) I will try to workout even on the days I am not at MCC. This is my goal for the last two weeks!
Now that my injuries seem to be subsiding, I started pushing myself more in classes starting tonight and I was happy about that! I will try to do at least 10 minutes of extra exercise the rest of the week because I already walk 40 minutes each day on the commute to and from work. On the food front – I made the Paleo Pumpkin Pie and it was pretty good. I also made the Paleo Lasagna and it is delish and really filling – I highly recommend it. I was skeptical on the cashew cheese – but when it’s cooked – it’s almost like ricotta cheese. I thought Thanksgiving would be tough but I did not stray and I think my motivator is that my clothes are feeling looser – so happy about that!!!
Definitely not an easy weekend. But I love being back into a routine. What I love about participating in this challenge is trying new recipes. Tonight I made the cauliflower risotto. I give it two thumbs up!
I took advantage of the beautiful weather on the weekend and went for a long walk in the trails. For the next 2 weeks I plan on walking each day on my lunch break and going for a walk after I drop my son off for his hockey game. Since he has to be there 1 hour before the game might as well make good use of the time before I have to go watch him play.
I love coming to the exercise classes and have been fitting in some extra during the week as well. Our new puppy loves to walk and fast so its great to take him out and run around. I can say that I have become highly motivated to exercise since I started here at MCC. Its a great feeling and I feel stronger for it.
Thanksgiving weekend was interesting but manageable. Tried the almost oatmeal and just love it.
Walks this time of year are always nice. I’m kind of getting tired of the diet but it’s kept me away from lots of treats this week.
I am out of town this week, so haven’t been able to make 3 mcc workouts this week. Instead using some new exercise aps to help keep up me moving…sit ups to a six pack and tabata timer have been fun to try.