We've completed the first week! How exciting is that? I've found it to be pretty challenging so far but easy enough to fit into my day, which is exactly what I was aiming for. How are you all finding it? Not difficult enough? Too difficult? Any exercises you want to…
Core workout with cardio bursts!Plank: hold for 20-60 seconds20 tuck jumpsRepeat 5 times to complete 100 tuck jumps and get in a good abs workout. Do it all together or spread it out over the course of the day.Fitness Tip: For the more advanced, extend the opposite arm and leg…
Day Five of the 100 Reps Challenge20 calf raises20 tricep kickbacksRepeat this set 5 times (your choice: do them all at once or spread them across the day) for a total of 100 calf raises and 100 tricep kickbacks!Fitness Tip: Hold a dumbbell or two at chest height while performing…
How was yesterday's challenge for all of you? I found it to be much more challenging than Day Two was! Much as I love what lunges can do for the body, they do not make the list of the top 10 exercises that I enjoy the most. They can be…
Now that everyone is getting all worked up over the state of the economy, it seems as though we're much more willing to pay attention to things that we weren't concerned about before. For example, the costs of food waste. Really tells you where our priorities lie, doesn't it? Rather…
We're looking at abs and a little cardio today, seeing as yesterday was mainly arms and legs. I'll try to make sure that the workouts will balance out so that we won't be doing 100 push ups one day and 100 shoulder presses the next- arms might turn to jelly…
Boot camp finished the Friday before last for me- and this time (unlike back in the summer months, when I took my first hiatus from boot camp), I did not freak out. Instead I have been enjoying a week of doing virtually no exercise, which frankly is starting to get…
When I go out to eat with friends, there's about three suggestions that I nearly always make for what we should eat: sushi, curry, or sandwiches. Or cake (alright, that's four. Math was never my strong point). However, most people that I know either don't like sushi so we don't…
For my final research project in my Investigative Journalism class, we had to research, investigate, and write a piece on any topic of our choice (my topic was misleading nutrition claims on food products, which I will talk more about another day). One of my classmates pitched her story to…
It has been a month since our last poll, and the results are in! The question: How does justifying your food choices affect you? The results: I often feel the need to justify what I'm eating and it makes me feel bad 42% Sometimes I'll explain why I'm eating a…