HLNB Healthy Living Challenge - Day 10

January 10th Day 10:  Yesterday I walked for 1 mile.

     I ate oatmeal with strawberries, I drank 16 oz of green smoothies throughout the day.  I drank 100% juices with breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had some vegetables with dinner.  I also had some tomatoes with Triscuits and Laughing Cow Cheese.

                                                        Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.



     See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB Healthy Living Challenge - Day 9

January 9th Day 9:  Yesterday I worked on exercises while watching "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" with the following stats:



 Biceps Curls with 3 lbs 12 reps 5 sets
Triceps Press 3 lbs 12 reps 5 sets


Inner Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Outer Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Reverse Leg Kicks 12 reps 3 sets


                                                                   Biceps Curls

                                                             
                                                                   Outer Thigh Kicks

     I ate oatmeal with strawberries, I drank 16 oz of green smoothies throughout the day.  I drank 100% juices with breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had a salad and and avocado.


                                                 Kim and Ken finally made it to Hawaii.

                                
                                             Adrienne and Paul have a REAL smooch.

                                                            Happy Birthday Mauricio!

                                                              Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




     See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB Healthy Living Challenge - Day 8

January 8th Day 8:  Yesterday I worked on exercises while watching "Pan Am" with the following stats:


 Biceps Curls with 3 lbs 12 reps 5 sets
Triceps Press 3 lbs 12 reps 5 sets


Inner Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Outer Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Reverse Leg Kicks 12 reps 3 sets





                                                                Outer Thigh Kicks
                                                         

                                                                   Triceps Press

     I ate oatmeal with strawberries and used coconut milk instead of water, I drank 16 oz of green smoothies throughout the day.  I drank 100% juices with breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I also had some avocado, homemade salsa and some raspberries.


                                 Collette and Dean have a shock when Bridget mysteriously returns.

                              Ted thinks he's found the love of his life in Amanda (played by Ashley Greene)

                       
                                Maggie writes an article that could hurt her budding romance with the congressman.

                                                               Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.







     See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

Tip of the Week - 6 Moves for Sexy Sundress Arms

                                                                   Picture courtesy of Pinterst.

   I know it isn't quite sundress weather yet, but these exercises might be good to start with now so our arms will look great by the time the weather warms up.  I've been doing some basic biceps and triceps exercises but this video from Self Magazine definitely takes those exercises up a notch.  They are also easy to squeeze in while you are watching your favorite shows on TV.  It's much better than just laying down on a couch to watch TV. If you've been following along on my 30 Day Challenges this might be easier to transition into than you might think.  Maybe we can have Jennifer Aniston's sexy sundress arm too!

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HLNB Healthy Living Challenge - Day 7

January 7th Day 7:  Yesterday I walked for one mile.

     I ate cereal with strawberries and used coconut milk instead of regular milk, I drank 16 oz of green smoothies throughout the day.  I drank 100% orange juice with breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I ate a strawberry spinach salad with homemade dressing.

                                                                      Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.




     See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB Healthy Living Challenge - Day 6

January 6th Day 6:  Yesterday I walked for one mile.

     I ate cereal with strawberries and used coconut milk instead of regular milk, 16 oz of green smoothies throughout the day.  I drank 100% orange juice with breakfast and water with lemon at lunch.  I drank an 8 oz glass of green smoothie with dinner. I also ate an avocado with lettuce and tomatoes.


                                                                 cereal and strawberries

   Any way you have them avocados taste great!  Smashed, sliced or diced add a little spice and they are so yummy.

                                                                     Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.





     I earned 1 point for the walk and 1 point for reaching the 7 servings of fruit and vegetables in the HBBC challenge.  Yesterday was the last day of the HBBC challenge.   However, we are still working on the HLNB Healthy Living Challenge.


  

     See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

HLNB Healthy Living Challenge - Day 5

January 5th Day 5:  Yesterday I worked on exercises while watching "Grey's Anatomy" with the following stats:



 Biceps Curls with 3 lbs 12 reps 5 sets
Triceps Press 3 lbs 12 reps 5 sets


Inner Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Outer Thigh Kicks 12 reps 3 sets
Reverse Leg Kicks 12 reps 3 sets


                                                                        Triceps Press

                                                                         Inner Thigh Kicks

    I ate a banana in my cereal, 24 oz of green smoothies throughout the day.  I also ate an avocado with homemade salsa.  I drank 100% orange juice with breakfast and a 16 oz glass of V-8 Concord Grape juice with dinner. 

                                           Mark has a new girlfriend who gets to work with Derek.
            

                             Lexi likes Mark's new girlfriend and she's not happy about it.

                                                  Meredith and Derek get Zola back!

                                                                    Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.



     I earned 1 point for the exercises and 1 point for reaching the 7 servings of fruit and vegetables in the HBBC challenge.


  

     See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.

Fashion Friday - Fashion Trends for 2012

    I saw an episode of Rachael Ray this week and one of her fashion experts from Marie Claire Magazine, Zanna Roberts Rassi, made a prediction that the biggest fashion trend for 2012 is going to be pastel clothes.  She says the runways in Italy, France and New York were filled with pastel colors.  Do you agree?  I'll have to come back to this post next year to see if the prediction came true!  Do you like them? Would you wear them all year or just in spring?  I like them but I'm not sure about wearing them all year long.  It will be interesting to see what happens. For now I hope you will enjoy some pictures of pastel color fashions.


               I have to admit, I do have a hat very similar to this and the color is also pink pastel.

           These pastel dresses are pretty. I like the cute hair accessories and the shoes with the outfits.

                        

       These runway pastels are pretty.  They also look like dresses you could wear and not look like an Easter egg.

                                                           This is a pretty pink pastel jacket.

                                                   A beautiful pastel green formal gown.

     Here are a couple of our fashion celebs wearing pastels. We'll be watching the award shows and the red carpets to see how many of our favorite celebs are wearing pastels this year.

                     Catherine Duchess of Cambridge AKA Kate Middleton wearing a purple pastel gown.
                                    

                        Natalie Portman wearing a pink pastel jacket with grey boots and light grey leggings.

                                                                Pictures courtesy of Pinterest.



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HLNB Healthy Living Challenge - Day 4

January 4th Day 4:  Yesterday I rode my stationary bike while watching "Revenge" with the following stats:


Time on the bike: 44 minutes and 55 seconds
Distance: 9.08 miles
Speed:  between 11.5 - 12.5 mph
Total Calories burned: 221.90
Total Fat Calories burned:  69.30


                                                                    Stationary Bike

    I ate a strawberry, spinach salad with homemade dressing and 16 oz of green smoothie for lunch.  I also ate an avocado with homemade salsa.  I ate some blackberries and raspberries and I drank 100% orange juice with breakfast and a 16 oz glass of V-8 Concord Grape juice with dinner.  For breakfast I ate some cereal with a banana.



                                    There is plenty of drama at Daniel's beach side birthday party.

                                         Will Emily's plan unravel at Daniel's party?

      I earned 3 points for the stationary bike and 1 point for reaching the 7 servings of fruit and vegetables in the HBBC challenge.


  

     See my contact information on the tabs above if you want to send me an email with any questions or suggestions.  With my "Healthy Living Challenge" I'm logging my daily activities of how I keep moving.  I'm not offering any medical advice or making any guarantees.  This is meant for fun and if you want to follow along I hope it will be fun for you too.