Fit Tip

Alright, I know I'm getting older, but is it just me or are shorts getting shorter and heels getting taller?  I do like to rock my short shorts, but I can't manage those heels.  Absolutely; I need my calves to look sexy sexy even if I'm just working my cutest Havaiana's.  Don't we all? To make your calves pop, try adding this move to your routine three days a week: 
Stand up tall with feet slightly wider than hips and turn your toes out at a 45 degree angle.
Keep your legs straight and tap your heels on the floor twice; raise yourself up onto tiptoe.  Repeat 25 times.
Finish up by doing a single heel-tap followed by a heel-lift 20 times moving as quickly as possible.
Say hello definition! 

Fit Tip ARGH!!

Once you have convinced yourself to go to the gym (or pop in that DVD, hit the streets, grab your bike), don't do anything else.  Just go! 

You'll feel so much better once you're finished.

Fit Tip

Weather got you down?  First its hot, hot, hot, and now its wet, wet, wet!  Don't let the environment effect your mood which will in turn, boomerang your sleeping, eating and exercise habits.
Keep in the company of the upbeat.  Don't let your BFF with a nasty attitude bring you down.  Have a downer colleague?  Avoid her as well!  Skip lunch with the crew and take a brisk walk and enjoy some happy tunes and grab a healthy to-go meal.
Focus on happy thoughts.  If you're having "one of those days," STOP and think about what's going on.  Consider a way to put a positive spin on it.  Computer keeps locking up?  Take a second to organize that file that's been filling up, take a few deep breaths, walk to a coworkers desk...
Don't forget fragrances and scents:  citrus and mint will perk up energy levels as well as mood, and if stress is getting to you, get a whiff of lavender.
Exercise!  Surprise.  I know you knew that was coming.  Even if traffic is terrible, alarm clock gets turned off, just can't face getting out in the weather, don't fret it.  Grab a 10 minute workout in the house.  Jumping jacks, high kicks, squats, push-ups, birpees, chair dips...I could go on.

      *check out Mayo Clinic "positive thinking" for more great ideas





A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandhi

Patriotism is easy to understand in America;

it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Calvin Coolidge

 

This holiday week, show pride in your body- your temple- and the country we love and call home.