Healthy Food Chart

You’ve heard me say in previous posts that I 100% believe you should be tracking your daily nutrition and exercise, but I do believe there comes a point where you can have too much information to comprehend. When you get…

Working out on your own is great, but sometimes teaming up for a few exercises can be a fun way to spice things up (can you tell I’m on a team kick this week since I’m back to soccer). Two of my favorite partner moves, the Palm Pat and Lean on Me, are from this month’s issue of SELF. But here’s one more from the stroller exercise class I taught today at the park to add to the list.

The Move: The Slam Dunk

Equipment: a medicine ball, or rubber ball

How To Do It: Partner 1 stands facing partner holding the ball with arm extended over her head. Partner 2 stands with feet shoulder width apart. Partner 2 bends down into a mini-squat and explodes up into a vertical jump touching her right palm on the top of the ball, then returning to start position. Repeat for 10 quick jumps alternating arms, and then switch with partner. Aim for three sets.

*Special thanks to Kelly and Lindsey for the demo

It was fun having another little one around the house today and I think all involved will be sleeping well tonight after all that activity. We grabbed dinner at a local place with our friend to make the end of the day easier on us and on him (he’s on dad duty because his wife had to go out of town for work). I had a salad and then I chose a fall dinner special – Chicken, Pumpkin Risotto with dried cranberries and cashews. I really only ate about 1/5 of the risotto because it was quite dense. I brought it home though and I may have some for lunch tomorrow if I am in the mood — it’s one of those things that is really good as a small serving but way too heavy for a big serving. I don’t have much planned for tomorrow – maybe just a walk with my friend before the rain gets here. I have to get to the store soon because besides apples, we are low on options!

 

For dessert I had an apple (not sure what kind, I think Ultra Mac) and two of my dark chocolate nonpareils from the chocolate factory visit on Friday).