Challenge for Jan 26-31 from BB2

Alright, so I believe that there are three main components to fitness: exercise, eating right, and emotional wellness. This week, I'm going to hit all three:

Exercise: Watch this video! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43xADuHRohg&sns=em

My personal challenge is gonna consist of planks. I will let you choose yours, but don't lie to yourself about what is challenging! :)

Eating Right: 

Find a restaurant recipe that is your weakness. Something that tends to derail you every time you go to that restaurant, or is the thing you want when you are trying to be healthy.... then find a way to cook it at home, HEALTH-ified!

For example, there is a recipe on pinterest that is saved in my "food" board that is for healthier sweet & sour chicken! Also, basically everything on skinnytaste.com is amazing and we try recipes from it all the time. James & I have made baked mozzarella sticks, baked cheese fries, baked "fried chicken" (deeeelicious).

Emotional Wellness:  Since I'm so proud of you guys making it to spin class together this week, how about a little couples therapy? Have matthew participate in this one - each of you make a list of some active things that you wanna do together - get creative, and make it healthy. When's the last time you guys visited Ijams nature center? Would you consider making a picnic and hiking to a waterfall in the Smoky Mountains one weekend? Of course, some of these will have to wait for warmer weather, but flex those creative muscles and figure out some you can do in your own apartment. Anyone up for a game of twister? 

Even better - if there is a show that you guys love to watch together, try to make a workout for it. I know you've seen some of those TV program workouts floating around on pinterest.... you could make one yourselves! (Still watch "Bones"? Every time Brennan and Booth kiss, do ten squats, etc.)

The main point of this emotional wellness exercise is not to carry out any specific task this week, but to communicate with your partner about likes and dislikes, and hopefully in the future, try to incorporate emotionally fulfilling activities (spending time with your spouse) with exercise. When burning calories is not the focus, your life benefits in more ways than one. And you can get some free date ideas out of it!