Category: Mommy Waistlines
Cardio for Weight Loss: does it work?
Cardiovascular exercise is important. Period. It helps to: strengthen our heart reduce stress stimulate our creativity boost productivity keep hormones in check …but does it help to promote weight loss? Sometimes, but not always. Starting from zero If you’re starting from scratch and haven’t really done any form of purposeful activity, then yes, cardio-only activity [...]
Workout Happy: Traci’s Top 10 Endorphin Boosters
Love and pain are forever intertwined thanks to neurotransmitters called endorphins. Endorphins are produced in the brain and, when in love, well…gives us such amazing lovey-dove feelings that, even if they sky fell, everything would be ok. They’re also produced in response to pain as an instant pain killer – to some degree – that [...]
Eat Right for Your Body Type: the dinner edition
Over the last couple days, I’ve written about foods that are right for your body type. Today I’m moving onto dinnertime. Need a recap? You can always jump back to the breakfast edition and the lunch edition. Here are a couple ideas for dinner for each body type: Pear Shape Dinner [...]
Eat Right for Your Body Type: the lunch edition
Yesterday’s post gave a quick overview of eating right for your body type, along with healthy breakfast suggestions for pear shapes, apple shapes, athlete shapes and babyfaces. Today the focus is on lunch. These are meant to be simple, uncomplicated suggestions. Let me know if you have questions. Here’s what’s cooking: Pear Shape [...]
Eat Right for Your Body Type: the breakfast edition
If you’re one of the many who has made a New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds, eating foods that are right for your body type will get you moving in the right direction. The most common body types are Pears, Apples, Athletes and Babyfaces. If we gain excessive weight, fat tends to accumulate in [...]
The Two Week Goal: Put a dent in your fitness before Turkey Day!
Thanksgiving is officially two weeks away. Before the stress of the holidays hit, give yourself an assignment, a task or a goal to do each and every day for the next two weeks. It can be anything as long as it will result in something better for your body. What you do over the next [...]
No Excuses (Rowing) Workout #22
If you’ve never worked out on an indoor rower, you should give it a try. As we head into the winter months, there is no greater way to lose your motivation to workout than getting bored with exercise. Rowing is the perfect solution to doing the same-old same-old day in and day out. What’s more, [...]
No Excuses (Shred-like) Workout #21
If you can dish it out, you better be able to take it – right? I was certainly put to the test over the weekend at Chicago’s Shred415, a treadmill/strength interval fitness studio on the north side of the city. The workout was probably a little more intense than the typical TraciDMitchell interval workout, but well [...]
No Excuses (Jump Rope) Workout #20
Get vertical and go for this workout that combines all the benefits of jumping rope with a few strength exercises that hit your entire body. Not sold on jumping rope? Here are a few benefits to consider: Muscle Tone: Shape up your calves, along with several other big leg muscles by jumping rope. Functional Fitness: [...]
No Excuses (Hill Run/Combo) Workout #19
Living in Chicago, I’ve never had to utter the words “I thought that hill was never going to end!” while out for a run. Gorgeous lakefront, great running trails and a few pretty incredible running groups…but no hills. Running hills is actually a great workout. If you live in a hilly area, a good workout [...]
