By Blake Dykes
You managed to make it through the week and maintain your healthy diet (hopefully), so don’t ruin it this weekend at Lanesville Heritage. As appetizing as fried butter may sound, it doesn’t look good on you, trust me. Here are some tips to follow when picking foods at Heritage:
Say no to the food if it’s…
– Fried
– Coated in sugar
– Coated in chocolate
– Has skin
You can eat it if it’s..
– Grilled
– All natural (corn with no butter, fruit, etc.)
– Grilled chicken
If you plan on staying all day pack your own snacks so you won’t be tempted to spend your money on overpriced, heart-attack causing foods. Saying no may not seem worth it at the time, but when Monday rolls around, and you’re trying to zip up your pants, you’ll be thankful that you didn’t eat that funnel cake.
Now as far as workouts go, I’m not going to make one for today, I’m going to give you a little weekend guide.
Friday- Run for three minutes, walk for two. Repeat this 10 times.
Saturday- Pick one of the workouts I have posted, or your own modified version, and complete it one time in the morning and once before you go to bed.
Sunday- Jog (or as fast as you can) up and down a staircase for 10 minutes straight. Then, enjoy the nice weather this weekend is forecasted to have and go on an hour walk at a reasonably fast pace. Bring your friend, mom, or dog. Just go out and get some fresh air. Exercising doesn’t always mean running and doing intense cardio, it’s important that you enjoy what you do so you don’t get burnt out.
Weekend Challenge: Each breakfast you eat this weekend has to have less than three grams of sugar. Most people mistake breakfast as a ticket to eat a dessert in the morning, when in reality it should be the best meal you eat to start your day off right. Natural sugars you don’t have to count, like from fruit and yogurt (only organic cane juice or Stevia though, not plain sugar though). There are plenty of options, I’ve given you recipes to banana bread and oatmeal that each have no sugar, or you could stick to a banana and a greek yogurt, or an egg and whole wheat toast.