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Here you will find information on Lincoln Property Company's 2011 Healthy Lifestyle Challenge. You will have access to healthy recipes, links to wellness oriented websites, exercise tips, answers to wellness questions and much more.

Best of luck to you on your journey to a healthier you!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Workout Challenge

I am seeing lots of zero's in the fitness section of your log points.  Even if you are eating properly, you must get in some exercise.  While eating healthy is a major component of this challenge, so is fitness.  Not only is it important for this challenge, but it is important for your overall health.

Your challenge is to complete the workout listed below 2x this week.  It's already Monday evening, so you have 5 more days.  This workout should not take up more than 20 minutes of your time and you don't need any equipment to do it......so there are no excuses!!!

Decide whether you’re in the Basic (first number) or Advanced (second number) stage and just get to it. Go hard. Go fast. Take as little rest in between exercises as possible. Time yourself. Try to beat your time the next time you do it.  Maintain a strong, stable core. It’s your base, your foundation, and if you try to do pushups, squats, presses, sprints, or heck, even just regular old housework with a flimsy, inactivated core, you’ll limit your potential and set yourself up for injury. Maintain that strong foundation!

Warmup: 30 seconds jumping jacks, lateral, forward, and backward leg swings (10 each leg).
10 or 30 Pushups
20 or 50 Meter Bunnyhops (
jump with two feet together - takeoff and landing.  Be sure to land on the balls of your feet)
20 or 50 Meter Walking Lunges
15 or 40 Spidermans (
assume the plank pushup position. Then, touch your right knee to your right elbow, bring it back to the starting position, and touch your left knee to your left elbow. That full right knee/elbow, left knee/elbow cycle is one Spiderman.)
10 or 25 Meter Sprint
10 or 25 Meter Bear Crawl (
get in the bear crawl position – on all fours, back straight, butt slightly raised, core tight – and crawl quickly, using your arms and back to pull you as your legs drive you forward.)
10 or 25 Meter Sprint
10 or 25 Meter Bear Crawl
10 or 30 Pushups
20 or 50 Squats
10 or 20 Overhead Presses (
Squat down and place your hands on the floor, shoulder width (or slightly wider) apart.  Place your feet on a chair or bench behind you then straighten your legs and stick your butt in the air. Walk your hands back until your torso is perpendicular to the ground. Keeping your head aligned with your torso, lower yourself until the top of your head touches the ground. Press up, using your shoulders for the bulk of the movement. Lock your elbows and repeat the movement.)
20 or 50 Meter Sprint


GET BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!  Encourage yourself to take this challenge seriously.  Getting yourself to a healthy place physically takes lots of work & commitment.  I know you have what it takes to be the person you want to be!!  

This workout came from http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-fitness/ 

Monday, April 11, 2011

Fat-Burning Grocery Guide


Wondering which foods help steady your hormones to elevate fat burn? 

22 fat burners
  • All vegetables
  • Avocados
  • Black olives
  • Coffee
  • Cold-water fish and shellfish without mercury - halibut, wild salmon, sardines, shrimp, tilapia and trout
  • Dark chocolate
  • Fresh fruit such as apples, citrus fruit and pomegranates
  • Fresh herbs and spices
  • Low-sodium beans
  • Mushrooms
  • Natural sweeteners such as agave, maple syrup, raw honey, Truvia and Xylitol
  • Nuts and seeds
  • Onions
  • Organic Greek yogurt or kefir
  • Russet and sweet potatoes
  • Sea vegetables such as arame, nori and sea palm
  • So Delicious coconut milk
  • Squash such as spaghetti and pumpkin
  • Tea
  • Tomatoes
  • Whey protein powder
  • Whole grains such as barley, oats, quinoa and whole-wheat bread
  • Whole organic eggs, fortified with omega-3 fatty acids
  • Bamboo shoots
  • Butter, shortening
  • Dried fruit such as dried apples or apricots
  • Granulated sugar
  • Millet
  • Noniodized sea or kosher salt
  • Peanuts, pine nuts
  • Processed foods with artificial colors, artificial sweeteners, butylated hydroxytoluene, trans fats, MSG or high-fructose corn syrup
  • Processed soy
  • Swordfish, shark
  • White flour
5 to use in moderation
  • Alcohol (two glasses wine per week, max)
  • Full-fat cow cheese and dairy products (not including Greek yogurt)
  • Oils (Olive and coconut are the healthiest options.)
  • Table salt
  • Tuna
From www.self.com