Heading into week 3

Hi ladies. Well it's unanimous. OK, almost. Keely took a little convincing. We will be working out Monday regardless of the weather. Let's meet at Torrey Highlands Park again. If it's raining, we'll be taking off for a running tour of carmel valley. If it's not raining, we'll be heading over the to soggy grass for a band and cardio workout. Warning: you could get wet, grassy and muddy.

I'm working on your 3rd week of menus right now. Is it considered child labor to have my 7 year old daughter putting packets together for 2 hours?

Are you too girly to workout in the rain?

Hi everyone. They're calling for rain on Monday. I think this adds a new dimension to the challenge and I say we go forward regardless! We'll still meet at the same spot but I'll probably be changing up the workout a bit from what I had planned (it's a surprise ;) )

So let me know how YOU feel about working out in the rain.

Internet Surfing

You have to check out this list of America's worst foods on http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/the-worst/
They have so many lists of best and worst foods and better options it's fascinating. A dunkin donuts smoothie for instance has more sugar than 4 haagen daaz ice cream bars!

Week 2 Circuit - 60 Second Stations

If you liked today's continuous workout of moving from station to station, here is one you can try at home with no equipment.

Fun Family Circuit: (try to do all exercises for 45 to 60 seconds) – no equipment necessary, each round should take 10-15 minutes

Station 1 – Squat Jumps (do squat and explode into jump – land with soft knees)

Station 2 – push-ups (on knees or toes)

Station 3 – High Knee runs

Station 4 – Ground, bench or chair dips

Station 5 – Jumping Jacks

Station 6 – Crunches

Station 7 – Jump Rope in place (no jump rope necessary)

Station 8 – Wall squats

Station 9 – Reverse lunges alternating legs

Station 10 – Planks

Repeat 1-2 times immediately or the next time you have a little free time

Recipes for Week 2

The Lemon Herb Crusted Tilapia can be made with White Roughy and Roasted Garlic/Fine Herb Bread Crumbs. The brand is called Four Sisters and a Brother and I got it at Henry's. My family loved this recipe.

Heading into week 2

Hi everyone. I'm excited for our second workout tomorrow. My goal is to put you through a really touch cardio and strength circuit and burn at least 500 calories. It's supposed to be warm again tomorrow so dress accordingly and wear your sunscreen. Oh how the rest of the country must hate us right now :)

Hey by the way, I had the lemon herb crusted fish tonight. It's on your menu for Wednesday. The recipe says to use Tilapia but I got some wonderful white roughy from Ralphs. It was delicious. I highly recommend substituting this fish this week and the price was really good, about $4.99 a pound. Also, I got some great stone ground whole wheat bread crumbs with italian herb seasonings at Henry's and it was great in the recipe. I'll bring a package of the bread crumbs tomorrow to show you.

Get a good night sleep! Deanne