The idea behind this month is to get 10,000 steps into your daily routine.
March Workout Format
- 3 days strength training with day off in between
- 4 days cardio
- 1 day Yoga
- 2 spa days
- March Cellulite Challenge
September Diet
(Just sticking with this for good now)
1 bottle of Mineral Water a day & 5 fruit and veg a day Diet
The water should help get rid of some cellulite.
How Water Affects Cellulite
- Improves Skin Elasticity: Proper hydration keeps skin supple and thick, making the underlying, uneven fat layers less visible.
- Flushes Toxins: Water helps eliminate waste products that can accumulate in fat cells and worsen the appearance of dimples.
- Reduces Water Retention: Ironically, drinking enough water helps the body release excess fluids, which reduces swelling and heavy sensations associated with cellulite.
Tips for Maximum Benefit
- Quantity: Aim for at least 1.5 to 2 liters of water, or up to 3 liters for optimal results, throughout the day.
- Avoid Caffeinated/Sugary Drinks: These can lead to dehydration and increase toxins.
While some views suggest that water alone cannot fundamentally alter the fat structure that causes cellulite, it is considered an essential, free component of any anti-cellulite regimen.
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You can add fruit and veg to any of your favourite meals.
Five-a-day refers to eating at least 80g of fruit or vegetables per portion, totaling 400g daily. Almost all fresh, frozen, canned (in water/juice), or dried fruits and vegetables count. Key rules include limiting dried fruit to 30g, 100% juice/smoothies to 150ml, and beans/pulses to one portion daily.
What Counts (80g = 1 Portion)
- Fruit: A medium apple, banana, pear, or orange. Two plums, satsumas, or kiwi. Half a grapefruit or a slice of large fruit like melon/pineapple. A large handful of grapes, cherries, or berries.
- Vegetables: 3 heaped tablespoons of cooked vegetables (peas, carrots, sweetcorn). 2 broccoli spears. 4 heaped tablespoons of cooked kale/spinach. A 5cm piece of cucumber or 7 cherry tomatoes.
- Other: 3 heaped tablespoons of beans, lentils, or pulses (only counts once per day). 1 heaped tablespoon of dried fruit (e.g., raisins). 150ml of 100% fruit/veg juice or smoothie (only counts once per day).
Tips
- Frozen/Tinned: Equally nutritious, but pick tinned in water/juice and no added salt.
- Variety: Aim for different types, such as including vegetables in stews, curries, or raw as snacks.
- Dried Fruit: watch for added sugar.
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Doing the September Walks after meals.
An evening walk is an exciting way to do September.
We used to do evening walks a lot due to working.
You can opt for morning walking, evening walking or a combination depending on your work schedule lifestyle.
I’m switching it around with jogging and yoga and dance.
This month is therefore walking, jogging, dance and yoga (like last month.)
The September walk challenge will be on the slimming and fashion calendar for you, so just bookmark in chrome and scroll down each day.
Apparently it is better to jog on carpet or areas that are soft outside as oppose to hard areas outside like pavement or concrete. If so jogging inside is perfect.
Exercise Planner
Doing a Walk a day
Doing a Walk a day
The September Challenge
Just bookmark the September slimming and Fashion calendar into chrome bookmark and scroll down to a different walk every day.
| Exercise | Intense | Moderate | Tick Box | |
| Monday | Walk | 30 | ||
| Tuesday | Walk & Spa Day | 30 | ||
| Wednesday | Walk | 30 | ||
| Thursday | Walk | 30 | ||
| Friday | Walk | 30 | ||
| Saturday | Walk | 30 | ||
| Sunday | Walk | Spa day | 30 | |
| Total | 210 |
The September Challenge
Just bookmark the September slimming and Fashion calendar into chrome bookmark and scroll down to a different walk every day.
I used to walk outside every day but as the world isn’t normal yet this is a useful alternative.
This is also great if you are on holiday and so forth.
This is how the French stay slim.
You do have to do it every day though.
Maintenance Exercise Planner
Just fill in your exercise plan every month
| Cardio | Strength | Tick Box | ||
| Monday | ||||
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| Thursday | ||||
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| Total |
I like my two days off, so adding weights 3 times a week allows you to do this.
What I’m doing
Ideally I want to walk outside again as well as exercising inside as I just enjoy it.
I don’t count my exercise as it wasn’t enough for me and my low seratonin kicked in.
I haven’t got a stepometer so just doing the best I can.
| Cardio | Strength | Tick Box | ||
| Monday | Morning routine | |||
| Tuesday | Morning routine Spa Day | |||
| Wednesday | Morning routine jog & Weights abs cooldown | 20 | 10 10 15 | |
| Thursday | Morning routine yoga | 30 | ||
| Friday | Morning routine Dance | 35 | ||
| Saturday | Morning routine jog & Weights cooldown | 20 | 10 05 | |
| Sunday | Morning routine Spa Day | |||
| Total | 40 | 170 |
n.b. Morning Routine
I’ve started doing a little stretching morning routine ~ just ones for my problem area. Kept it up for a while now, so hopefully it will become a habit. I try to do it every day, but occassionally I miss a day if not in mood. It is like the daily dozen but I do it from memory, might incorporate some of that. It is roughly 5 mins a day that adds up to 35 mins of moderate exercise a week. It is enough to start with if you are new to exercise or not done it more a while, but then you need to add a bit more at least 115 minutes of moderate exercise a week.
You could just do the moderate exercises and that is enough. If you do the jogging as well that is a bonus.
Or do just yoga on Thursday and Jogging instead of walking on Saturday and Wednesday.
Exercise Planner
Hopefully you are looking at these tables and can see the way you want to go forward.
As long as you do the basics you can do more but not less.
Blank Exercise Table for you to copy and fill in with exercise of your choices
| Exercise | Intense | Moderate | Tick Box | |
| Monday | ||||
| Tuesday | ||||
| Wednesday | ||||
| Thursday | ||||
| Friday | ||||
| Saturday | ||||
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| Total |
I use the duplicate button, you can copy it into your wordpress, then the colums get bigger the more words you add.
Or roughly draw a table in pencil with a ruler.
Once you get the right size you can draw it in with pen.
You could duplicate it to create a new one every month.
You could go on to get a maintenance file folder with plastic sheets to store all your maintenance projects ~ recipes, workouts and so forth.
Or just collect it up on blogger/wordpress.
September Workout
Monday
Morning Routine
Cooldown = 14 mins
Tuesday
Morning Routine
Spa Day
Wednesday
Morning Routine
Jog 20 minutes
Weights 10 minutes
Abs 10 mins
Cooldown 14 mins
Spa Afternoon
Manicure/Pedicure day
Thursday
Morning Routine
Yoga
Spa Afternoon
Cellulite Treatments
Friday
Morning Routine
or
It is good to rotate the two each month
Saturday
Morning Routine
If you prefer the Zsa Zsa Gabor one you can stick with that as it is longer.
Cooldown Walk 5 minutes = if you want more of a cooldown
Sunday
Morning Routine
Spa Day
Conclusion
Finally feel like I’m getting somewhere with my fitness.
I’m not bothered about being skinny and unhealthy, but I do want to be fit and healthy.
It has taken a couple of years but I’m getting back to the old me.
The Lesley Sansone too busy to workout workout has reminded me of school somehow?
I liked P.E. at school.
Really like running and jogging.
I used to jog outside on a natural path in the countryside.
You obviously get more done faster.
Then if you are tired one day or week you can just do walking instead but takes twice as long.
Love yoga and dance so keeping that this month too.
TIME MANAGEMENT
As I now workout how long each workout is I can schedule it into my day a lot easier.
If you haven’t got time for exercise but want to exercise, I recommend this technique.
If you still haven’t time for exercise I recommend you take time out to sit down and workout little ways of reducing your workload.
If you are making excuses because you don’t want to exercise I recommend you put your health first and look at the moderate examples of exercise.
They are really simple and easy to introduce, but will make you feel a whole lot better.
If aerobics horrifies you, don’t let it put you off being healthy; it is obviously not the only way to be healthy.
I like aerobics as we did it at school and I liked the 100 metres but I also love yoga. I’m not fond of weights but need to do some so finally found my answer. You may prefer weights so could do more.
Will keep travelling on this fitness journey and hope this helps you too.
Whoever you are you deserve this.
You can be fit and healthy forever with this table as you can even just walk outside like March in March.
Enjoy the September Workout.
Saphire
n.b.
Introduced spa days into this timetable if you want to get your looks back like I’m trying to do.
Storing ideas up for Home Spa Treatments here
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