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12 Weeks to Weight Loss - Day 47
Day 47

By Paige Waehner, About.com

Updated May 07, 2004

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Cardio Focus: Active Rest

It's almost springtime and gardening is an excellent way to burn some extra calories. If you're a 160-lb person, you'll burn over 100 calories if you dig around in the yard for 20 minutes.

Strength & Flexibility Focus: Lower Body and Abs

Lower Body: Perform at least 2 sets of each exercise, using enough weight that you can ONLY complete 10-12 reps.
Plus, incorporate a few of these ab exercises at the end of your workout. Shoot for about 16 repetitions of at least 3 of the exercises.

Nutrition Focus: Breakfast

I hear so many people say they skip breakfast--they don't have time or they're just not hungry. Have you heard the news that eating breakfast can actually help you lose weight? If not, how did you manage to miss that little newsflash? If you're not used to breakfast, you don't have to eat a 9 course meal or anything. Just try to choke down something and you'll be amazed at how much energy you'll have. Get some breakfast ideas and eat up.

Motivation

As I've mentioned before, getting in all your workouts each week can be tough when life intervenes. The trick is to find a way to get something in even when you're busy as a one-armed paperhanger. That means you need to be flexible--if you can't do 30 minutes, do 10. If you can do 10 minutes, do 5. Is any of this making sense? For those days when a longer workout just won't fit, try these Timesaver Workouts.

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