How I maintain my figure after losing 170 pounds
Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:00 AM by Jen Brown
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Joy Fit Club
High school drama teacher Mandy Muniz lost over 170 pounds in just over a year. This is her daily maintenance routine...
5:00 AM - Get up. Take a multi vitamin. Eat a hard boiled egg. Drink an 8 oz glass of water.
5:10-6:00 AM - Ride stationary bike on varied settings totaling approximately 7-8 miles for 50 minutes. Drink a 16 oz glass of water. (I added my exercise routine after I had already started to lose weight with LA Weight Loss. With LA, I was losing weight without exercise but gained energy so I started this program. I started at 10 minutes every other day and over the course of weight loss and stabilization I worked up to my current routine. They even customized my program once I started losing weight.)
6:00-7:00 AM - Work out to Denise Austin’s Fit and Light or Daily Workout on Lifetime for 30 minutes. Work out to celebrity trainers on My Workout Powered by Pod Fitness.com. Workouts consist of combinations of Yoga, Pilates and Cardio-Strength/Interval Training with weights, kickboxing, step aerobics, toning and stretching. (The workout changes each day to target different areas of the body. Drink 16 oz glass of water).
7:00 AM - Drink a cup of caffeine-free herbal tea with Splenda. Eat a slice of toast with margarine, an apple sprinkled with cinnamon and Splenda and an 8 oz glass of fat free milk. Drink another glass of 8 oz water.
8:00 AM - Leave for work
8:45-9:39 AM - Teach 1st period then eat my LA Lite Bar and drink a 8 oz glass water
9:45-10:34 AM - Teach 2nd period
10:40-11:29 AM - Teach 3rd period
11:35 AM-12:24 PM - Conference period. Eat a snack (i.e. handful of almonds) and a 16oz glass of water. If I finish all work, I take a walk around the campus.
12:30- 1:19 PM - Teach 5th period and drink an 8-16 oz glass of water.
1:25-2:14 PM - Lunch period- Eat a spinach salad which includes turkey and tomatoes with fat free dressing. Also eat a piece of bread and an orange. Drink a 8-16 oz glass of water
2:20-3:09 PM - Teach 7th period and drink an 8-16 oz glass of water
3:15-4:05 PM - Teach 8th period and drink an 8-16 oz glass of water
4:05 PM - Eat snack, piece of bread with margarine
4:15-6:15 PM - Rehearse Play with students and drink an 8-16 oz glass of water
6:30 PM - Home preparing dinner
7:00 PM - Eat dinner- 6 oz boneless, skinless chicken breast with cooked squash and baby carrots. For dessert, an 8 oz light and fit yogurt with a peach. Drink 8-16 oz glass of water.
8:00 PM - Pack lunch for the next day and clean kitchen.
9:00 PM - Drink a cup of caffeine free herbal tea with Splenda and watch news.
9:30 -10 PM - Go to bed.
