At Homes of Distinction, we are aware of the importance of how hard it is with our busy schedules to maintain our health and fitness and have decided to start the New Year with an easy to follow Health and Fitness Home training and diet plan to get you moving towards your 2020 goals. 

Fitness and Health CEO Ferdie du Toit of fenix360 www.fenix360.co.za has mapped out this plan below to get you on track: 

Eating plan:

Breakfast: 7:00

2 eggs            

Or } with half avo, slice of rye bread toast

2 tbsp cottage cheese    

Snack: 10:00

Lunch: 13:00

Skinless Chicken breast    

Or } with one cup sweet potato or cauliflower green salad or 

Tuna in brine/salmon } green vegetables

Snack: 16:00

Dinner: 19:00

200g Steak (no fat)/        

Skinless chicken breast/ } with green salad or green vegetables

Grilled fish            

For the snack, choose one fibre and one protein:

Notes:

• It is important to have your breakfast within 90 minutes of waking up, and each consecutive meal 2,5-3 hours thereafter.
• If you get busy at work, set alarms or reminders for yourself so that you don't forget to eat.
• Doing things with an accountability partner is always easier. This way, you have someone to talk you out of falling for your craving, ensuring you train (maybe even together) and just stay motivated. If you don't want to set a reminder, you can also message each other to make sure you eat on time.
• Drink 2 to 3 litres of water a day. For every cup of coffee, you need to add 2 more glasses of water.
• Green vegetables (except peas) are 'free'. This means you can eat as much of it as you want (As long as they are not laden with sugar or sauces). Carrots, brinjals and beetroot should be eaten in moderation as they are high in sugar.
• Steer clear of refined sugars (hidden in most ready sauces and salad dressings), salt and simple carbs

• It is important to do one "CHEAT MEAL" every 14 days. But keep it to 1 meal (eat everything your heart desires), and return to your meal plan the very next meal. Leptin, the hormone that assists in weight loss, directly correlates to your calorie intake. It spikes quickly but lowers slowly. This means that when you reduce your calories, it will gradually come down, and in time it will bottom out. This is usually what happens when people plateau in their weight loss journey. When you do your cheat meal, it spikes it up. This will ensure you keep losing weight from your next controlled meal plan for the next 2 weeks.

Home Training

Home training:

30 seconds rest between sets, 2 minutes rest before moving to the next superset.

• Alternate the above workouts, do at least 3 days a week, but aim for 5. Important to rest for at least 1 day.
• Use a step, couch or bathtub (knee height) to perform the prices dips
• Use something weighted (up to 5kg) to do the squat press.

Example

If you want to train 6 days, do an extra day of cardio

Gym workout 

Rest a maximum of 2 minutes between exercises.

Day 1

WARM UP: 20 min Incline walking - Treadmill 

COOL DOWN: 10 Light intensity Cycling
 

Day 2

WARM UP: 20 min High intensity Cycling

COOL DOWN: 10 Light intensity walking

Day 3 

1-hour cardio: walking, jogging, cycling, rowing, cross training. You can decide if you want to do 1 hour of one or split them up in 3 sections of 20 minutes.

Day 4

WARM UP: 10 min Rowing 

COOL DOWN: 20 Light intensity incline walking 

Day 5

WARM UP: 20 min Incline walking - Treadmill 

COOL DOWN: 10 Light intensity Cycling 

Day 6  (Optional)

1-hour cardio: walking, jogging, cycling, rowing, cross trainer. You can decide if you want to do 1 hour of one or split them up in 3 sections of 20 minutes.

• If you are new to training, don't kill yourself by trying to do 6 days from week 1. Do 3 days for 3 weeks and add a day every 2 weeks thereafter.
• Research has shown that doing 3 days of moderate exercise a week is a good stress reliever and assists in elevating your general mood.
• If you do something every day for 21 days, it becomes a habit. Do it for 6 months, and it becomes a lifestyle.

EMS (Electro Muscle Stimulation) is the perfect option for those who:

• Hate the gym
• Don't have time for the gym
• Want to add strength to their current gym routine

Fenix 360 is a mobile solution that can assist you with your energy requirements in the following areas:

• Body - EMS
• Soul - Reiki
• Physical - Nutrition 

Starting a health and fitness journey is not easy but remember "Goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time." - Michael Phelps

Contact Ferdie du Toit for more information:

0721176767

hello@fenix360.co.za

www.fenix360.co.za

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