The challenge
As every morning when you wake up, drink your large glass of water (with or without lemon) to detoxify your body, alongside a balanced breakfast.
This morning we suggest: 2 slices of wholegrain bread (or multigrain) + honey or jam + a freshly squeezed orange juice.
On the menu for lunch today, sautéed tofu with broccoli.
Ingredients (serves 4) :
1/2 cup (155 ml) water + 2 tbsp
1/4 cup (60 ml) natural peanut butter
2 tbsp (30 ml) hoisin sauce
2 tbsp (30 ml) rice vinegar or cider vinegar
1/4 tsp (1 ml) Tabasco sauce
1 tbsp (15 ml) vegetable oil
1 package firm tofu, drained and cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes (425 g)
2 green onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 cups (750 ml) broccoli florets, stalks peeled and chopped
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1/4 cup (60 ml) fresh coriander, chopped
Preparation :
1. In a small bowl, mix 125 ml of the water with the peanut butter, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar and Tabasco sauce.
2. In a large frying pan, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
Add the tofu, green onions and garlic and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes (or until the tofu is golden).
3. Add the broccoli and bell pepper and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
4. Add the remaining water, cover and continue cooking for 1 minute or until the broccoli is tender but still crisp.
5. Add the reserved peanut butter sauce and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until heated through. Sprinkle with coriander to taste.
Exercise of the day:
Today we’re moving on to a new exercise to work your stomach and abs as well. During this exercise, you’ll be working in two different positions :
Basic crunches: lie on your back with your hands crossed behind your head or resting on your chest. Legs on the floor, bent and supported. Engage your abs, lift your shoulders and rise while keeping your back perfectly straight (be careful not to strain your back!). Lower yourself back down slowly and repeat.
Dynamic crunches: lie on your back, knees bent, arms stretched upward. Push your hands upward while lifting your chest off the floor. When performed correctly, these are remarkably effective!
Extra
If you still have energy to spare, feel free to repeat additional exercises from previous days!
CelluBlue
Have you heard about our CelluBlue anti-cellulite cup?
This little revolutionary device makes it easy to perform the powerful pinch-and-roll massage technique to target cellulite. Results are visible in just 3 weeks.
A video from our recent television appearance on Direct 8:
To find out more about CelluBlue, here is a review video from beauty bloggers :
We will be introducing the pinch-and-roll technique in a few days, so now is the perfect time to order your cup if you’d like to.
SPECIAL OFFER: -4 EUR off your order with the code DEFI2015
You’ll get your CelluBlue for under 15 EUR
Click here to order
NOTE: This is the product we sell, which was a huge success in 2014 — but it is absolutely not required to continue the challenge.
Our challenge is and will always be 100% free — we want to reassure you on that! In a few days we’ll show you the different pinch-and-roll techniques, and you’ll be perfectly able to perform this massage with your hands. It’s simply a little more complex to master, slightly slower to carry out, and marginally less effective.
Validation step
It is very important for proper coaching follow-up that you validate each step, every day. This allows your coach to make sure you’re still following the challenge correctly.
Validating each day will also let you enter our grand prize draw to win a trip to the Seychelles to keep you motivated!
On Facebook:
-> Go to our Facebook page (take the opportunity to like the page if you haven’t already!), find the Day 8 post, share that post and write “Day 8 done! Dynamic or basic, I want rock-solid abs for 2015!”.
On Instagram:
-> Go to our Instagram account and take a photo of yourself mid-exercise if you can, posting it with the hashtags #abdos #cellublue #bodychallenge #defi2015
Your coach can’t wait to see the results 🙂
You still have a few hours to enter our Instagram competition.
Don’t forget to sign up by email so you don’t miss a thing (Facebook doesn’t notify everyone), by visiting: defi-2015.cellublue.com
Previous days of the Grand Challenge 2015
You can find the full challenge history by clicking here.
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- How to slim your waist?
- Pretox before the holidays: a good idea?
- Which Cellublue products should you use after pregnancy?
Useful categories : Slimming Program.