An Ignoble Experiment: The 1 thing Jenna Bush Hager keeps out of her house

June 13, 2023 | VIEW IN BROWSER

It's taco Tuesday! You won't miss the meat in these black bean tacos that are packed with plant-based protein and fiber. Plus, find out what common item Jenna Bush Hager refuses to keep in her home and get a 5-minute full-body workout routine from celebrity trainer Isaac Boots.

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Today's Workout

Today's workout is a walk — we're on day 13 of our walking streak!

Want to add some toning exercises to your walking routine? Trainer, choreographer and founder of the Torch'd workout Isaac Boots stopped by TODAY to share a 5-minute full-body workout you can do anywhere.

One easy move you can do to tone your obliques, glutes and legs using just your body weight? Side leg lifts. To perform:

Stand tall with feet shoulder-width apart.
Shift your weight to your left leg. Lift the right leg and point the toe out to the right side so that it gently touches the floor.
Raise your right leg up toward the sky, then return to the starting position.
Perform 10 reps. After 10 reps, hold the right leg up for 10 pulses. Switch sides and perform on the left.

Get the full 5-minute routine here.

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Your Meal Plan

Today's Plan

Eating a meatless meal at least once a week helps you boost your intake of plant foods and black beans are a hearty ingredient that provides healthy carbs and protein. We chose tacos for this menu because they're an easy way to dip your toe into meatless meals.

Breakfast: Sweet Potato Parfait
Lunch: Barbecue Chicken Quinoa Salad
Dinner: Joy Bauer's Black Bean Tacos

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Jenna Bush Hager reflects on not owning a scale and how it impacts daughter Mila, 10

For Jenna Bush Hager, health is about so much more than a number on a scale — and that's why she chooses not to use a scale at all at home.

"I don't want to be beholden to some number on a machine that makes me feel bad," said Jenna.

Recently her 10-year-old daughter, Mila, saw a scale at a friend's house and didn't know what is was. Co-host Hoda Kotb called Jenna's choice to not have a scale "a lesson" and pointed out that focusing too much on weight can lead people to be "constantly adjusting."

Now that she's a mom, Jenna says she wants to demonstrate positive self-talk to Mila and her two other children, Poppy, 7, and son Hal, 3.

"Mila and I will go for walks, they see me work out, they play sports, I encourage them to stay active, but we're not sitting around talking bad about ourselves," she said. "Why would we waste our one precious life thinking about our body not being good enough?"

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