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It's December — and that means we're embarking on a new workout challenge! This month is all about making fitness fun. After all, there's enough about the holiday season that's stressful, our workouts don't need to be one of them. Get ready to move to the beat!

If you've been working out for awhile and not seeing any weight-loss progress, mixing things up with a different kind of movement can help. Here are some other reasons why you may not be seeing the pounds melt off as quickly as you'd like.

Plus, we're celebrating Friday with a Mexican fiesta. When a server at a Tex-Mex restaurant walks across the floor with a platter of sizzling fajitas, it turns heads. These Chicken Fajita Stuffed Peppers have all the head-turning presentation and tasty flavor with a focus on plant foods.

Walking Challenge

Today's Workout

Today's workout is a 15-minute aerobics routine.

When you think of "fun" activities, exercise may not be the first (or second, or third) thing on your list. This month, we're going to change that, with help from aerobics. For decades, people have turned to the cardio exercise as an enjoyable way to burn calories, strengthen muscles and improve heart health.

But just because aerobics is an enjoyable cardio activity doesn't mean it's not a tough workout! Aerobics is a low-impact movement that improves your endurance and mobility, increases flexibility and can help you lose weight, if that's one of your goals.

And this month's routines are just what we all need to combat the stress of the holiday season and make exercise something we actually look forward to.

Get Stephanie Mansour's aerobics playlist on Spotify .

Download your workout calendar here.

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Your Meal Plan

Today's Plan

Adding black beans to the chicken in these stuffed peppers helps you eat more plant foods and boost your fiber and antioxidant intake while reducing your meat consumption. That's a win-win. Serve this meal over brown rice from frozen or batch cooked earlier in the week to save time. Once you cut into the cooked pepper, everything will come together to form a delicious, balanced meal.

Breakfast: Breakfast Snack Plate

Lunch: Pesto Salmon Salad Pita with Raw Veggies

Dinner: Chicken Fajita Stuffed Peppers

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I'm working out and not losing weight. Am I doing something wrong?

So many of Stephanie Mansour's clients become discouraged when they don't see the scale start to move after committing to a workout routine. And it's common for people in our Start TODAY Facebook community to feel down about not seeing weight-loss results even though they've been fully committed to our monthly workout plans.

Those feelings of frustration can lead some people to give up entirely — or to abandon one approach for another without giving the first one enough time to "work." That's why it is so crucial to keep the numbers on the scale in perspective and to understand all the factors that go into weight loss. (That's why we encourage people to look for "non-scale victories" to measure progress, rather than focusing on the number on the scale!)

If you aren't seeing the results you're hoping for, look at your routine and see if one of these things may be hindering your progress.

16 reasons why you're working out and not losing weight.

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