It's been a long long time since my last post in my prior diary, so I thought I'd just start up a new one.
I decided to start eating a healthier menu and exercise at the beginning of the year, not because of a new years resolution, but because of a cruise that I was going on and because I was tired of eating the junk food and having the sluggish feelings etc.
So as of Jan 1, 2008, I was around 174 lbs (a result of the crap and overeating during the holidays) and my husband and I began a joint effort of getting into shape and eating healthy. during the month of January, I, along with the hubs, began changing our eating habits and physical activity. We began walking/jogging/sprinting, bike riding, abdominal workouts and weight training with dumbells and our bowflex. There were about 3 days total in January when we weren't doing something physical.
As of Feb 1, I was 164.4 lbs and was leaving for my 10 day long vacation. 4 night cruise to the Bahamas as well as the remainder of the time in Daytona. During the vacation, I knew it was going to be hard to stick watching fats, sat fats, trans fats, poly and mono fats as well as calories etc, (since I wasn't cooking the meals) but we worked hard sharing meals and desserts as well as walking a lot and even working out in the fitness center of the resort and on the cruise ship.
This morning was my first morning home, and you know I was elated when I hopped on the scale to see 164.4 lbs as my weight. The exact same number as the day we left for the cruise.. YAY!!
So, here I am continuing my journey, and thought I'd try to share again with you guys. I'm still in school, so it will make things more difficult, but hopefully will also keep me busy. (5 more classes to my bachelors degree).
On the Cruise, I had a Body Composition Analysis and was informed of my body fat %, lean muscle mass as well as fat, water and water retention. I hope to have another body composition analysis in a few months to let me know of my progress.
I started out walking in January 3 miles and then worked my way up to 4-4.5 miles and even once walked/jogged 5.4 miles. Since Friday, I began jogging at 5.5-5.9mph and jogged a mile without stopping, and 1.4 miles Saturday. I am very excited about the changes I am seeing with me physically as well as emotionally and overall fitness.
I am wearing a pedometer that keeps up with my progress for 7 days and will be also using this to work towards a goal of 13,250 steps daily. Additionally, my husband and I are looking into joining a local fitness center versus using only our bowflex as long as the cost will work with our budget.
Edited to add.. my BCA said that my BMR is 1579 and that -that was a good number because women my age should be between 1400 and 1800.. so that puts me pretty much in the middle. So I guess in order to lose weight my eating plus my exercise should somehow equal about 300 calories less than consumed daily.. I think. sigh.. there are so many things to think about.
I decided to start eating a healthier menu and exercise at the beginning of the year, not because of a new years resolution, but because of a cruise that I was going on and because I was tired of eating the junk food and having the sluggish feelings etc.
So as of Jan 1, 2008, I was around 174 lbs (a result of the crap and overeating during the holidays) and my husband and I began a joint effort of getting into shape and eating healthy. during the month of January, I, along with the hubs, began changing our eating habits and physical activity. We began walking/jogging/sprinting, bike riding, abdominal workouts and weight training with dumbells and our bowflex. There were about 3 days total in January when we weren't doing something physical.
As of Feb 1, I was 164.4 lbs and was leaving for my 10 day long vacation. 4 night cruise to the Bahamas as well as the remainder of the time in Daytona. During the vacation, I knew it was going to be hard to stick watching fats, sat fats, trans fats, poly and mono fats as well as calories etc, (since I wasn't cooking the meals) but we worked hard sharing meals and desserts as well as walking a lot and even working out in the fitness center of the resort and on the cruise ship.
This morning was my first morning home, and you know I was elated when I hopped on the scale to see 164.4 lbs as my weight. The exact same number as the day we left for the cruise.. YAY!!
So, here I am continuing my journey, and thought I'd try to share again with you guys. I'm still in school, so it will make things more difficult, but hopefully will also keep me busy. (5 more classes to my bachelors degree).
On the Cruise, I had a Body Composition Analysis and was informed of my body fat %, lean muscle mass as well as fat, water and water retention. I hope to have another body composition analysis in a few months to let me know of my progress.
I started out walking in January 3 miles and then worked my way up to 4-4.5 miles and even once walked/jogged 5.4 miles. Since Friday, I began jogging at 5.5-5.9mph and jogged a mile without stopping, and 1.4 miles Saturday. I am very excited about the changes I am seeing with me physically as well as emotionally and overall fitness.
I am wearing a pedometer that keeps up with my progress for 7 days and will be also using this to work towards a goal of 13,250 steps daily. Additionally, my husband and I are looking into joining a local fitness center versus using only our bowflex as long as the cost will work with our budget.
Edited to add.. my BCA said that my BMR is 1579 and that -that was a good number because women my age should be between 1400 and 1800.. so that puts me pretty much in the middle. So I guess in order to lose weight my eating plus my exercise should somehow equal about 300 calories less than consumed daily.. I think. sigh.. there are so many things to think about.
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