April 20th's Results
The scale reads: 148 lbs. (Digital Scale) Goal: 127 lbs.
Other aerobic activities:
Other aerobic activities:
- None - still recuperating from the inflamed/tender business
Yesterday's Results
The scale reads: 146 lbs. (Digital Scale) Goal: 127 lbs.
The awesome pedometer reads: 10606 steps (4882 aerobic steps for 54 minutes), 4.18 mi., 333 calories
Other aerobic activities:
The awesome pedometer reads: 10606 steps (4882 aerobic steps for 54 minutes), 4.18 mi., 333 calories
Other aerobic activities:
- Cheryl Burke's Disco Abs - I will Survive Cardio (30 minutes)
My motivators to get me back on track.
I'm literally starting off on the right foot. My inflamed right arch is no longer searing in pain and I'm ready to get back into the groove. The days of rest were rather productive on other ends. I got more stuff done for school, work, and the engineering orgs.
I was ecstatic about receiving my first subscribed issue of Shape. (I can't thank you enough, Susy!) I read a couple of pages and I was pumped about taking on another 5K walk that is associated with a good cause. Unfortunately, The Power Walk for Dress for Success, the one sponsored by Shape, is not organized in Texas! Too bad I won't be back in California until September. Now I'll have to find another 5K besides the Komen one in October to challenge me. There's Beach Palooza in September, but I'd like to participate in a 5K in the coming months.
Out of habit, I almost read the entire issue of Fitness the evening I received it. The most comforting bit of advice came towards the end of the issue: "Don't get discouraged if you haven't hit the 10,000 steps-a-day benchmark on your pedometer. Even reaching 3,000 steps five days a week will help you ward off diabetes."
At least I know I won't get diabetes.
Interesting enough, other useful tidbits in that issue of Fitness were on the same page.
At the top of the page, they talk about spending less time in front of a screen (limit it to 2 hours for recreational purposes!) because it's linked to increased cardiovascular disease and disruption of melatonin (the hormone that affects sleep-wake cycles). One fix for the melatonin problem: free software that adjusts the brightness of your computer display by the time of day to help your body maintain traditional sleep patterns.
On a sidebar, they talk about birth control. Apparently, any kind of contraceptive would decrease the risk of ovarian cancer by 40-65%. I'm a bit skeptical about the numbers, but the article reassured me that taking the Pill was good - so good that taking it for a decade or more provides the most protection. <Shrugs>
Overall, I'm very happy with the progress I made on day one of receiving all these fitness goodies.
Yay to receiving the first issue of that magazine. Always happy to pass along the discounts. :) Looks like you have quite an awesome bounty of fitness goods there.
ReplyDeleteHopefully you can find a suitable 5k in your neck of the woods to help keep the motivation up but seems like you're doing great on that front.
I, too, get discouraged by not meeting my intended goals, but it's good to know you at least are walking a good amount of steps, even if they aren't as many as you would like.