If you are just tuning in, I’ve decided to tackle my New Year resolutions head on this year. The first step will be to stay on top of the ones that are year round. With that in mind, I’m going to report my exercise activity weekly to hopefully motivate myself to move my booty.
Exercise Breakdown
Here’s what I’ve been shooting for – I will work out (walk, jog, run, play an active sport, etc.) 30 minutes or more at least 3 times every week. My diet is important, but constantly focusing on food is a bit stressful and has me thinking about food all of the time. But beyond that, I also would like to tone my upper arms and my stomach at least a little bit. So I will try to maintain a balanced diet, and concentrate on activity instead. To boil down my weekly goals:
- Walk or do the equivalent at least 3 times a week.
- Start or end that work out with 10 pushups and 10 situps. Move that up as they become easier.
- Concentrate on portion control but go back on Weight Watchers if I start gaining any extra pounds. This means I will be weighing in weekly as well.
- If I’m following my own rules, I should be able to lose 15 pounds by September 1, 2013 (weigh in at 150 or less).
Week 1 Update
- I walked for at least 30 minutes on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- I participated in our bowling league Thursday.
- I did 20 pushups on Wednesday.
- I did 20 situps on Wednesday.
- My portion control was a bit off, but I ate lots of vegetables along with my normal bad stuff…
Summary So Far
Weight
- December 31, 2012 – 165.2 pounds.
- January 13, 2012 – 165.4 pounds.
- Total Difference – 0.2 pounds up
Exercise Sessions Completed
- January 2013 – 3
Next Week’s Goals
- Actually hit 30 situps and pushups this coming week.
- Walk at least 4 times.
- Monitor my weight. If it goes up at all again, I’ll be getting back to Weight Watchers.
If you have anything you’d like to tackle this year, please join on in!
Crystal, do you by chance have a Wii? I have been using the Wii Fit Plus nearly daily this month to try to lose the 19 pounds I want to lose in 2013 (6 of which I gained over Christmas… grrrr). So far I have lost 5 pounds and it has actually been fun!
If you have a Wii, I highly suggest checking out the Wii Fit Plus.
Good for you that you are doing this challenge! Most people don’t even try. But, trying leads to results and most just need to give it a shot. Exercising is insurance for your overall health so you are doing the right thing for sure.
Check out http://www.myfitnesspal.com. Has helped me a lot.
Wish we lived a little closer. We’d walk a lot more.
I walked a mile 4/7 of past days.
I am doing 20 of everything but push ups, it hurts my wrist.
Started re-arranging my house to put all my exercise stuff in one area.
The rain and cold messed up a lot of my walks, but I finished them, yay.
I actually turned on the xbox, set up a profile, and beat up a lot of walls, sort of kept up with that drill sergeant guy. My daughter did much better than I.
I lost a pound, lol, but at my weight level that could have been water loss.
I was sick as could be a couple weeks ago and lost 6 pounds and I haven’t gained that back yet, so I am feeling pretty good.
Good luck and have fun. Smiling and laughing while trying to imitate virtual guy on xbox had me feeling pretty good.
Sounds like a decent start. I have been using our Wii fit more and while it isn’t strenuous exercise it is still exercise!
Finding an exercise you can do regularly is so important for weight and stress control. My 5:30 AM workout class is also an excellent place to catch up on girl talk and gossip, the only place I allow myself to do that.
@Denise, I do indeed have a Wii and we just hooked it up last week again.
I need to get out our original Wii Fit and see what I can do…
@Jerry, thank you!
@Double A, thanks for the suggestion!
@ODWO, totally!
@retired, yay for your progress so far! Good luck!
@Lance, I will be looking into getting our Wii Fit going tomorrow…
@Kim, 5:30am only exists to me if I’ve stayed up that late, lol. But congrats on finding what works for you!
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