Journal #4

I exercised again today! Only 50 minutes this time, but that is more than fine with me as I am sore from yesterday.


I did the first video twice (ouch!), the second video once (thought I didn't do the last couple of minutes as my brother rocked up at my house), and the last video once - yep, it's the back one from yesterday! I made my brother do the back one with me and he just managed to make it through!

I'm looking forward to being even sorer tomorrow! 

Journal #3

At last I've exercised! I'm over feeling unenergetic and easily tired.


Yesterday (Wednesday) I did a solid hour of exercise, and today I am sore all over! Yay! 


This is what I did - each video once (I tried to do the cardio one - the last one shown here - twice but needed to stop half way through the second time):

The Plan for Febuary

I've done day one and it took all of one minute. Who wants to join me?

Anatomy of Walking

Some of the benefits of walking.

Found on Pinterest.

Hmm Yes...

Turns out that I don't feel like posting on my "health" blog when I'm feeling bloated and fat. 

Also, I've been at the top end of my "happy to weigh this much" range for a couple of weeks now and it's starting to bug me a bit.

I need to start bushwalking again! Back in January we were going on a bushwalk every weekend, and I lost three or four kilos in a month while eating about three times as much as I usually do! I can't afford to be fit! Food costs will skyrocket! 

Actually, my husband wants to start bushwalking again soon, and today I realised that if we bushwalk once a week starting next week, by Christmas time I'll be ravenous all the time, which means that I'll be able to eat HEAPS over Christmas! Talk about excellent motivation!

One things that I have been noticing a lot this past week is my posture. It's quite bad when I'm sitting on the computer and I want to start working on improving it - I don't want to be one of those old ladies who is hunched right over.

And that's all from me for the time being! Hopefully next time I right it will be a bit more positive =)

Giant Box of Fat and Sugar

Totally worth it.

80-10-10

I was reading this post the other day, and thought it was pretty interesting. I decided to make a note of it over here so it's easy for me to find in the future.

Post: It's okay not to work out, right?

(By Cassey Ho)

Some bits which stood out:

"Did you know that the way you look is based on: 80% DIET, 10% EXERCISE, and 10% GENETICS"

"It all goes back to what you put into your body and how many calories you are consuming and burning at the end of the day. You need to fuel it correctly to have great energy. Now what you do with that great energy depends on you…if you want to workout and you’ve consumed a ton of protein then muscle building and lean physique is what you’ll get. You can use the energy to study or work late into the night..."

"...being lean is not JUST ABOUT working out, it’s 80% diet."

"You still do need to get moving for heart health, to prevent muscle loss, and to build bone strength. I know most of us reading this probably are thinking about bikinis not bone strength, but at the BARE MINIMUM please workout at least 2-3x a week (even if it is 30 min) to keep your body in check. Think of a car. You gotta use it once in a while or else the engine won’t even start!"

"Even if you eat clean and you eat “too many good foods”, you’ll still gain weight. So workout to burn some calories and feel good about it."