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Body fat and getting to goal
I've been working on improving my health since Jan 2011. Friday I had my body fat, bmi, a bunch of other ##s. ran. I should say that in January of 2011 I weighed 262 lbs. Nov 2011 weight 174 (this is the lowest I've been since 1989) body fat 24 Friday Nov. 16, 2012 weight 176 body fat 26 My goal weight is 165 and body fat…
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My son
My 17 year old son ia freaking me out. For the past year and a half he has been a fitness nut. Nutrition has been hit and miss. He runs 4 to 5 miles a day--hasn't missed a day since June and only occasionally before that. He lifts 3 to 4 times a week We had a college visit on the 26th of October. He had hit his goal weight…
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Motivational Posters
I see so many clever, movitational sayings, pictures,one liners on here. I'd like to blow some of them up, put them in frames or laminate them for my home gym. Can anyone help me figure how to do this? Obviously I'm not the most computer savy person! Where are other people finding them? I've googled motivational posters…
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heart rate monitor
I just bought a NEW Balance Heart rate monitor and the directions are crap. I got the time and date set....now what? Do I just put the strap on and the "watch" on my wrist and start exercising? I wanted it to show calories that I'm burning and and my heart rate....which the packages says it will do....but I wore it last…
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Chosing my 'hard'
Losing weight is hard. Exercising is hard. Being fat is hard. Being unhealthy is hard. Right now, I'm struggling with journalling. I have no problem tracking my exercise. I'm proud of that and LOVE to see that on my log. But food--I'm finding it so hard to journal correctly. Either I'm not keeping track of portion size, or…
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nsv
I ran 6 miles today. In 70 minutes. Feeling very good. My weight may be stubborn...but my heart and my will are stonger!!!
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HRM resullts
Okay....I wore my HRM all day yesterday. I burned 4238 calories. exercise included running 30 minutes and hiking/walking 75 minutes. Pretty typical day for a weekend. Week days I might get 400 less exercise calories--ill have to wear it for a work day just to check. anyway.....that sounds like alot of calories. I try to…
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facing my stuff not stuffing my face
I've used this line several times...today I'm trying to work that line..... I'm home alone.. I've never liked being alone. I'm feeling sorry for myself and my plateau--stuck for about 5 weeks now... Tired of not being able to decide what to eat and going to a weight loss shake.... and just plain tired So...the idea came to…
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30 DAY PROGRESS
In the past 30 day, my weight has stayed the same, my body fat is up 0.75% and my BMI is down 1.3%. I still have 21 pounds to go to reach my goal..... I wonder waht to make of this. My Doctor said not to worry...keep doing what I'm doing. I've lost 76 pounds since 1/11/11...my numbers are all on the low end of healthy…
