Showing posts with label weight loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight loss. Show all posts
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Getting fit on the farm
So, I know I'm usually sitting in front of the computer writing, and I know I need to exercise more. Before I moved to the farm, I belonged to a gym in Norfolk and worked out almost daily. It included circuit training and I usually logged some time on the treadmill while I was there.
Now you'd think since I live out here in the middle of nowhere that I could go for a walk anywhere at any time. Well, I did during the summer, but now that winter's cold is at its strongest, I dread going outside to get the mail, let alone going for a walk. Our east/west road is coated in ice. The north/south minimum maintenance road is muddy. I would like a treadmill. I know I would use it!
But yesterday, my parents and I joined the local hospital's wellness effort. We received a pedometer, water bottle, and other fun stuff to chart our number of steps. Now yesterday was not such a good day for my pedometer. I put it on before leaving the hospital, went to Norfolk and ran a few errands and went to work, and then came home. And I logged....250 steps. That's like 1/10 of a mile. Today's been better so far. I've walked laps in the house and have a good start on it.
We also decided that we would join the weight loss challenge. I know it would help me if I would eat breakfast, but I'm never really hungry in the morning. I realize that breakfast jump starts your metabolism. I just read an article on MSNBC about eating small meals ever three hours. So today, I ate breakfast. And guess what. I feel tired. But I'm not hungry and I've been drinking a lot of water, so it's a good start. I weighed myself this morning - pre-breakfast - and the scale registered two pounds lighter than it did yesterday. It's a start.
Now you'd think since I live out here in the middle of nowhere that I could go for a walk anywhere at any time. Well, I did during the summer, but now that winter's cold is at its strongest, I dread going outside to get the mail, let alone going for a walk. Our east/west road is coated in ice. The north/south minimum maintenance road is muddy. I would like a treadmill. I know I would use it!
But yesterday, my parents and I joined the local hospital's wellness effort. We received a pedometer, water bottle, and other fun stuff to chart our number of steps. Now yesterday was not such a good day for my pedometer. I put it on before leaving the hospital, went to Norfolk and ran a few errands and went to work, and then came home. And I logged....250 steps. That's like 1/10 of a mile. Today's been better so far. I've walked laps in the house and have a good start on it.
We also decided that we would join the weight loss challenge. I know it would help me if I would eat breakfast, but I'm never really hungry in the morning. I realize that breakfast jump starts your metabolism. I just read an article on MSNBC about eating small meals ever three hours. So today, I ate breakfast. And guess what. I feel tired. But I'm not hungry and I've been drinking a lot of water, so it's a good start. I weighed myself this morning - pre-breakfast - and the scale registered two pounds lighter than it did yesterday. It's a start.
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