Tired is a word that can be used in so many different ways. You could be tired from lack of sleep, or you could be tired from working too hard. Which one do you most relate to?
Health Articles
Army Physical Fitness Standards – Back to Basics
Sharing my thoughts about using my experience with the Army Physical Fitness Test (AFPT) to measure my 2017...
2017 Weigh-In
194.8 is my starting point for 2017. This past year I hit 200 for the first time. My goal is 185 and to be much more...
A whole lot of green! 10,000 steps a day!
Eating better. Moving more. Excited to see this. I've doubled my activity level beginning in July to 10,000 steps a...
Diet Destruction $6.99
I've lost count in my life how many times this is been my dinner. It's so hard to say "no more."
Almost there. 10k steps a day
I've found that I definitely have to do something intentional in order to get 10,000 steps. Either some time on the...
Almost 9,000 steps by 10 AM!
I spent an hour this morning walking around downtown and through the mall. I multitasked and was able to make several...
Very positive success with controlling food choices and portions
By logging what I eat each day in my Fitbit app, it's created an awareness of the foolish things I was eating, as well...
I fell short on my daily step goal
A great start but it tapered off. My weekend activity is dramatically less. The rest of the week I spent my days...
Yay! 10k+ steps past three days
So far so good. Parking at the far end of every parking lot and doing laps in the mall at lunch add up!
Walking on treadmill for 30 minutes gives me 1.5 miles
Just a brisk walk. It will be interesting to see how I can build my speed and endurance up over the next month or two.
My treadmill before and after…
It sure makes it hard for me to get any exercise when I have six banker boxes stacked on top of my treadmill. I’m...
Pre-Prepped Protein
Bought some chicken breasts, fish, sausage, bacon and brats to broil/bake up and have ready to eat throughout the...
Now that’s more like it. Target heart rate.
220 minus your age x 80% = THR. This was at the very end of my 1.5 mile speed walk. I'm also going to log it after 10...
This is the kind of day I need to have to start losing weight
Day 1. More active. Less eating. And eating better. Drinking more water. 10,000 steps a day is a stretch from...
This is where I park now – back of the lot
Getting 10,000 steps a day isn’t easy. But I made myself a promise to park ‘far far away’ every chance I get.
My first fruit smoothie
This is my new snack. Goodbye chips, crackers and cookies. Banana, Strawberries, Pineapples and Orange juice meetup in...