I've made a lot of noise recently about my pedometer, about giving you a pedometer and about YOU getting your own pedometer. Previously if you had asked me I would have said that fitness devices were a waste of time, but I have come to appreciate them as I set daily goals for my work out (currenly I am mostly walking and jogging - I change my routine every few months so my body doesn't get used to one routine and stop Dropping It).
Over time I have become a firm believer in setting definite goals in terms of weight loss, meals and yes, daily work out. Initially, when I started setting my daily work out goals, I found it really difficult to track. I had goals like ... walk for 45mins; jog from this point to this point... you know? I was really blind and my results showed this - it was hit or miss.
Then I got my first pedometer, and I could track the number of steps I had taken, I could track calories burnt, distance overed. Needless to say I was encouraged to beat my previous performance, set goals and push myself to the next level (that's how I started jogging - previously I just walked briskly). It really has been fun!
If I could give anyone any advice for the coming year, it would be this...get a fitness tracker. The humble but trusty pedometer is actully just the first rung on the ladder of fitness trackers. I am aspiring to get a FitBit Flex in the new year (another story for another day). Yes, this is me on the right showing you the number of steps I took in my 30minute morning walk/jog on Tuesday.
In a previous post I put up an infographic to spur us on, so we set BIG WALKING GOALS; I'll insert it here again.
I believe that one of the major reasons I put on so much weight (160+kg) was that I lead a very sedentary life. If I knew then what I know now...oh! But there is no room for looking back - it's upwards and onwards, right?
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I find that jogging hurts my knees, have you ever experienced it? I also would like your take on Clean 9 and other weight loss products that claim you can drop 10kg in 9 days! Have you ever tried it?
ReplyDeleteBabe, I feel you about the jogging and knees bit! Maybe because of our mutual experience in school I HATED jogging, and found every excuse not to...including the asthma excuse. I only just realised that what many of us call jogging is actually (slow) running. It took me months of brisk walking, now I jog effortlessly. My trick I guess is pacing myself and breathing properly (think nose not mouth). If I'd advice, don't jump into jogging for now. Just walk. As you keep walking, increase your pace, and distance. After a while you will find that as you ramp up your pace you naturally transit to an even clip when jogging. That's what happened for me. And nothing hurts. As we say ...jeje (aka easy does it)
DeleteAbout the 'miracle' products...hmmm, boy have I ingested so,e junk. I achieved some weight loss no doubt, I put on more than I lost after I got off my miracle plans. That's why I've chosen to change my lifestyle...Eat healthy, exercise etc. It may be longer to get results, but the results are more sustainable. Plus many miracle products actually can complicate your health I've found...nutrient deficiencies, side effects, toxicity of the chemicals being harmful to the human body in the long run. I started with weight loss pills from secondary school...form 2!!! I keep wondering if they contributed to me becoming morbidly obese??? With what I know now, I will stick to a healthy lifestyle.
Finally, I don't think any medical practitioner would advice us to take anything that would make us drop 10kg in less than 2 weeks. That much weight loss will be harmful. I think I read somewhere that the 'safe' range is like 1.5kg per week is 3kg in 2 weeks. Hope my rambling made sense?
Made a lot of sense, i have never tried any quick fix diet or product cos ia part of me always told me "if it took u thos long to gain the weight then dont expect it to drop off magically".
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