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Showing posts with label Fitness Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fitness Friday. Show all posts

Friday, May 22, 2009

Fitness Friday- Its Getting Hot In Here

"Its getting hot in here so take off all your clothes...."
I considered it last night. Hot flashes and 80 degree nights plus one very tight husband do not mix. Thankful (that wonderful wonderful man) is cleaning out our air conditionar as I'm typing this, in preperation of turning it on.
This weeks Fitness Friday is : How do you adapt your health and fitness routine for the changing season? I remember when we used to have spring. Anymore, though, we go right from cold to hot with very little mild in between. During the summer months I am way more likly to eat salads. Now that I'm changing my eating habbits, I've been eating them frequently anyway, so as not to starve to death. I've been good about drinking water for several years now. I gave up soda when I was having digestive issues. Seriously, soda is so bad for you. As for excersing- my plan has been to excersis inside. I have a walking in place video. You can walk a mile in 15 minutes. Its also very areobic. I haven't done it yet. I guess I need to just go one day at a time. I can commit myself to doing my video tomarrow morning. There I did it.



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Friday, May 15, 2009

Let The Torture Begin- Fitness Friday

Ms. Brenda @ The Family Revised does "Fitness Friday" and I guess this would be a good place to officially announce my new awareness of just how unhealthy I am. As I reported earlier this week I have high cholesterol. My doctor wants me to try a low fat diet to bring it down. I've been researching just what that means and I've come up with this rough draft of guidelines that I need to learn to follow:
  • FRIED IS BAD
  • Red meat in moderation
  • Cheese in moderation

I'm trying to focus on things that I can have. So here's a list of things that I will be consuming from now on:

  • Veggies and fruit (fresh, frozen, dried, canned)
  • Soy Milk
  • Low fat cheese
  • Egg whites
  • Chicken & Turkey
  • Tuna
  • Extra lean beef
  • Trans free reduced fat butter (in moderation)
  • Honey & Applesauce in baking instead of sugar and butter or oil
  • Nuts
  • Whole grains
  • Beans
  • Oatmeal
  • Flax seed
  • Soy nuts
  • Tea
  • Pomegranate juice and other 100% juices
  • Prunes
  • Pumpkin
  • Dark chocolate and cocoa
  • Water

Key words to remember:

  • Steamed
  • Broiled
  • Grilled
  • Baked
  • Low Fat
  • Reduced Fat
  • Fat Free
  • Low Sodium
  • Reduced Sugar
  • Antioxidants
  • Omega 3s
  • 30 min. of moderate exercise 5 days a week

Basically I have to be more aware of what I put in and I have to move more.

My goal for right now is just to continue to stick to my new eating habits and start exercising every day next week.

The theme for "Fitness Friday" today is What Are You Up Against. Well as I said I'm up against my high cholesterol. But also I'm battling my own DNA. My whole family, except for my brother, is or has been over weight. Eating is a social event for my family. I see in my future: my Grandfather's and mother's diabetes, my Grandfather's heart problems, my Grandmother's dementia, my mother's, aunt's, and uncle's sleep apnea, various failed attempts at surgical weight loss from all sides. That is, if I don't fight it right now. I have to fight it and beat it down. It will not win!

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