improve my fitness

Hmmmm.

Basically I have two aspects of fitness: food and exercise. Being a bit of a dichotomous thinker, I can’t eat badly and exercise a lot, or eat well but do no exercise; the two have to be balanced so I’m doing well in both areas.

This leads to two critical points:

1. The first is with food- there comes a point when cravings for sweet things make me want to tip right over the edge and go completely over the top on them rather than just eat them in moderation. Of course, if I end up sucumbing and act on that, then the whole healthy routine is annhilated as soon as the first taste of sugar reaches my bloodstream.

(On a positive note, I just overcame one of those very same critical points recently, see the eat healthier goal.)

2. The second critical point usually kicks in about two months or so after exercising everyday. Almost all of a sudden I realise how much slimmer and fitter I am and begin to increase the level of resistance or intensity at the gym, and then also all of a sudden, it seems like I’m not making progess quickly enough. I start to worry that my current workout isn’t intense enough and that I won’t continue losing weight.

However, I have to remind myself that

• Losing weight isn’t my only goal, increasing all-round fitness and muscle tone is.

• Compared to 3 months ago I’m literally doing 90% more exercise. Something is waaay better than nothing.

• Working out everyday for 35-50 mins is quite an intense plan anyway. It makes sense that I’m going to feel tired sometimes or have days when I don’t fancy going to the gym!

• Change happens incrementally and has already occurred very quickly. When I was less healthy I wouldn’t check my weight for 3 weeks- it’s only because I’ve become so focussed on my fitness that I expect results in a week.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I hope to offset the anxiety about critical point number 2.

Yesterday I went on a hill walk (1115 ft) and really enjoyed it. The steep climb at the beginning was really hard-going but it was a great experience. This morning I really didn’t want to get down to the gym because my legs still felt tired from the walk and also today is Sunday, the alleged day of REST! I made it down there however and really suprised myself. I’ve only been going to the gym with any regularity for a month and already I can run faster and for much longer. I’ve also upped the reistance level on the arm rower and the bike too.

It’s a good feeling!

When I left college in May, I weighed about 12.5 stone (79 kg). I just weighed myself this morning and am just over 11 stone (71 kg)

Yay! The hard work is paying off!

With the next two months of summer before me, and Uni beckoning to me beyond that, I’m putting myself on an exercise schedule.

I could do with losing about 6 kilos give or take so I’m doing 30-45 mins of cardio a day at the gym. Any days when it’s not possible to go I walk briskly for an hour and do some yoga stretches, so I think that’s pretty reasonable. I know that really I should be doing some resistance training as well as the cardio but I don’t really feel comfortable doing that at my gym- I never know whether I am using the equipment properly, and if I ask they usually give me too much info all at once and I forget.

My aim is really to try and lose 4 kilos in 2 months and notice some improvements in endurance etc, whilst also feeling healthier and fitter.

if i get to move out to the second house (see moving out goal), then i wil have to cycle 5-6miles to work without passing out…
TO THE GYM!

I’m now on my 6th day of using the Wii Fit and I still have a long way to go to get my fitness anything like decent, but it is progress, so I’m pleased that I’m keeping up the habit. It’s also a great way of charting weight loss, if you’re trying to lose weight at the same time, as it records your BMI when you do the body test every day.

we got it for fun with a skateboarding game and I have my doubts about the whole improved fitness thing.

But for the last couple of afternoons I’ve done an hours excercise with it. Mostly the yoga and muscular excercises because my goal is to build muscle mass as opposed to lose weight. Not that I want to be a bodybuilder, lol. Just stronger and fitter.

And girls really aren’t built for press-ups are they? Wow am I ever struggling with those, lol. But I’m gonna keep going with it :D

Until the last few years I had always been very fit and active but it seems like one day I just stopped.
I decided that I want that feeling and energy back.
As the first stage I joined one of my local leisure centres today and tomorrow I am going to book gym inductions for me and my sister.
Whoop!!!

can any of you tell me exactly how many hours are the ideal for exerciseing per day.
i have just finished my school year, and my friends still have some more exams, so i have lots of free time so i figure i’ll get a great bod for new year

By the end of this summer, my fitness shall have increased. When, in what respect, by what means and how much?