Hello everyone,
Sorry I haven't been posting like I promised I would. I've been in a slump with being sick and being lazy with my own exercise routine. But I'm back to being healthy and back to living a healthy lifestyle but still learning and improving, and this means more frequent posts. (part of my New Years resolution).
I have made some pretty good progress with losing weight. As some of you may know I started at 328 pounds and weighed in yesterday at 300.7! Slow progress but slowly is a healthier way than losing a ton of weight really quickly just to gain it back in 2-3 months after stopping. For those of you that made New Years resolutions to lose weight or live a healthier life I want to wish you luck and hope you stick to those resolutions. It can be a lot of work depending on exactly what your goal is but as long as you stick with it you will get there.As for me I've been modifying my plans and routines as I go and will give you feedback and advice based on what I discover and hope it can help you with your goals.
This week I'm implementing 3 new parts to my routine. So a quick recap for what I do right now for exercises: I work out at the YMCA doing stationary biking, walking on the treadmill, and weight training exercises. This week I am adding something that I found on pinterest.Its simple and easy to do. You take Popsicle sticks and write exercises that take 10 minutes or less on them. Mine included: xx push ups, xx sit ups, xx flutter kicks, xx weight exercises, xx jumping jacks, some much time jogging in place, and flexibility exercises. You put them all in a cup and when you have 10 minutes to spare pull one out and complete the exercise and put it in the done cup. I have 33 to do and plan on completing it each week. Its easy to do and simple to fit in a busy schedule.
Another part that I am adding to my routine is 30 minute work out dvds. I picked up 30 minute slim down fat burner and 30 minute slim down body sculpt from the dollar tree. My plan is to do each one once a week to throw in some variation into my routine. Along with these my wife got me a personal coach game for our Wii that customizes plans to fit into your schedule and bases your plan on your current fitness level after the initial test and what you want to accomplish.
The last part that I'm introducing is a calorie and fitness journal. So far I have only been using Noom a fitness app on my android but I feel it is better to put it in black and white because it will seem more realistic than a screen on my phone. So that's a long post and will save more for my next post. Good luck to everyone on your resolutions and hope if you have advice you'll leave links and comments for myself and others to read so we all can achieve healthier lifestyles.
Jeff
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Sunday, November 11, 2012
The Start
Hello everyone,
So I know its been over a week since my last post but I promise not to go into a long rant of a blog like last time. As most parts of recording weight lose and tracking progress I am finally putting up my before pictures. Warning they are not good looking pictures so be warned.
I know there is a long ways to go but I have been making pretty good progress with my life changes.
One thing that I noticed from the picture is my posture. As crazy as it may sound posture plays a major role in how your body handles the weight and can exaggerate in appearance. From the application 101 Easy Ways to Lose weight one of the tips is by using good posture and pulling your stomach towards your back at all times throughout the day can help you lose 1 inch off of your waist in 1-2 weeks. The reason this happens is because it works your ab muscles. This working of the ab muscles helps tighten your stomach and giving you a leaner look. It may not actually make you lose weight but it will help in appearance and give you more confidence in what your working towards. With this added confidence it makes you want to work more and stick to your goals making long term effects.
The main key that I have found just from these photos is by looking at them daily makes me want to work harder because I don't like what I see in these photos. I'm sure you can all agree looking at this is not a pleasant sight. But I'm am going to wrap up this blog with a preview of tomorrows blog. Tomorrow I'm branching off of my last post by talking about toxins in your body. The post will talk about what the definition of body toxins are and how to get rid of those toxins and what they are found in.
Talk to you soon,
Jeff
So I know its been over a week since my last post but I promise not to go into a long rant of a blog like last time. As most parts of recording weight lose and tracking progress I am finally putting up my before pictures. Warning they are not good looking pictures so be warned.I know there is a long ways to go but I have been making pretty good progress with my life changes.
One thing that I noticed from the picture is my posture. As crazy as it may sound posture plays a major role in how your body handles the weight and can exaggerate in appearance. From the application 101 Easy Ways to Lose weight one of the tips is by using good posture and pulling your stomach towards your back at all times throughout the day can help you lose 1 inch off of your waist in 1-2 weeks. The reason this happens is because it works your ab muscles. This working of the ab muscles helps tighten your stomach and giving you a leaner look. It may not actually make you lose weight but it will help in appearance and give you more confidence in what your working towards. With this added confidence it makes you want to work more and stick to your goals making long term effects.
The main key that I have found just from these photos is by looking at them daily makes me want to work harder because I don't like what I see in these photos. I'm sure you can all agree looking at this is not a pleasant sight. But I'm am going to wrap up this blog with a preview of tomorrows blog. Tomorrow I'm branching off of my last post by talking about toxins in your body. The post will talk about what the definition of body toxins are and how to get rid of those toxins and what they are found in.Talk to you soon,
Jeff
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Check-in and catchup
Hello everyone,
Since I haven't had some new posts for a while, due to how busy I've been this week, this will be a bit of a longer post and will introduce some of the topics I will expand on in my next post.
To start, my check in. I now weigh 313 pounds and have lost 2 inches off of my waist! Sad part is I lost a half inch off of my neck too so body fat wise no progress to the APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test) standards. Meaning, more work to be made.
Second, some of the information I will be putting is this blog is from 101 Easy Ways to Lose Weight and Weight Loss for Men. Those are 2 applications I found in the android play store.
Now, some important details about water in your daily routine. In the morning a nice glass of cold water will help wake you up and alert your body to start motor functions throughout the day. As we all know, water takes up space in your stomach, so it is a good idea to drink a full glass of water before each meal to fill up space without stuffing your face. Also to help fill you up without filling you out is to drink a glass of water during your meal. I like the idea of taking a sip after each bit so its equal portions of food and water giving you a nice full feeling. Another things that I figure is true (sorry no proof to my theory) is that most people add salt and other seasoning to their food so drinking water during your meal will help your body flush out all the extra, unneeded seasonings your body has troubles digesting. More on water will follow in my next post.
Now onto the importance of your meal timing. We all live busy lives and rarely think of how important it can be to eat around the same time each day. If you develop a routine eating schedule it will help you keep bodily regularity that helps from a bold up junk in your digestive track. This build up prevents your body from absorbing the good nutrients through the digestive process. This can prevent your body from delivering very important nutrients to your blood stream and to the other organs in your body. The biggest thing with all of this is starting your day off on the right track.The best thing you can do for your body is to eat within 1 hour of waking up. The reason this is so important is because it will energize your body by replenishing what has been burnt throughout your night of sleeping. Starting off your day with an energized body will keep you going for your long day and if all goes well, you will get home from work and have ambition to workout. An important note about breakfast, don't wake up and grab a sugar filled donut , pop tart, or any other sugary filled food. I will elaborate why in my next post.
Leading off of breakfast, I want to take about coffee. Most people grab a nice cup of coffee in the morning for that caffeine jolt or because it is routine. I read some troubling details about coffee I never thought of and makes me worried about my coffee habit. To start, the beginning of the coffee making process. When coffee is a plant it is treated with pesticides and other chemicals much like the other foods we eat, depending on where it is from and how it is processed. Those pesticides and chemicals can interfere with your body in many different ways that we may not even realize is happening. The next part is the preparation of your coffee in the morning. Are you adding creamer and sugar? If so; you're setting up your body for failure later in the day. You're leading your body to a sugar crash and messing with your brain receptors. In the process of interfering with your brain receptors you're causing your adrenal glands to either slow down- leading to weight gain later on, or causing them( the adrenal glands) to go into over drive. Over drive can lead to adrenal failure (so can slowing them down) and other side effects. The adrenal gland is essential in our bodies to keep your body going at a consistent pace throughout our days. The last thing I'll mention with coffee, is that it can lead to ritual eating. When you have coffee there's usually a certain food your grab for. Whats yours? For most people it's a donut, danish, or some other sugary goodie and we all know where that leads. It is easy for little things like that become bad habits and don't realize it until someone points it out to us.
To conclude this blog I'll here are the links to 2 of my Pinterest boards:( Click on the titles below and they will send you there)
There are some really good things I have found and repined, and would like to share them with you. I update on pinterest pretty frequently and am usually amazed on some of the things I find on there.
Til next time,
Jeffrey
Since I haven't had some new posts for a while, due to how busy I've been this week, this will be a bit of a longer post and will introduce some of the topics I will expand on in my next post.
To start, my check in. I now weigh 313 pounds and have lost 2 inches off of my waist! Sad part is I lost a half inch off of my neck too so body fat wise no progress to the APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test) standards. Meaning, more work to be made.
Second, some of the information I will be putting is this blog is from 101 Easy Ways to Lose Weight and Weight Loss for Men. Those are 2 applications I found in the android play store.
Now, some important details about water in your daily routine. In the morning a nice glass of cold water will help wake you up and alert your body to start motor functions throughout the day. As we all know, water takes up space in your stomach, so it is a good idea to drink a full glass of water before each meal to fill up space without stuffing your face. Also to help fill you up without filling you out is to drink a glass of water during your meal. I like the idea of taking a sip after each bit so its equal portions of food and water giving you a nice full feeling. Another things that I figure is true (sorry no proof to my theory) is that most people add salt and other seasoning to their food so drinking water during your meal will help your body flush out all the extra, unneeded seasonings your body has troubles digesting. More on water will follow in my next post.
Now onto the importance of your meal timing. We all live busy lives and rarely think of how important it can be to eat around the same time each day. If you develop a routine eating schedule it will help you keep bodily regularity that helps from a bold up junk in your digestive track. This build up prevents your body from absorbing the good nutrients through the digestive process. This can prevent your body from delivering very important nutrients to your blood stream and to the other organs in your body. The biggest thing with all of this is starting your day off on the right track.The best thing you can do for your body is to eat within 1 hour of waking up. The reason this is so important is because it will energize your body by replenishing what has been burnt throughout your night of sleeping. Starting off your day with an energized body will keep you going for your long day and if all goes well, you will get home from work and have ambition to workout. An important note about breakfast, don't wake up and grab a sugar filled donut , pop tart, or any other sugary filled food. I will elaborate why in my next post.
Leading off of breakfast, I want to take about coffee. Most people grab a nice cup of coffee in the morning for that caffeine jolt or because it is routine. I read some troubling details about coffee I never thought of and makes me worried about my coffee habit. To start, the beginning of the coffee making process. When coffee is a plant it is treated with pesticides and other chemicals much like the other foods we eat, depending on where it is from and how it is processed. Those pesticides and chemicals can interfere with your body in many different ways that we may not even realize is happening. The next part is the preparation of your coffee in the morning. Are you adding creamer and sugar? If so; you're setting up your body for failure later in the day. You're leading your body to a sugar crash and messing with your brain receptors. In the process of interfering with your brain receptors you're causing your adrenal glands to either slow down- leading to weight gain later on, or causing them( the adrenal glands) to go into over drive. Over drive can lead to adrenal failure (so can slowing them down) and other side effects. The adrenal gland is essential in our bodies to keep your body going at a consistent pace throughout our days. The last thing I'll mention with coffee, is that it can lead to ritual eating. When you have coffee there's usually a certain food your grab for. Whats yours? For most people it's a donut, danish, or some other sugary goodie and we all know where that leads. It is easy for little things like that become bad habits and don't realize it until someone points it out to us.
To conclude this blog I'll here are the links to 2 of my Pinterest boards:( Click on the titles below and they will send you there)
There are some really good things I have found and repined, and would like to share them with you. I update on pinterest pretty frequently and am usually amazed on some of the things I find on there.
Til next time,
Jeffrey
Sunday, October 14, 2012
My Journey
I am starting this blog to mark my weight loss journey. I will post about what has worked for me and what hasn't as well as talk about the outside support I've been given from friends and family. I will post different work out routines I have tried as well as different recipes that either I have made or my lovely beautiful wife has made for me. Furthermore, I will share the benefit of having a work out buddy, whether it is a friend or just a cute four legged dog. I will be using noom and other smart phone applications to help me and will talk about how they are beneficial to my weight loss goal. So let the weight loss journey begin.
Jeffrey
Jeffrey
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