Over the past six months I have been working very hard to be a healthier person. I have been watching my diet and working out. All of this work has really paid off for me and I lost about 10 lbs. When I went on vacation to visit my friends and family in Oregon, several people asked me what I had been doing to lose weight. So I thought this would be a good time to start this blog and let you all in on my secrets. Well, they aren't really secrets, but it is what has worked for me. Keep in mind that all of our bodies are different and will respond differently to workouts and diet. This blog will also help keep me on track with staying healthy, working out and eating right.
One of the first things I want to share with you is my watch. It is the Mio Classic Select Petite. Here is the website so you can check them out.
My husband bought me this watch for Christmas after I asked him if there was a device that could help me figure out how many calories that I was burning during an aerobics class. I figured that I knew how many calories that I burned when I used the elliptical or the treadmill since it gives you the calories burned. I quickly learned with my new watch that the numbers on the treadmill are not accurate for my body. I actually only burn about half of what the machine was saying. In other words, I thought I was working out hard and burning 400 calories, when I was really only burning 200 calories. The problem with this is when you are trying to track your calories in and out you need to have accurate data. With this watch, I was able to program in my age, weight and resting heart rate. When I work out I turn the counter on the watch on and while I am working out I take my heart rate periodically. The watch then tells me how many calories I have burned. This has been great for me. I find that I can go through the motions without putting much into it. So I thought I was working out and doing a good job, but I was not pushing myself enough. The other thing that you can do with this watch is enter your daily calorie goal and then when you eat something you just enter the calories into the watch. When you workout, the calories burned are subtracted from your daily total. As the day progresses you can keep on track by seeing how many calories you have consumed. I really believe this has been a huge help to me in my weight loss efforts. I find the watch very easy to use and you can take it everywhere with you. I've never been very good with a food diary so for me the ease of entering the calories into the watch was great.
Please feel free to comment on this blog whenever you want. I am happy to answer questions and give any feedback I can. In future posts, I will be sharing some of my daily workouts with you and my diet ideas. My goal is to eat in moderation. I try to keep this in mind and not ban foods from my diet, but we have to learn how to eat in appropriate portions. More on that later. Good luck with getting healthy (and losing weight)!
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