How to Style Hair, Be a Mom and Fit in Every Day Exercise
Today I went to a new hair stylist. As you know, there is always a lot of social chitchat when you are having your hair cut and colored. This was no exception with my new friend Amy, who like me is passionate about every day exercise.
We discovered that we were both interested in weight loss through a healthy diet and exercise. We discussed our individual approaches and took note of each others’ successes.
Amy is overweight and she needs to lose around 20 pounds. As a mom with two teenage kids she has a busy schedule. She says that her first goal was to set and maintain a regular every day exercise routine.
I was really impressed to hear how she has rearranged her very full work hours. She now allows time for every day exercise. She tells me that she is serious about reclaiming her wedding day body and health.
Interestingly Amy wears a portable heart rate monitor on her wrist when she walks and jogs. This is something I haven’t thought to do. My faithful pedometer is one way of telling me whether I walk far enough but in order to get cardiac fitness it is essential that I walk at a pace that is approximately 1.3 times my regular heart rate.
To develop a normal heart rate of 70 beats per minute, you need to increase this to around 90-100 beats per minute. This elevates your heart rate sufficiently to increase you are your cardio- vascular fitness and helps you lose weight. Both of us were aiming for this as part of our every day exercise.
The other thing I learned from Amy was how important social support is in her program. She exercises with a girlfriend and they keep each other motivated. They have (non-eating) rewards for reaching goals that are part of their every day exercise and they have enlisted friends and family as their ’support group’ to enquire about their progress and encourage them to continue.
I know that every day exercise can get a little dreary and you need to know whether you are making any gains so it is essential that you actually chart your progress. This can be either for changes in body shape or reduction in the circumference of various parts of your body for example your butt, your waist, or your upper arms, or your chest.
The danger with charting is that some people do it too frequently and become discouraged when they do not make sufficient gains. Another danger is that some people chart at the wrong time. Always measure your weight at the same time each morning not in the afternoon or evening when there is greater fluid retention or when you have been eating.
So now, like busy Amy, I am using different instruments to objectively monitor the impact of my exercise. I regularly chart of all aspects of my progress, include suitable rewards for each goal I reach and I have others in my life who my encourage my every day exercise while I move towards a healthier body and happier life.
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