Courtney's Fitness Journal!

[bottleblack]

This journal is going to be my effort towards improving my overall actions towards health - I tend to be one of those people who absorbs tons of information about something but not always putting it into action. I read a lot about nutrition and fitness, but lately have been slacking on my eating habits and haven't had a really consistent excercise regimen since high school. Some of the initial goals I would like to achieve include:

• excercising more often and not making excuses, get over my group class anxieties and experience a variety of exercise
• drinking more water and weaning myself off of my wicked caffeine dependancy
• take my vitamin every day
• return to my previously more healthy way of eating and incorporate more fruits/veggies into my diet

And although my desired result is to lose weight and feel better about myself I think if I can achieve all of the goals I've laid out for myself everything will fall into place. Wish me luck!

 

[Vicky88]

Good luck Courtney! Can't wait to see more of your entries and how you get on with your goals.

 

[bottleblack]

Okay, did the elliptical for 30 minutes last Thursday, and again on Sunday - the first time I was just trying to get through it but the second I pushed myself harder at varying intervals and burned more calories and covered more distance in the same amount of time - I was so proud of myself! Going again tonight so we'll see how that goes. Still trying to hammer out a routine of what sort of weight excercises I should be doing, but I figure anything is better than what I had been doing before!

Also been doing much better about taking my vitamin and bringing healthy lunches to work instead of eating out!

 

[Janice]

Sweet! Sounds like progress to me, I'm trying to do something similar and you're already leagues ahead of me.

 

[Wattage]

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Originally Posted by bottleblack Also been doing much better about taking my vitamin and bringing healthy lunches to work instead of eating out!

Awesome!! I love packing a healthy lunch for work - makes me feel so much better!

Keep us posted!

 

[bottleblack]

Just a quick update - this past week I tagged along with a friend to a practice for my city's fledgling roller derby league. I haven't been on skates in 10 years and once I got the hang of it again I really felt it in my butt and legs! It was so much fun we went back on Saturday to skate! Although this won't replace my normal workout, it's a fun alternative and I'm definitely going to keep going!