Hello everybody!
Yes, Joice, it looks like none of us have been to this page in a long time. I can only hope that everybody else is making more progress than myself in the matter! My husband and I recently moved into a new apartment, and are slowly settling down- and since setting up the kitchen and organising it is also included in the slowly-settling-down bit- you can only imagine what that means!
But I'm back on track again (this time with a broken weighing machine!! What did I ever do wrong?!?!), and I do have a few things to share with the group.
First off, counting calories.
I found a great new application for my smartphone called MyFitnessPal. If you don't have a smartphone, you don't need to fret, because the good news is that MyFitnessPal is available on the internet too! Here is a screen shot of my login page:
This is a good way to keep track of the calories you've consumed on a daily basis, and if you're registering your calories after every meal like I mostly do, it's a great way to determine how much to eat for dinner to stay within your calorie bracket. For the last few days, I've been logging my daily diet record on the application; and what's REALLY great about it is that it has a database of over 750,000 foods with an accurate count of calories! What's EVEN BETTER is that if the food item that you've consumed is not on their database, you can re-create the recipe and it'll give you an item by item count of the calories that went into your meal :)
You can also make an exercise diary, which I think does not have as exhaustive a database as the diet diary does, but it has the essentials: walking, running, aerobics, yoga, etc.
Second update: Zumba.
We recently purchased a PS 3. Now we're not gaming freaks, but we got it to hook it up to Netflix to watch some of our fave movies. The store happened to have a Zumba party game and I tried it out two days in a row, and I gotta tell you... the 20 minute beginner workout is more challenging than I ever imagined!
For those not in the know, Zumba is a form of aerobics infused with Latin hip-and-booty-shakin' dance techniques. So you're basically getting a heavy aerobic workout and having fun at the same time!
I've always wanted to learn Zumba, and now I know that it's great fun too! I only wish I didn't have to do it alone though. Oh well, it's a start :)
So I'll be back with a weight update soon. As of the last time, my goal was set to losing at least 40 lbs (turns out I did put on quite a bit after the wedding! sniff sniff)... so let's see how I well I do once we get the weighing machine fixed.
Till then, take care!
