I got my Fat % scale... don't know if I mentioned that in my last blog... but yes, it came in and I was so excited to see what it would tell me. My body fat percentage is MUCH higher than it should be or than I thought it to be... although seems very realistic. Just like my weight I prefer to not tell you all the exact number, but when I wright my weigh in blogs I will now not only include my weight, but my body fat % as well.
As for my food intake these last few days.... since I have so much to catch up on I will just clue you in... With my new workouts I am burning about 3200 - 3300 calories per day every day .. at least during the week, obviously more on weekends cause I am not stuck at a desk. I have still been aiming to consume around 2000 calories for a deficit of at least 1000 every day :) Now I have found a new snack that would be healthy for me if I limited my intake of it and that is whole grain tostitos with shredded cheese on top, but with a snack such as that it is very difficult to accurately measure your calories... difficult yes, but impossible no so I slacked there and it may affect me on the scale, but live and learn :)
Exercise - as mentioned above I have been doing the TJ 5 days a week and this is week two. Also yesterday at lunch I went out for a little stroll and at night I am doing some serious cleaning some nights and others... well just relaxing hehe On the weekend I went to the market and did a lot of walking there.. so I am def getting my exercise in for sure! :) FINALLY ;) hehe
My Bodybugg has been doing some amazing things for me... see before I had this nifty device I would go on websites or to books to tell me how many calories I was burning. I would input my height, weight, sex, etc. etc. and tell the computer that I did oh I don't know like 30 mins of brisk walking, medium intensity (I used to use fitday.com or fatsecret.com for this) and the computer would usually tell me a number like 400 calories burned... when in all reality I will put my bodybugg on and do that same exercise and I only burnt about 210 calories.... Same with the treadmills... a lot of the nicer treadmills tell you how many calories you are burning. A treadmill would tell me I was reaching 400 calories burnt and my bodybugg would tell me 190. YOU CANNOT TRUST THE WEBSITES, BOOKS, OR WORKOUT MACHINES TO TELL YOU HOW MANY CALORIES YOU ARE BURNING.... Nothing is as accurate as a clinical setting and Bodybugg's technology has been proved to me the next best thing. Anyone that is serious about losing weight I would HIGHLY recommend one of these... There are other alternatives too, knockoffs so to speak that are cheaper! :) Everyone generally speaking overestimates how many calories they burn on a regular basis and this tends to be worse with people who are in a lower weight range. The bigger you are, the more calories you burn. Now these sites and other things are very helpful when you dont have something else to tell you how many calories you are burning, but you cant treat them as gospel and you must know that they are FAR from accurate! Just wanted to share that with everyone and throw a little Bodybugg plug out there ;)
Weigh in is tomorrow... I hope to see a loss in my body fat % at least, but the weight too would be EXCELLENT :P hehe Regardless... I am feeling better, feeling healthier and I AM DOING THIS :) I am doing this slowly, healthy, and learning along the way and I am happy and proud of myself for this :)
Have a great day everyone!
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