Zippygirl Runs

The results from the health assessment last week were pretty good.  Iron was low (of course), cholesterol was 163 (slightly higher than I like it– I want it to be about 140), blood pressure was 120/69, and non-fasting blood sugar was 84. I just wish I could get my weight under control.

Weigh-in: 195.6, up 1.6 from when I started the plan.  The plan was pretty easy to stick with throughout the week, but I dropped it on the weekend.  It’s possible the gain is from the spaghetti I ate last night and the working out that I did (muscles filling with water blah blah blah.)  I’m giving [...]

I have much to write about after this week’s fitness assessment, but I haven’t had a minute.  I will try to get it posted in a few hours.

This time, I know I’m going to succeed.  I think I’m putting into place all the right tools: information about nutrition from Fitday, eDiets, and (hopefully) the wellness classes; dance classes to keep me motivated, and memberships to the Y in my home city and the campus rec center half an hour away, so I’m [...]

In the category of bad idea:  go to the Y and do 50 minutes of cardio.  Then find out it’s your school’s ice skating night at the rink and skate for an hour and a half.  Then go to your already scheduled bellydance class.  I am exhausted!  I was so tired last night that I didn’t even [...]

My treadmill is more broken than I thought. It probably needs an entire back cap, but we’re going to try a temporary fix. However, I cannot use it today. So, I am going to go to the Y and use the machines there. I’ll probably go on the elliptical until it gets to be too [...]

I just joined eDiets.  I’m going to compare it to WeightWatchers online, to which I still subscribe, even though I’m thinking of canceling.  I hope eDiets has a better selection of healthy recipes. So far, eDiets has really annoyed me with about 20 “special offer” screens to get through before finalizing my order.  If this [...]

I’m pretty happy with today’s weigh-in: 194.  Although it was .3 pounds heavier than last week’s, I’m happy it wasn’t more, and I’m happy that it’s giving me a better idea of where my metabolism is.  Since I have gained about .3 while eating an average of 1600 calories a day, I can see I [...]

Yesterday, I was so proud of myself when I went to the grocery store.  I was hungry, but all I wanted was healthy food.  Yay!  So, I bought a lot of fruits and veggies. Today, though, when I went out with my friends after work, I got there a bit late. I ordered after everyone [...]

I’ve decided January and February are for base-building as far as workouts go.  So, I’ll be doing Cathe’s Pure Strength series, along with Zumba, bellydancing, walking, and wogging (walk-jogging.) The more tag hides boring details about the poundage I used.