Get off the Couch!

Go Excercise! And if your going to Eat, Eat right

Ok does that cake look yummy or what.  It was my daughters 13th B-day on the 8th and we happen to remember she wanted an ice cream cake. We went to TCBY and got a yogurt cake instead.  Much lower in calories and less sugar and fat free yogurt.  TCBY is a great place to pick up a sweet snack but only after you are able to Exercise for the day.  Check this link for seeing how many calories you are burning during any given exercise you do. Fitness Calculators are very helpful as a motivator to see what you can accomplish in such a short amount of exercise.  Go to it and remember to have fun.    

Good Nutrition and early morning workouts!

It's Saturday 6:30 A.M. and my honey is leaving for an 18 mile run OUCH!  I am reminded how important it is to have proper nutrition in our day to be able to both lose weight and keep a good energy level.  Our bodies can be funny, if you eat to much you gain weight and if you eat to little you can gain weight because your body goes into "Crisis" mode and grabs onto anything you eat and stores it as fat.  A good starting point to know what your caloric needs for the day is your BMR, or Basal Metabolic Rate, or the amount of energy burned if you stayed in bed all day, click on the link above and you can calculate your BMR with activity level and see what your starting point is.  The next step it to track what you eat in a typical day.  You might be surprised at not just how much you eat but what is in the items you are eating.  Making sure you have a good balanced diet is key in this next step.  I like "Spark People" it is a free website that allows you a track your daily intake and it has an area to track your workouts as well.  Start with those two and let me know what you come up with after a few days.  Till next time.