Get Fit Challenge 2013

Week 3

I won’t tell you that it has not been a struggle.  I am using MyFitnessPal to keep a food journal and record the low impact exercise that I am doing.  If I were physically able to do high impact exercise, I would, but unfortunately I can’t.  I find this very frustrating as one of my fitness goals is to improve my muscle tone.  I am in it for the long haul, so I am hopeful that my overall health improves to the point where I am able to do weight lifting and higher impact exercise.  If you’re on MyFitnessPal, my username is WaterRollsUphill (surprise).

Regarding: Calorie counting.  My Fitness Pal set my caloric intake at 1260 calories a day.  I was miserable at this level and had hunger pangs.  I have chosen to instead using My Fitness Pal as a food diary and to keep my portion sizes in check.  I have found that I am averaging 1500-1700 calories a day and am within the healthy weight loss range of about 2 pounds per week.  I am drinking a lot of water and have cut my Diet Coke intake way down, of which I am fairly proud.

So far, I am down 5.4 pounds total.  I have 14.6 pounds left to my original goal of 145, which is the weight at which I feel my body functions well.

Get fit challenge 1/20/13 weigh in

Supplements I am taking: sub-lingual B12, prenatal vitamin, and D drops.  We are out of cod liver oil, and awaiting delivery.

If you don’t belong to a gym and running isn’t your thing, check out FitSugar.  Fitsugar is free and has a wide variety of fitness videos at all levels of difficulty.  Fitsugar videos.  I have pinned a variety on Pinterest that I want to do eventually.

I’ve been working out in my new clothes from PVBody (clicking through provides a 20% off coupon!).  If you don’t have a group of buddies to get fit with, consider joining PVBody’s 30 Day Challenge.  By signing up for their challenge, you are also given access to workouts, healthy eating tips, and support from others getting fit.

Disclosure:  I am no longer a PVBody affiliate as of 3/7/13.