Friday, May 26, 2006

Fitness Challenge Part II

Well it has been nearly two weeks since I threw myself into my fitness programme. And I must admit I am very happy with the results. I have been using www.calorieking.com.au to track my daily intake to ensure I am controlling my fats/proteins/carbs balance, this tool is amazing.

Sunday week ago I sat down with my friend Marty and we read Jillian Michael's book (biggest loser, trainer...) and we decided to give her formula a go... well it works wonders. To date in a week I have lost 3kgs and quite a few cms off the waist, bust and hips! Last week was really a dry run to see how many times I went to the gym, how many calories I needed per day etc. I decided this week to work out the exercise for the entire week, work out the extra calories and divide them up for my week... THEN I will have to stick to the exercise plan as I have been eating the daily input. Brilliant. I worked out that I can add 3478calories a WEEK with my training... this involved: 3x weight training hr sessions 3x 20min cardio sessions, 4x bodyjam classes and an hr swim. It is Friday and I have managed to do ALL the classes/sessions and I am feeling great.

Went to physio last night to get the knees checked out and all is going well. Still have to do my stretches and keep the VMO working to keep my kneecap inline. I have them strapped today, so all ready for a workout tomorrow! They are launching a new bodyjam class, so am tres excited about that. Looking forward to a big swim on sunday and then I might duck down to Westfield to see those lovely chinese massage guys!