So today being a rest day from exercise, I decided to go for a walk with the dogs and, at the same time, do a fitness test to give me a starting point. The fitness test I decided to is the Rockport Fitness Walking Test, where you walk 1 mile as fast as you can then as soon as you finish take your heart rate. This information along with your age, weight, the time it took to do the walk can be put into a calculation to work out your VO2 max.
What is VO2???? (Taken from google): VO2 max (also maximal oxygen consumption) is the maximum capacity of an individual's body to transport and use oxygen during exercise, which reflects the physical fitness of the individual. The name is derived from V - volume, O2 - oxygen, max - maximum.
The calculator I used to workout my VO2 can be found here.
My result is 38.77. Every month along with my photos and measurements I am also going to be doing this test to watch this number increase (hopefully!!)
Right, off to play some tennis on the Wii rather than sit on my bum watching TV for the evening :)
"it's not who you are that holds you back, but who you think you're not"
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Saturday, 7 January 2012
Friday, 6 January 2012
Days 2, 3 & 4
Ooh what a day!! It started off really great, with a early morning swimming session with Papa Patch. However it all went downhill from there, with a baby that decided that sleep is SOOOOO over-rated. Therefore a very grumpy baby, and a tired tired mummy. You don't know how close I was to driving down to the shops for chocolate, ice cream and anything deep friend I could find!! Instead, after I FINALLY got him to bed (and sleeping!) at 5.30pm, I decided to log into blogspot and lose myself in the blogging world for a bit. And I'm feeling much better now (might be helped by the fact that Papa Patch is cooking a yummy steak dinner as we speak!). Reading some of the blogs on here, and seeing how far some people have come, is so inspirational! Definitely recommended for those days when you need a little oomph!
Rewinding a little, days 2 & 3 were just as I had hoped. Eating has been kept within bounds (29 WW points) apart from lunch out yesterday with a friend, but that will be included in my weekly 49 points (for such treats). Tuesdays exercise was a boot camp at home with Papa Patch. We have an app on our iPhones that runs you through a bootcamp session (it even counts for you!) and is so much fun!! If any of you are interested, its simply called Bootcamp. Such a good tool for anyone who does their workouts at home!
Yesterdays exercise was a run/walk, with 2mins running to 3 mins walking. I had a total of 50 mins to do, which took me over a course of JUST under 7kms :) There were a few long hills involved which killed my legs, but man it felt good afterwards!!! Then we went for a walk around the lake with the dogs. Another 3.7kms. Which means my running total for my goal of traveling the North Island in a year is now at 17.65km!
For anyone who might be interested, Papa Patch has also started his own blog, detailing his weight loss journey etc. To check it out head to this link.
Gentle exercise day tomorrow, maybe some yoga. My body will thank me for it!!
TTFN
Rewinding a little, days 2 & 3 were just as I had hoped. Eating has been kept within bounds (29 WW points) apart from lunch out yesterday with a friend, but that will be included in my weekly 49 points (for such treats). Tuesdays exercise was a boot camp at home with Papa Patch. We have an app on our iPhones that runs you through a bootcamp session (it even counts for you!) and is so much fun!! If any of you are interested, its simply called Bootcamp. Such a good tool for anyone who does their workouts at home!
Yesterdays exercise was a run/walk, with 2mins running to 3 mins walking. I had a total of 50 mins to do, which took me over a course of JUST under 7kms :) There were a few long hills involved which killed my legs, but man it felt good afterwards!!! Then we went for a walk around the lake with the dogs. Another 3.7kms. Which means my running total for my goal of traveling the North Island in a year is now at 17.65km!
For anyone who might be interested, Papa Patch has also started his own blog, detailing his weight loss journey etc. To check it out head to this link.
Gentle exercise day tomorrow, maybe some yoga. My body will thank me for it!!
TTFN
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
A Starting Point
I got Papa Patch to take these of me just before. Gosh I hate photos of myself! But he said that I have to keep reminding myself that everyone has got to start somewhere, and this is my starting point.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Day 1 - Spring Chicks Challenge
Day 1 is officially over, and I've started off with a hiss and a roar!
I woke up this morning actually kind of dreading the effort I would have to put into preparing healthy meals. It seemed to much easier to keep eating all the crap we have had over christmas. But I knew I had to start as I meant to go on, and I knew it had to be today!!My eating today has been perfect. After the yogurt and fruit I'm about to have, I would have had 29 of my 29 weight watchers points, and have downed over 1.5 litres of water.
AND....my exercise has also started off well. I downloaded the couch to 10km app onto my phone and started at week 4, since I already have a little bit of fitness behind me. Today's workout was alternating 2 mins running with 3 mins walking eleven times. Which saw me travel over 7kms! A great start to my yearly goal of 829kms :)
So my goals for week 1 are simply.......start as I mean to go on. Track my food every day, drink atleast 1.5 litres of water and exercise 6 of 7 days (3 of them being runs). And post!!!
My weight and measurements have been done and recorded in the "My Progress" page. Pics will be posted tomorrow.
I hope all the other spring chicks have had a great 1st day as I have xx
I woke up this morning actually kind of dreading the effort I would have to put into preparing healthy meals. It seemed to much easier to keep eating all the crap we have had over christmas. But I knew I had to start as I meant to go on, and I knew it had to be today!!My eating today has been perfect. After the yogurt and fruit I'm about to have, I would have had 29 of my 29 weight watchers points, and have downed over 1.5 litres of water.
AND....my exercise has also started off well. I downloaded the couch to 10km app onto my phone and started at week 4, since I already have a little bit of fitness behind me. Today's workout was alternating 2 mins running with 3 mins walking eleven times. Which saw me travel over 7kms! A great start to my yearly goal of 829kms :)
So my goals for week 1 are simply.......start as I mean to go on. Track my food every day, drink atleast 1.5 litres of water and exercise 6 of 7 days (3 of them being runs). And post!!!
My weight and measurements have been done and recorded in the "My Progress" page. Pics will be posted tomorrow.
I hope all the other spring chicks have had a great 1st day as I have xx
Monday, 2 January 2012
A little more about me.....
So with the challenge starting tomorrow, I thought I would tell you a little more about me :)
I'm a 25 year old mum from New Zealand. My little man, who I will refer to as mini patch, is 6 months old today and hes the best thing that happened to me!!! He's the cruisest baby and is always making me smile. He wasn't a planned pregnancy, but papa patch and I wouldn't change him for the world :)
My unplanned pregnancy meant I had to put my accounting degree on hold for a year, but I will be returning to uni in March to do my last year. I can't wait for it to be done and out of the way. Apart from uni and my family, I love doing anything active and outside. I wish the New Zealand summer would hurry up and get here so that I can actually get outside and make the most of it.
Over the last year I've had some very testing times, including caring for my father and then losing him to bowel cancer in February, then being diagnosed with a tumour of the pituitary gland at 39 weeks pregnant in June. Luckily my little man was still able to arrive safely (with no harm to me) after an induction and then emergency c-section. Since then I have also been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and we are still trying to get the medication balance correct to help me deal with this.
I am very much looking forward to a new year with some good times ahead!! Today I have been through and reorganised all my workout music for my ipod and got my running training schedule sorted. From tomorrow I will be running 3x a week plus 3 other workouts of some sort and tracking my eating using the weight watchers program.
I know what I need to do to get to where I want to be, its the motivation and willpower I usually suffer on. I eat when I'm down or stressed (and its been a stressful year!), which makes me feel worse, which makes me eat more. A horrible vicious cycle. I'm looking forward to overcoming that demon.
Ooh and I've created a new goal for the year. I want to run/bike/walk the distance of the North Island of New Zealand, which is approx 800km. This means I will need to do an average of 15kms a week which I think is definitely do-able. I will add a new gadget down the side of the page to keep a track of this :)
Will post again tomorrow with all my starting stats etc for the challenge. Night all!
I'm a 25 year old mum from New Zealand. My little man, who I will refer to as mini patch, is 6 months old today and hes the best thing that happened to me!!! He's the cruisest baby and is always making me smile. He wasn't a planned pregnancy, but papa patch and I wouldn't change him for the world :)
Me, Papa Patch and Mini Patch
My unplanned pregnancy meant I had to put my accounting degree on hold for a year, but I will be returning to uni in March to do my last year. I can't wait for it to be done and out of the way. Apart from uni and my family, I love doing anything active and outside. I wish the New Zealand summer would hurry up and get here so that I can actually get outside and make the most of it.
Over the last year I've had some very testing times, including caring for my father and then losing him to bowel cancer in February, then being diagnosed with a tumour of the pituitary gland at 39 weeks pregnant in June. Luckily my little man was still able to arrive safely (with no harm to me) after an induction and then emergency c-section. Since then I have also been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and we are still trying to get the medication balance correct to help me deal with this.
I am very much looking forward to a new year with some good times ahead!! Today I have been through and reorganised all my workout music for my ipod and got my running training schedule sorted. From tomorrow I will be running 3x a week plus 3 other workouts of some sort and tracking my eating using the weight watchers program.
I know what I need to do to get to where I want to be, its the motivation and willpower I usually suffer on. I eat when I'm down or stressed (and its been a stressful year!), which makes me feel worse, which makes me eat more. A horrible vicious cycle. I'm looking forward to overcoming that demon.
Ooh and I've created a new goal for the year. I want to run/bike/walk the distance of the North Island of New Zealand, which is approx 800km. This means I will need to do an average of 15kms a week which I think is definitely do-able. I will add a new gadget down the side of the page to keep a track of this :)
Will post again tomorrow with all my starting stats etc for the challenge. Night all!
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