First Monday Morning of 2010

The holidays are over and it's Monday morning - life that is!

It's the first Monday morning of the new year so what are you going to do in this new year?

Get healthier right? For many of us becoming healthier means making better food choices, exercising more, and the big one losing weight.

I saw the TV show The Doctors this morning and they talked about the resolutions they made last year and how they did achieving them. They did great, good and not so good, but the bottom line said was - it's a new year and you can start off again.

So share what you want to do for the new year here on Monday Morning Life.

I'll start with my new year resolution(s) -

1. I'm staying the course of my quest to be healthy by continuing to eat healthier, exercising and the big one for me is losing weight. I'm generally good on exercising, I slip often on eating healthier (ate Popeye's chicken nuggets and red beans and rice like it was some crack (LOL) often during the holidays).

I've got a big event in August to attend so August will be one of the check in dates. We have a fitness walk at my church April 17th so that will be another check in date. So I have check ins at 3 months and 8 months from now.

2. Get the "clutter" out of my house - bottom line!

It's all about community so share your goals for 2010 and check in often so we can support each other. To comment on a post you can be a member, but you don't have to be one. You can just -

Scroll to the bottom of the post you want to comment on and click on "comments"
Then a box will pop up with "Leave your comment"
Type in your comment
Then type in the word verification
Then under the "Choose an identity" section choose your identity
If you already have Google account you can log in as you do to that account, or
You can choose "Name/URL" - type in your name - first, first and last or any name you choose. You do not have to type in a URL just your name. I think the the Name/URL option is the best option to choose.
You can also choose "Anonymous" - unless you are just saying something way out there and you don't want anyone to know who you are, then I say why choose this option.

New Beginnings

Nothing to much happened to me today, but a new nephew was born into the world early this morning. Now I'm not a newborn baby person because I think they mostly look like "little rats", but this little one is absolutely beautiful. Baby Alexander (Alex) is really precious. Shout out to the parents and Grandma Stephanie.

I did walk around my condo complex for 30 minutes after dinner tonight. I got this exercise thing down. Did you exercise today?

Exercise Again

I attended the 8:30 AM Spin class this morning and I'm telling you it was harder to get up and go to this class than it was to go to the 6:00 AM class yesterday. But again the bottom line is - I did it - I went.

Have you exercised today yet? If not, then you have many more hours to do so.

Well my body is telling me it's tired, so tomorrow I'm not going to a class or working out with a trainer, but I will make sure I'm moving like walking more than being still.

Exercise Notes For the Day
This is from an article about Valerie Bertinelli (you know the 49 year old who posed in a bikini recently) in the November 2009 issue of Ladies Home Journal

"Her trainer had her walking up to 20,000 steps a day and she monitored every morsel on her way to a remarkable 123 pounds."

20,000 steps per day? Heck I'm trying to get to and be consistent with walking 10,000 steps per day.

The following about 10,000 steps a day is from this site: http://www.thewalkingsite.com/10000steps.html

10,000 STEPS A DAY
"10,000 steps a day - pedometer walking program, walking routine, beginning walking, beginner walker"
How many steps do you walk each day?

Maybe you have heard the recent guidelines about walking 10,000 steps per day. How far is 10,000 steps anyway? The average person's stride length is approximately 2.5 feet long. That means it takes just over 2,000 steps to walk one mile, and 10,000 steps is close to 5 miles.

A sedentary person may only average 1,000 to 3,000 steps a day. For these people adding steps has many health benefits. I have outlined the basic 10,000 steps program, but also added a commentary below.

A reasonable goal for most people is to increase average daily steps each week by 500 per day until you can easily average 10,000 per day. Example: If you currently average 3000 steps each day, your goal for week one is 3500 each day. Your week 2 goal is 4000 each day. Continue to increase each week and you should be averaging 10,000 steps by the end of 14 weeks.

Burn Those Calories

Exercise, exercise, exercise...as I said before Steph says never miss your exercise class and I didn't. I went to the 8:30 AM Spin class this morning and it was rough. By 9:00 I was ready to "throw the towel in", but I stay and finished the class. It was worth every minute I was there. My legs and heart are getting stronger (Spinning is a big time cardio workout) and I'm burning some major calories.

I found the following question out there in Internet land at: http://www.spinning.com/

How many calories will I burn in a Spinning class, and what is the approximate equivalent distance in road miles traveled?
The number of calories you'll burn depends on a number of factors, including your weight and the intensity at which you exercise. Research [Adobe PDF] indicates that on average, participants burn about 400–500 calories in a 40-minute workout. The "distance" traveled depends on cadence; however as an estimate, an average 40-minute class at a cadence of 80–110 rpm is equivalent to approximately 15–20 miles on the road.

Yes I burned some calories today, but check this out this was my 3rd class this week so I really burned some calories. What did you do this week?

Keep it Up

Nothing much to report today. I exercised and ate on the plan except for this evening I strayed, but it's all good. Did you exercise today?

Dust, Dust, Dust Everywhere

I was a dusting fool this morning. I mean I started and just couldn't stop. You see I saw dust had accumulated on my tissue holder on the counter in my bathroom and I was like, "Where did that come from?" I mean, I was like, "I dusted just a few days ago...Where is this stuff coming from?" So I just went at it - I dusted on top the fridge, on pictures on the wall, behind the TV...You name it I was dusting it. Then I ran the duster over my hardwood floors. Oh my gosh? I'm not a "nasty person", but you couldn't tell from the dust mop. Moral of the story dust, dust, dust is everywhere so do it often.

I'm just plugging along on my lifestyle journey...Or is that alone? What's going on with the eating and exercising?

Speaking of exercise I think my Spin teacher was possessed yesterday. We had the longest songs to Spin to; I hung in there, except I left before the last song played (okay I did 50 minutes of hard Spin I could miss one song). I left because I was going to meet my neighbors at the Mediterranean Grill - and it was good to. I'm going to Spin again today shortly. What can I say I like to hit it hard. No wait that's, I like to eat so I need to burn those calories. The real treat happens after Spin because I'm going to rush home eat a small meal, shower and then I'm going to have a massage at 9:00 PM - now that's the way to end the day.

Get to exercising.......................................

Today's my mother's 78th birthday. Happy Birthday Mama!