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How To Evaluate Your Fitness Activity Level

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Post date March 17, 2016
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The first step you need to do is figure out what your activity level is and then figure out what your body can handle.

Unfortunately sometimes we see ourselves from years past and believe we can go do a cross fit routine or kettle bells program with no problems. This is unrealistic and dangerous.

Which level of activity best describes you – sedentary, moderate or high activity?

Evaluate And Increase Your Activity

Sedentary is someone who gets little to no exercise at all. The only time you move your body is to do errands or for your daily living activities.

To increase from sedentary to low intensity try one of these activities today:

Casual walking
Stretching
Tai Chi
Stability ball exercises
TRX – total body resistance exercises

Most of these could easily be incorporated into your daily life as a busy mom. Instead of sitting in a chair buy a stability ball and find exercise routines you like.

Do 20 minutes throughout the day broken up into 4 or 5 minute increments.

Moms, who are moderately active – exercise about two and a half hours a week usually to the point they are sweating a little.

Mowing lawns is considered moderate intensity, as well as biking on a flat surface.

Here is a list of some more moderate intensity workouts:

Yoga
Walking uphill or walking briskly
Boxing
Aqua aerobics
Dancing – Ballroom, Line or Square

When you are a high intensity exerciser – you break into a sweat within minutes of working out.

If you are also unable to hold a conversation because you are breathing too hard.

Types of high intensity activities include the following:

Jogging
Swimming laps
Hiking
Karate, Judo, Tae Kwon Do
Jumping Rope

You should know which one of these levels describe you and which one you want to make a goal to reach. Now you need to decide how you want to increase your activity.

Not everyone needs or wants to run a marathon to become active and healthier.

The key to a successful exercise plan is to find something that you enjoy and that you can fit into your life easily.

If you’ve been sedentary for a while you might want to choose walking. Walking is something most people are able to do very easily. Plus you can take the kids. Start out slow and make it a habit. Before long you’ll be able to walk a mile, then two.

Walking isn’t the only way to start exercising. Pick an activity you can ease into. That way you won’t become sore.
Plus you’ll be able to easily do the activity and you won’t get discouraged. Avoid discouragement at all costs when you first start your routine. This could lead to quitting before it becomes a habit.

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3 Simple to Use Food Journals For Busy Moms

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Post date March 16, 2016
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Writing in a food journal helps busy moms live a healthier life. One of the best methods to help you keep your healthy living goals is to write down what you eat, how much and how you feel after you’ve eaten. This will help establish patterns in your eating habits.

Are you eating because you are stressed or because you are actually hungry? Knowing the answers to these questions will help you determine a few things. You’ll discover the triggers that you have and that will help you work through them.

You’ll also be able to see when the last time you ate was and what food you had. If you had a salad for lunch and have been invited to dinner at a local restaurant – you’ll know how many calories you can have.

Food journals do not just keep count of your calories. They help in so many ways. They help you keep track of how much water you’ve had, so that you can keep your body hydrated. You’ll record how much produce you’ve eaten and other necessary information.

Here Are 3 Different Food Journals

Diet Fitness Journal: Your Personal Guide to Optimum Health (Diary, Exercise) (Little Black Journals)

You’ll like this food journal if you don’t want everyone knowing that it is a food journal. This book is made of a fake leather cover and doesn’t indicate it is for recording your food. It provides space to record food eaten, water intake, exercise you’ve done and vitamins you take.

They even provide a place to put a before and after picture. This comes in handy for motivation.

DIETMINDER Personal Food Fitness Journal (A Food and Exercise Diary)

The Dietminder Personal Food Journal has a place in the beginning to write all of your goals. This helps tremendously to remind yourself of your goals daily.

They have a place to record vital information like calories, protein, fat, water intake – as well as exercise. You’ll get 90 days of pages. The journal is small enough to carry in your purse.

BookFactory® Food Journal / Food Diary / Diet Journal Notebook

The BookFactory Food Journal is a pocket size book that is very convenient to carry around. You’ll get 60 days to record your information in.

They have space to record 5 meals (or 3 meals and 2 snacks), plus you check off your water intake throughout the day. At the bottom you can write about your daily exercise.

Using a food journal is a great way to know what you are eating. Most people overeat and they aren’t even aware of it. Recording what food you consume will help you eat the correct amount.

Writing in a journal also helps you keep up on the recommended amount of water that your body needs, as well as fruits and vegetables. When you start writing in a food journal it helps you focus on your fitness goals and keeps you committed in the long run.

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Smartphone Apps That Will Help With Your Weight Loss Goals

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Post date March 16, 2016
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Our society has started carrying our smartphones everywhere with us. Even going so far as to feel “naked” when we don’t have it with us. Well use that to your advantage when working towards a healthy lifestyle and getting fit.

There are apps that will help you pick exercise routines, know what your heartbeat is, count your steps, find healthier food options, track your calories and record all of your information – like weight.

This can help you get more active and know what is working and what isn’t. Most are easy to use and they are always with you, so you don’t lose them.

Some Great Healthy Fitness Apps

Here are 3 apps you might want to consider downloading and using on your smartphone:

Fooducate

Just getting started with your healthy eating and you’re not sure what you can have? Fooducate helps you figure it out quickly.

Scan a bar code and it will give you a score based on calories, amount of sugar and the technique they used to process the food.

This is an app that will help beginners figure out what they can eat.

Lose It!

Helps you track the food you eat, connect with friends to motivate you and is personal. This app will customize a weight loss plan just for you.

This is one of the best features because you don’t want a generic plan that anyone can use. Your body is different. Your weight loss plan should be unique to you. This app will help with that.

Answer a few questions and you are ready to use the app. It will help you lose weight and maintain it once you get to the weight loss goal you want.

My Fitness Pal

This app has the largest food database, so when you record your food intake it will automatically bring up all the information. You won’t have to enter in calories, fat and other pertinent information when you are recording your food.

This makes the app quicker than most, plus it is free.

My Fitness Pal remembers your favorite foods and you can add multiple items at once. Plus if you cook a lot it has a recipe importer.

Fitbit App

This is a bit of a different app as it is linked to the Fitbit wearable monitor. Even though the app is free the monitor is going to cost you at least $100.

There are many Fitbit products, the one that I use is the Fitbit Charge HR

The great thing about the app is that you can challenge people to see who can do the most steps in a day which makes that walking a little more competitive and less lonely

Of course there are also lots of other features like 24 hr per day heart rate monitoring, counting the number of floors you climb, how much you sleep and how good it is, as well as even syncing your calories and exercise with My Fitness Pal

As you can see you can find an app for anything. Find a health app that works for you and start using it regularly. Some have a trial version and a premium version – so be careful what you sign up for if you don’t want a monthly cost.

Apps help you to stay on track with your goals. Look at all of the pros and cons and decide which one is best based on your needs. Consider cost because you don’t want to eliminate an option because of the monthly fee especially if it could actually save you money in the long run.

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