I was quite tickled to see my employer introduce a fitness challenge. In it you put together teams and everyone tracks the number of steps, minutes of exercise and percent of weight lost.
This comes at a really good time for me as it provides a kind of boost to get me going back downward in weight. I have been sitting on this plateau the past 2 to 3 months. I mean, its been a decent plateau in that while I haven't lost any weight my afctivity level has definitely improved. I'm very pleased at how I kept to the training for the 5k and all. I am getting out and playing tennis with Emily about once a week and I feel like my fitness level is way up from a couple months ago.
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Sadly I think I've let the increased activity become an excuse for getting sloppy with my diet. I haven't been terrible I don't believe but I do think I find myself thinking that okay, I ran 3 miles... its okay to cheat a little.
So, I'm pretty excited about the program at work because I think it gives me a sense of focus to look again at ALL aspects of my personal fitness. Week one has just passed and I walked 65,000 steps, exercised about 660 minutes and lost 4 pounds. Not a bad start but I want to do 70,000 steps a week.
So, there's something to shoot for next week eh?
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