sadamski's Fitness Profile

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  UNIT 8 Comments

  Remember that life is always about balance. Try to avoid being too hard on yourself and continue working on the things you do have control of, such as your food intake. Also, as you learned from our discussions, keeping active doesn't always mean going to the gym and doing the traditinal exercises... just taking the stairs or walking the long way around are little things that add up in your caloric burn. Good luck with your fitness adventures. We are always here if you need anything! :)

  Posted over 3 years ago by HealthyBee

  
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  UNIT 7 Comments

  You've done a great job logging your food and exercises last week. See if you can find additional motivation by getting some ideas in the forums on "how to stay motivated" :)

  Posted over 3 years ago by HealthyBee

  
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  UNIT 6 Comments

  Staying motivated is certainly challenging. Since you say that you could use a little more support, instead of getting people to come with you at the gym - try and engage those people that will help you stay accountable. Keeping up with a daily routine will ultimately keep you positive! Hang in there and try to see if you can get back on track, even though class is technically over. Find a way to keep in touch with the Students/Motivators you have already met in DailyBurn. :)

  Posted over 3 years ago by HealthyBee

  
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  UNIT 5 Comments

  You have a handful of workouts that you have created under you custom workouts. In this unit, you were asked to put some of them into a comprehensive program (which helps to log which days you are to perform these exercises and what the overall goal of the program is). In looking at all your sessions, it's difficult for me to tell if you are doing all of these on the same day? or two strength-days in a row? Etc. However, if you look at each one individually, it seems you have selected exercises that will keep your strength training routine fairly balanced. My one question is why you chose to do 2 reps per set? For instance 2 curls w/ 10 lb weight... I'm not entirely sure if this will achieve the results you are looking for. If you want to stay with low reps (under 5) then you may want to increase your weight. If you want to tone your muscles without adding bulk, you may want to increase your reps to above 15 and reduce the load to about 3 or 5 lb weights. Just some thoughts...

  Posted over 3 years ago by HealthyBee

  
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  Unit 8

  A) From tracking my food on a regular basis, I learned that some foods you can perceive as healthy aren’t actually healthy. Snacking can be a terrible decision. There are so many calories and carbohydrates out there hiding in snacks. If you want to lose weight, it is a very wise decision to use a website like this. It puts all the nutrition facts in your face and makes you accountable for them. B) I think if I was more dedicated to an exercise plan, it would have been more beneficial. When I work out, I usually just do cardio. C) Yes, the food tracker was very helpful. When I input what I ate for breakfast and lunch, it gave me an idea of where I needed to be for dinner. D) I think I took on a little too much when I enrolled for this class. I have so much going on in my life right now and taking a class that required me to work out was a little ambitious. I wish I would have tried harder and made more time for working out.

  Posted over 3 years ago by sadamski