Weigh-In: 255.6 lbs (-1.4 lbs)
Review: The last two weeks have been up and down in terms of my food choices and exercise (or lack thereof). I did some honest-but-difficult-to-swallow assessments of my lack-of-exercising-lifestyle because I want the reality of my situation to hit me as hard as possible.
What is worse than Sedentary? That is probably what I fit into right now! I put on my trusty pedometer and “followed myself around” for the week. My shockingly low numbers ranged from 668 steps to 4442 steps per day.
668?!?!?! I am beyond embarrassed about that. The good thing in this I can’t do much worse than that! My goal is to clock 10,000 steps per day this year.
If I did nothing else to change my lifestyle, walking 10,000 steps a day will have a significant impact. Here are some of the things I can look forward to:
* 10,000 steps (for me, 4.16 miles which I figured out here) would help me burn 374 calories per day. According to this, you burn about 35 calories per mile for every 100 lbs that you weigh. I can expect to burn .75 lbs a week or 38.9 lbs per year!
* Improved mood, stronger heart and better blood circulation.
* According to this site, I can expect increased muscle tone, boosted metabolism, ease stress, raise energy levels, and improve sleep. Ah, blissful sleep.
While my goal for this year of 1 lb per week (52 lbs for 2011) is higher than what I estimate losing by simply walking 10,000 steps per day (38.9 lbs), it is definitely a step in the right direction!