Hundred Day Head Start Diet, fitness, exercise, and weight loss

Walked 20 minutes. My back SEIZED up 5 minutes in and I had to keep stopping to stretch. Did ab exercises for 10 minutes when I got home, since the back pain is always a sign of a weak core for me. ...

My cousin is, over at Just My Drama Life. She's promised to post a "before" picture, so I'm posting this to hold her accountable. She has her family lined up to support her with eating and exercise. That's such a huge part of any diet, because your family are the people that will be most ...

So, here we are. The move is complete, but I’ve still got some cleaning to do around here. Whaddya think? Like the new digs? So, I’ll be finished getting the structure of everything I want this site to be in a few days. But, I’m ready to rock and roll – my exercise motivation is back, I ...

Ok, we’ll start with the health stuff first: I’ll be starting back walking tonight. Day 1/100 Woot! I still have soreness in the ankle in the morning, and when I get tired in the evening, but I’ve been exercising it lightly using exercise bands I bought at Wal-mart for $20. I’ve also been playing with my new ...

The first 10 days there was no improvement – none. The last few days, though, big time improvements. I can bear weight and climb up stairs. Can’t go down stairs yet, though – can’t bear that much weight. It’s still painful, but manageable. The big challenge now is to not do too much. I’ve been researching how ...

I’m still out of commission, but I came across a solid article from Dr. Sheri about exercise for kids. It mirrors my own thoughts on getting my kids moving throughout the week. Here’s an excerpt of her suggestions: Additional suggestions to get your kids moving more:# Whenever your kids have ten free minutes, encourage them to ...

I underestimated just how much the pain of my injuries would take out of me. In addition to the ankle, I have road-rash on both knees and elbows, both elbows are swollen, and my ribs are bruised. All that from one fall, if you can believe it. Being forty years old sucks. I just couldn’t do any ...

Now that the walking is out for the next 3 to 6 weeks, I need to come up with other hundred day head start challenges. Because that’s the POINT of all this, isn’t it? Not waiting until after some event or date to get started improving my health? There are still things I can do. For ...

I made it 13 days in a row, and missed yesterday. I spent the afternoon mowing and dehydrated myself. I suppose I could count the mowing as my exercise, but it was a riding mower. ;-( How did I dehydrate myself? I mowed the whole lawn in first gear. Super-slow. I was ticked off at the ...

So, last night, my walk was around downtown, still dressed in my work clothes, at around 8 p.m. after it had cooled a bit from the 92 degrees F we’d had a few hours earlier. But, I did it. I’ll probably do it again tonight, if it isn’t raining. If it is, I’ll have to wait ...