METs – more than just a crappy NY baseball team.

METS (Metabolic Equivalents) are used in Nintendo Wii to measure the intensity of an activity. Wii Fit gives the example that it it takes 1 MET to sit still, and 4 METs to go on a light walk, or to golf. According to American Heart Association guidelines, a MET is a ratio that compares a [...]

Wii Workout Wednesday

For various and sundry reasons I am not at liberty to discuss (unless you have level 12 security clearance from the government of Namibia), I had to forego using the elliptical Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Instead, I worked out some of my frustrations over a non-paying client, among other things stress by playing our [...]

8 cents, bre!

Today was a rainy, dreary, yucky January day. Since Goran and I work out of our home office, I get plenty of chances to look out the window while washing dishes, fixing food, or just wandering about taking a break from the computer. After a bla-bla day of work, I hit my blogs and Adsense [...]

Find the cute freckle

As I was making my Lean Cuisine Chicken Carbonara, (which I’m totally addicted to) for breakfast this … afternoon (hey, it’s Sunday), I spied the bowl I set out on the counter for dumping it into, once it finished cooking, and realized it’s the one with the ‘freckle’. When we first got this set of [...]

Day 5 – nice & easy – not my style!

Almost missed today – feeling frustrated with my quest to become an internet mega millionaire through various quests and didn’t really want to get off my bumkis to get on the elliptical. I did, though! After about 10 minutes in, I got a little too taken by the music on my iPod, and started working [...]

Weight loss – ‘Magic’ protein shake

Although I’m overweight, a big part of my challenge is consuming enough calories (without getting it from crappy food) to keep my body nourished. Your body needs at least 1200 calories per day for basic body functions – breathing, heart beat, all that good stuff.  That’s why if you go on a crazy grapefruit or [...]

I know it’s good for me, but I hate drinking water :(

I’m a “Propel” junkie, because I hate plain water. I add 1 packet of propel per 3 bottles of water.  For the record, because I like to consider myself a tree-hugger, I recycle the bottles by using them over and over until they’re reaching skunky (or the cats steal my lids…). I decided to try [...]

Day 4 – crunchy knees

Workout: Elliptical, 30 mins 1.95mi 100 cal* A bit of a rough start in the beginning of my workout. I just felt really tired and I just didn’t have the stamina I usually do at the beginning of a workout.  I think it may be because I hadn’t had very much water beforehand.  I usually [...]

Day 3 – a meeting with the scale

Day 3 of beating the crap out of my unhealthiness, and I hit the scales to see just where I’m at, so I can document some progress. Surprisingly I was at 219lbs. I have been drinking a lot more water (about 64oz/day), so maybe I’m losing a little water weight. I was thinking while I [...]

Day 2 of the Fak you 221 Marython.

Today I worked for 20 minutes on the elliptical, not much yet, but I’m still getting back on track. My heart rate was all the way up to 170 by the time I finished – higher than I know it should be at 38, but basically where it goes when I’m as out of shape [...]

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