After posting my first article yesterday, I talked to a couple of friends, and one of them led me to sparkpages.com, a site that was designed to be used by people trying to get fit. I signed up over there, entered my weight goals, and started using the fitness and nutrition trackers. That was step one, keeping an eye on whats going into my body.
Step two, I dusted off my old pedometer and started keeping track of how many calories I was burning throughout my day. I started counting at about nine o'clock last night, and by midnight I had burned about 90. I am looking forward to seeing what a full day will bring.
Step three, eating better. Normally I am not a breakfast guy, I don't feel like eating when I wake up. Starting out this morning, I woke up, went downstairs and made myself some oatmeal and toast. When I finish writing this, I am going to go make myself a light lunch, a sandwich and some fruit.
Step 4: Exercise. I have not turned into a hard corps gym rat or a dedicated runner, not yet, not over night. My baby step here, I went for a walk before bed last night. I walked about a mile and a half in 20 minutes. This morning after I ate my breakfast I walked a little over two miles. I am going to work up to running this time so it doesn't hurt my bad knee as much and so I don't give up.
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