"Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles; they toughen and make strong." ~Norman Vincent Peale
I hope all of you that attended the weigh-in and were able to hear Ben Dehn talk to us about exercise enjoyed it. I know I did. One thing that stood out for me was that "if you believe you are working out/exercising, you do better." It is mind over matter. You have to "think" you are exercising.
Hmmmm... if you "think" about it that way, you would be strengthening your mind and your body!
Another thing that we learned was that according to the American College of Sports Medicine (acsm.org) we should be doing moderately intense exercising for 150 minutes a week, or approximately 30 minutes a day five days a week. This can be in the form of fast walking or other cardio type activity. Weight training is one of the safest forms there is.
Some of you asked how we figure the percentage for weight loss. This is to figure out the percentage of weight you have lost, not the percentage of weight you need to lose.
We will use my weight to show the calculations.
Take your new weight (258) and put two (2) zeros behind it (25800). Divide that by your starting weight (263)=98.1 (I rounded it up as was the rule in math when I went to school 100 years ago (I rounded that figure up, too!).
Next take the result, in my case 98.1 and subtract that from 100=1.9. That is your percentage. So I have lost 1.9%. Woo hoo!
On that note, I will end this post with this thought: remember that any problem that confronts us can make us stronger if we exercise our minds over it. It is not the problem, but how we respond to the problem that defines us.
Be good to yourself and to one another. It's a nice day, take a walk and enjoy it!
Karin
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