Hi everyone,
Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope it will be informative and helpful and that you enjoy reading it.
Well I have been doing alot of reflecting lately, it my birthday today (July 24th) and I am 34. I met my hubby when I was 16 and we have always been very happy, however I have grown more and more broody and we really want to start a family. I know that at the moment I am far too unhealthy to carry a baby and HAVE to do something about it. So I joined my local gym last night and had an induction and some tests done and the results were pretty scary. I thought I would share with you all what they were - they are based on my age and also my height of 5' 10" and my weight of 21 stone (on the gym scales). I plan to have them done monthly to see how I am progressing:
Blood pressure: 150/70 (this is okay but I should aim to reduce it to 120/80)
Resting Heart Rate: 72 (the average is 70-80 and the lower the better)
VO 2 (my level of Fitness): 20 (this is very low and the average for me should be 33)
Body Fat: 50.5% (21-33% is the ideal range)
Visceral Fat (the fat around your major organs): 9 (this should be between 1-10 so I am doing okay as I am a pear shape!)
Skeletal Muscle (the muscle around your skeleton): 22.6% (Average female is 28%)
I was fascinated by these as I had never even heard of Skeletal Muscle or the VO 2, but they were really good to know and I aim to improve them all significantly. I had a plan written for me as well and it is 30 minutes of cardio work which will be the starting off with 5 minutes on the cross trainer and rowing machine and 10 minutes each on the bike and treadmill. Then 30 minutes of weight machines and I personally want to add in 50 sit ups as I know how effective they have been in the past for me. I will do them in 2 lots though, not all at once!! I will be doing this 3x a week for an hour each time.
Well I am off out for lunch now and then to the cinema for my birthday but will post regular updates about how I am doing and my weight loss.
Bye for now
xx
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