week one-Saturday-40 Sunday-60Monday- 40-Tue-30 Wed-School- ate too much today!! Thursday-meeting at work. made no time to work out. ate better, but not to healthy in the morning or dinner time.. will do better the next two days. Friday-i ate better, and also did some 100 yard dashes. Saturday- worked out for 40mins and have eaten well this weekend:)

5-4-08 Sunday-didnt work out ate- soso
5-5-08-Monday- worked out 60 mins. Didnt eat well.
5-6-08 Tue- Worked out -40 mins. ate a litle better.
5-7-08 Wed- last day of school- none
5-8-08 thursday- i worked out a little.
5-9-08 friday- didnt work out slacked
5-10-08 saturday-60 min
5-11-08 sunday- slacked..
5-12-08 monday- same as above
5-13-08 tue -slacked
5-14-08 wed worked out for 50 mins:) felt great.. but a little tired. should not have slacked:-( now ive learned my leason

So last week, i worked out from Friday- Wednsday, then this Sunday worked out.  boy did it feel good too..I am going to start working out, eating right. plus May 1st is when my work decided that they are going to do the "biggest looser " so i am all over that..--anyways. thats allyall have a great week!! angela

Fatness VS.Fitness from Yahoo article Being thin and being fit both protect against cardiovascular disease. Being either fat or unfit increase your risk of a heart attack, but which carries the greater risk? In a medical sense, fitness is usually determined by how much oxygen someone takes in during a treadmill exercise test. Being unfit is roughly equivalent to being out of shape, as when someone quickly becomes short of breath during physical activity. A number of previous studies have linked fitness with fewer deaths from all causes, including cardiovascular disease. A recent study measured fatness, fitness, and 18 different risk factors for cardiovascular disease in 135 healthy men. The fit men did have fewer risk factors. However, three different measures of fatness -- body mass index (BMI), percentage of body fat, and waist circumference -- were all more strongly associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease than was being unfit. These results suggest that losing weight is a more important goal than being fit for overweight and obese individuals who want to protect their heart. These findings should not discourage anyone from keeping their heart healthy by exercising vigorously to become fit. Fitness may also reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes because physical activity and being fit increase the body's sensitivity to insulin. Of course, being fat can lead to other health problems even if you are fit. I agree with the study's authors, who conclude that sedentary men should increase their physical activity to "improve their aerobic fitness, regardless of their body fatness." © 2007 Johns Hopkins University. All Rights Reserved. This article from Johns Hopkins University is provided as a service by Yahoo. All materials are produced independently by Johns Hopkins University, which is solely responsible for its content.

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/heartdisease/256/too-few-americans-are-fit/
I am one of these,am going to make a change for the better, for my future children, for myself...

Over and over again we’ve all heard about the epidemic of obesity. Less often mentioned is an epidemic of “unfitness” among adolescents.

A report issued in December described an analysis of fitness in more than 3,000 adolescents and about 2,200 adults ages 20 to 49. Nearly 34 percent of the adolescents and about 14 percent of the adults failed submaximal treadmill fitness tests. More adult women than men were unfit (out of shape).

Quite frankly, based on the prevailing lack of physical activity among adults, I was shocked to read that over 80 percent of them appeared fit in this study. One explanation may be the researchers’ generous definition of “fitness” based on a submaximal exercise test.

Exercise can lower the risk of heart disease directly by strengthening the heart as well as indirectly by helping to prevent obesity. Although all study participants were free from recognized heart disease, I was not surprised to learn that those in the low-fitness group were significantly more likely than their fitter counterparts to have cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension, high blood cholesterol, and being overweight.

© 2007 Johns Hopkins University. All Rights Reserved. This article from Johns Hopkins University is provided as a service by Yahoo. All materials are produced independently by Johns Hopkins University, which is solely responsible for its content.

I have been tired. I have been working Monday-Friday, a little bit of overtime.
I also go to school once a week. I work with children. I am so tired by the time I get off I feel like I have no energy. I have cut my soda intake, sugar intake to a minmal.
I just need to get up and do it-Working out and eating right!!!
ANGELA

So hard for me right now. I  am guessing that I have so much on my mind with school, work, home life its just so frustrating. I know that I should work out 4 times a week for 30 min. and the types of food that I need to eat but, I don't. I am going to have to make myslef a promise that I will do this for my health, self. I also want to be 140-145 by 09. Which I think is a good goal. I am currently 173 -174 and stuck at that weight, I am 5"5 so i feel fat. i have other goals like  having a better self- esteem. Which comes to eating better and working out but, I dont have enough money to join a gym. I know most people say you don't need a gym to work out which I agree, but I dislike my gym at my apt. I have an issue walking by myself, even though I guess these are all my dirn excues not to work out. So i guess I BETTER  just do what I need to do for my health, self. I'm out for now. Take care---have a great week--