PWLD 2: Walking for Fitness

Today, I am making a pledge: I will always walk everyday from my home to my work (UNLESS I am unable to walk for some reason -- and I hope it never happens). I have yet to check Wikimapia.org the distance between my place and my office. I used to take a cab (fare = 40.00) and jeepney (fare is just the minimum), so, it's really not that far.

Also, I am pledging I won't take the elevator in the morning as well as in the afternoon before I leave work. I'll have to spare those instances when I am in the company of my friends/colleagues during office hours, meaning, I'll still use the elevator but definitely less frequently (minus two instances to be exact, hehehe).

So, as part of my regular routine now, I have these:

• Walk from home to office: n km
• Climbing up to 4th floor: 54 steps (in the morning)
• Going down to the lobby: 54 steps (in the afternoon)
• Walk from office to home: n km

Good day to all.

PWLD 1: Step 1. Identify the Problem

Let me start this blog by saying I have been overweight to obese for years now. I was not like this before. When I searched for previous photos, I was actually thin before. Hehehe. I guess it started out when I got to party-able. Beer here and there from Monday to Saturday, cholesterol, etc. I guess I was not able to recover, so to speak.

For 4 consecutive years, my annual physical exam always shows that I need to lose weight. And for 4 consecutive years, I did not. Well, I tried -- and it worked -- for a while. I enrolled in a fitness club, but I was not able to sustain it. The longest consistent 'healthy' lifestyle that I had was 3 months. By healthy lifestyle, I actually meant the following:

• healthy food (3 big meals, usually fish, healthy part of chicken and pork, vegetables, you know, the whole shebang)
• regular exercise (3-4 times workout at the gym)
• enough sleep (6-7 hours, I think)

But right now, I don't think I am in that state. My current lifestyle is basically home, work, home; I think I eat too much food; I am sleep-deprived -- basically the opposite of my ideal situation. And because of this, I am obese.

My body mass index (or BMI; the measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women) is 34.6.

Height = 5 ft 5.5 in
Weight = 211 lbs
My BMI  = 34.6
Interpretation
>Underweight = <18.5
>Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
>Overweight = 25-29.9
>Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
Source: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

I decided it's time to get to work. LET'S GET READY TO RRRRRRUMBLE!!!!

Hello, World!

Test. 1, 2, 3.