Journal of Healthy Living » Monthly Checkup http://journalofhealthyliving.com To a healthier, richer, and more rewarding life Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:46:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Monthly Health Checkup – January 2008 http://journalofhealthyliving.com/monthly-health-checkup-january-2008.htm http://journalofhealthyliving.com/monthly-health-checkup-january-2008.htm#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:23:39 +0000 jim http://journalofhealthyliving.com/monthly-health-checkup-january-2008.htm In personal finance blogging, some bloggers write monthly net worth updates. I used to do that but stopped when I realized it wasn’t really adding much value. In writing about my health, I think that having monthly health checkups is going to be valuable because:

  • Historical record of my progress,
  • Keeps me accountable to myself,
  • Helps me identify when I slip (and why),
  • As months progress, I slowly identify which metrics are important.

So, in the inaugural post, since I only started this journal a few days ago, I’m going to track the following:

  • Every trip to the gym – I’m going to list it as I go, along with a general note about when I went, what I did, how I felt, reasons why I felt I did well or did poorly,
  • My weight and difference since last month.

As the months go I may identify more metrics to keep track of or consider digging deeper into some of the existing ones.

Gym Attendance

  • 30 January: We went at around 8:40pm, which seems like too late for us. The amount of energy I had to work out was really low and I just didn’t feel into the work out. I did seated leg extensions (12/90-10/100-8/110-6/120), shoulder presses (12/90-10/100-8/110-6/120), seated leg presses (12/235, 10/235), and seated leg curls (12/60,10/70,8/80,6/90), and rode the bike for ten minutes.

Weight

I weighed myself last week at 204.5 lbs. Just for a frame of reference, I’m 5′ 9″.

So… let the tracking begin!

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