My mother sent me this article on toning your arms in 10 minutes.
I think this looks like something I'm more likely to stick with than triceps dips, so I'll give it a try.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
Metabolism and Thinner Arms
I finally got around to day 1 of 100 push-ups today, and I'm looking forward to taking it more seriously.
My mother and I got in a conversation about the fundamentals of weight-loss over lunch today. We agreed that we're undoing all the benefits of swimming, running (in my case), walking, and rowing (in her case) by poor eating choices, desserts, and typical dieting errors. Every day this week, we could identify the point where we blew it, so we talked about how to stop that.
She sent me this article on how to increase metabolism, and I am relieved that what we're doing is the right way to go about increasing our resting metabolic rate (RMR), which is the bulk of one's caloric output.
Personally, I really want to have thinner arms too. I harp about this a lot, since they are the thing that makes me look and feel the fattest. I know that I need to up my cardio to lose fat overall, but there is a lot of flabby muscle underneath that fat, which I am also working to tone. A friend sent me upper arm exercises, concentrating on my triceps. I may not do exactly what he's suggested (though dips sound feasible), but I need to start doing something.
As an aside, why is it that women who have never exercised a day in their lives get away with thin, shapely arms and shoulders? I was an athlete for years, and I have the fattest arms of anyone I know. That seems so unfair!
My mother and I got in a conversation about the fundamentals of weight-loss over lunch today. We agreed that we're undoing all the benefits of swimming, running (in my case), walking, and rowing (in her case) by poor eating choices, desserts, and typical dieting errors. Every day this week, we could identify the point where we blew it, so we talked about how to stop that.
She sent me this article on how to increase metabolism, and I am relieved that what we're doing is the right way to go about increasing our resting metabolic rate (RMR), which is the bulk of one's caloric output.
Personally, I really want to have thinner arms too. I harp about this a lot, since they are the thing that makes me look and feel the fattest. I know that I need to up my cardio to lose fat overall, but there is a lot of flabby muscle underneath that fat, which I am also working to tone. A friend sent me upper arm exercises, concentrating on my triceps. I may not do exactly what he's suggested (though dips sound feasible), but I need to start doing something.
As an aside, why is it that women who have never exercised a day in their lives get away with thin, shapely arms and shoulders? I was an athlete for years, and I have the fattest arms of anyone I know. That seems so unfair!
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