Steve and I met with Wyatt at the YMCA for a one hour session each. Time for measurements, vital signs (my resting heart rate is lower than Steve's!!), and of course a weigh-in. He explained what our ultimate goal will be 5 days of workout and 2 days of weight training. He also explained how the heart works, about our core, and some very important information about warming up and stretching those muscles. He also shared how important it is for the kids to run and jump to build stronger bones packed with calcium for lesser chance of injury in their life. Steve and I have missed that important time of making our bones stronger. Our focus next week will be to learn our exercises for weight training. First, our family physicians must sign a release. Meanwhile, we will continue with our 30 min. workout (just get in and get out--I like that!) on the treadmill and if I ever master enough endurance, 10 min on the elliptical! Our assignment is to come up with 2 short term goals and one long term goal by next week!
We (the whole family) met with with Janet Macon our West Locust Hyvee dietitian. WOW! did we learn a lot in 1 hour and 10 min. Lots of takeaways!! Too many to list here! No more food pyramid now its MyPlate (a visual for portion control), Hyvee has adopted the NuVal scoring system (the Higher the NuVal score the Better the Nutrition), Omega 3's, and 5-A-Day! We chose three goals for our family for the next 8 weeks:
Record all serving sizes.
5 servings of fruits and vegetables for each member of the family.
Record the NuVal score of at least 6 of the foods we have eaten today.
Here we go!
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