Record Keeping

In today's Washington Post, Sally Squires' Lean Plate Club column referenced a study that found that keeping a record of eating habits and physical activity helped the participants in the study to lose weight. I'm not trying to lose weight, but I do think it would be helpful to record my physical activity here in this blog. Hopefully I can find a way to do so that will not be tedious to readers.

My everyday baseline activity includes a minimum 30 minutes of walking (that's my commute to and from work). I will only keep a record of my activity in excess of the baseline.

Yesterday's activity:

• 20 minutes of cardio on the elliptical (in the gym at work)
• 25 minutes of pilates at home (with a workout cd)

Today's activity:

• 30 minutes of cardio split between an elliptical, stationary bike, stair-climber, and rowing machine (I wanted to test the range of equipment in the new gym!)
• (I had intended to take a class today, but it had filled up so I was unable to attend)