Regaining my Health

I was talking with my husband last night, and we both made the decision to jump back into fitness. The challenge will be especially difficult for me right now because of my knees, but I think its doable. I'm going to use Lose It! to track my food and calories. I have actually been doing this for a few weeks but I have been pretty inconsistent. I have also found some seated arm and core exercises I can alternate with. I also will be doing my physical therapy strengthening for my legs. Depending on how my knee feels, I may try swimming some this week, but that fully depends on how much my knee hurts.

My "Before" picture.

Now, to make my progress measurable I will set some goals. I'm starting with goals being fairly easy to reach.
1) Do physical therapy exercises 4 times this week. (Sunday 6/28-Saturday 7/3)
2) Do core or arm exercises 3 times this week
3) Track with Lose It! for all 7 days.

Links for those that are interested:

www.loseit.com

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/videos-detail.asp?video=39#_a5y_p=1866978

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/videos-detail.asp?video=42

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