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MARGARET BELL

MARY
WILBON

Exercise Regimen (49 lbs./20 months):

"2 to 3 days a week: fitness center. Aerobic machines alternating between treadmill, bike, stepper, and strider. Tues/Thurs: Staff noon class -- a variety of stretching, toning, and aerobics. Now that the weather is getting nice, riding my bike and gardening."

Exercise Regimen - Source:

"I get my advice of what to do when exercising from the PSC Fitness Center Staff."

Diet/Liquids:

"Following the Weight Watchers Point System. Drinking 6 to 8 glasses water daily."

 

Diet/Liquids:

"I drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily. I will drink "diet" lemonde or ginger ale. I have been attending Weight Watcher meetings from the first of the year."

Maintenance Schedule/How plan altered over time:

"Exercise four times weekly at least. Maintain a healthy diet. Increase exercise difficulty as the body adjusts."

 

Maintenance Schedule/How plan altered over time:

"My schedule involves working out four times a week and currently:

walking the treadmill one to one-and-a-half miles

riding the stationary bike thirty minutes

resistance training (weights) twice weekly "

Positive physical, emotional, spiritual changes:

"Exercise is a great stress breaker. It helps you get through busy times at work, personal crisis. It increases stamina."

Differences in energy/fatigue, hours rest needed, self-aspect:

"Increased energy. Improved outlook and attitude ... I realized maintenance of fitness and a healthy weight were important to longevity, despite good genes."

Differences in energy/fatigue, hours rest needed, self-aspect:

"I have a lot more energy than when I first started. I am more mentally alert. I have lost 22 pounds."

Recommendations to first timers and perpetual starters:

"Find what you like to do, vary your routine. Stick with it. Don't beat yourself up. If you get off track, don't quit. Shake it off and get back on track."

Recommendations to first timers and perpetual starters:

"Don't do it for anybody but yourself."

Best thing achieved:

1)"I've always been healthy, but I feel the benefits of exercise and proper diet will help me stay healthy.
2) Feeling good about the way I look and being able to buy clothing I want instead of what looks good."

Best thing achieved:

"The best thing I have achieved is learning to enjoy an exercise regimen!"

Factors making routine successful?


"A combination of exercise and diet. Finding what works for you. Weight Watchers and exercise works for me. I need the feedback and support from Weight Watchers meetings, also the support and encouragement of the fitness center staff. Pam starting the staff class has been a great help to add another type of routine into the mix. Don't get discouraged. It has taken me 20 months to get to the point I'm at now, and I'm close to my goal. Do it for yourself. Ask yourself if you are ready to make the committment. Don't consider it diet and exercise but a lifestyle change. After time it becomes a habit and I find during busy times (registration) and I can't get away from the office that I really miss my workout."

 

Factors making routine successful?

"Consistency, the PSC Fitness Center Staff's encouragement, and prayer."

 




 
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