Yay we are finally at the last part of this series!
I wanna say a huge thank you to all of you who have been following my humble blog so far, this series is mainly for me to learn the process of blogging and I hope I'll get better as I go along!
Knowing Your Progress
Why would we need to do this? If you're anything like me, you'd hate doing paperwork and all sorts of other administrative work. That's like one of my least favorite things. However if we are trying to improve ourselves, then it is critical to quantify how much you've improved! The only way to be able to do this, is by keeping track of parameters you'd like improved upon and seeing if there's been any change with different implementations.
For example if we were to be cleaning the floor without anything to show where we have already cleaned, we wouldn't know if someone was dirtying the floor as we go along and it can get really frustrating if the work seemed endless.
So knowing your progress obviously requires a tracking of some sort, but also requires something to track. You have to be tracking some form of data to be able to track progression, otherwise it'll feel just like navigating a forest without roads or maps.
Therefore, for those of you who missed out our last week's episode on Knowing your Goals, now's a good time to go check it out. It's cool, I'll wait :)
Now that you know what goals you would like to achieve, let's get down to how to track them.
Most of you would say something probably along the lines of, "yeah kenji I got this, all I need to do is start an excel sheet right?"
While that is definitely the basic idea, it would be nice to have a list of what would be nice to track don't you think?
Here's My list:
1. Body Weight: as much as I mention this shouldn't be the key determining factor, this is still important to understand the overall health of your body
2. Body Composition: including and not limited to, Body fat, Visceral fat, Muscle Mass, Bone Density, and more
3. Blood work results: while this is expensive, some people do use this as markers for their health concerns, cholesterol levels, blood pressure and more are some of the main concerns here
4. Muscle Sizes: sometimes it may look awkward to measure the size of your thighs and biceps but it's a good way to measure muscle entropy and gains.
5. Maximum Performance: How much can you lift, How far can you run, How many pushups can you do, these are all examples of Maximum performance.
Of course there's more you could list, and this isn't a comprehensive one but I hope it gives you an idea of where to start and where to begin your weight loss journey!
Always, for these things
So now that you've got all the major components for your weight loss journey to begin, let's go out there and get started!!
I wanna say a huge thank you to all of you who have been following my humble blog so far, this series is mainly for me to learn the process of blogging and I hope I'll get better as I go along!
Knowing Your Progress
Why would we need to do this? If you're anything like me, you'd hate doing paperwork and all sorts of other administrative work. That's like one of my least favorite things. However if we are trying to improve ourselves, then it is critical to quantify how much you've improved! The only way to be able to do this, is by keeping track of parameters you'd like improved upon and seeing if there's been any change with different implementations.
For example if we were to be cleaning the floor without anything to show where we have already cleaned, we wouldn't know if someone was dirtying the floor as we go along and it can get really frustrating if the work seemed endless.
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| Great Exercise in Futility |
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| North should be right about.... Here? |
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| Yep, I'm still waiting :) |
Now that you know what goals you would like to achieve, let's get down to how to track them.
Most of you would say something probably along the lines of, "yeah kenji I got this, all I need to do is start an excel sheet right?"
While that is definitely the basic idea, it would be nice to have a list of what would be nice to track don't you think?
Here's My list:
1. Body Weight: as much as I mention this shouldn't be the key determining factor, this is still important to understand the overall health of your body
2. Body Composition: including and not limited to, Body fat, Visceral fat, Muscle Mass, Bone Density, and more
3. Blood work results: while this is expensive, some people do use this as markers for their health concerns, cholesterol levels, blood pressure and more are some of the main concerns here
4. Muscle Sizes: sometimes it may look awkward to measure the size of your thighs and biceps but it's a good way to measure muscle entropy and gains.
5. Maximum Performance: How much can you lift, How far can you run, How many pushups can you do, these are all examples of Maximum performance.
Of course there's more you could list, and this isn't a comprehensive one but I hope it gives you an idea of where to start and where to begin your weight loss journey!
Always, for these things
So now that you've got all the major components for your weight loss journey to begin, let's go out there and get started!!
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