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So it’s a tuesday night, “The Biggest Loser” is on, and I’m sitting here thinking to myself ‘oh man, I havent been keeping up with my daily tracking on the calorie count website from about.com’ and so I log in only to find that I havent kept track of my nutrients, daily activities and weighing myself for atleast 3 weeks.

This is something I thought that I’d atleast keep up with, but theres always little things that interfere with your goals. For instance, your neighbor has a bad day and needs to have a drink to relax, and so we down some “Dewars White Label” on the rocks, or I have a bad day of work and decide to eat a nice large mesquite chicken w/bacon from Quiznos.

I always have these downfalls to where i actually feel sluggish after i eat a huge portion of anything, but i guess thats a good thing when you actually feel it in your body and how it responds. So this week i’ve been eating right, getting the exercise in and i feel good so far. Today i took a picture of my heart rate when i was on the treadmill just to have something that reminds me to keep it going.

I must say that watching “The Biggest Loser” really keeps me motivated, and i also find that having the program on tuesday is the perfect day during the week to keep me on track until friday, and thats the day i consider to be my “cheat day” where i allow myself to eat whatever i want. It’s usually the weekends that I also have trouble stickin’ to it.

And so here i am back in the mix and so for today, heres my nutrition, activity report from about.com

YOU GUYS GOTTA CHECK OUT CALORIE COUNT FROM ABOUT.COM

Bummahs - (BUM ahz)

Expression of disappointment or regret. Good for all kinds of occasions.

Several different scenarios may include:

• You: “Ho brah, i just found out my girl was cheating on me”…..Friend: “Aw man, bummahs dude”
• You: “I’m so bummed that i got an “F” on my report card…Friend: “Aw man, you serious?…bummahs man”
• You: “Why this job i tryin fo’ get gotta put me thru one drug test brah…Friend: “Das one big bummahs brah”

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Pushups are one of those exercises most of us love to hate. Something about lifting your own body weight up and down from a horizontal position is just plain old hard, especially for women who often don’t have the same upper body strength that men do. Pushups are worth it, however, simply because they target so many different muscles - the chest, shoulders and triceps work together to move your body up and down, while the abs and legs work to stabilize your body.

Another great thing about pushups is that there are so many different ways to do them. If you want an easier version, you can try wall pushups or pushups on the knees. If you want something harder, you’ll love these staggered pushups. There are a number of ways to do them, but my favorite involves staggering the hands and taking one in front of you while the other is positioned directly under the shoulder. By staggering your hands, you increase the load on one arm, which adds intensity. This is also a great way to teach your body how to do one-armed pushups.

Do it right: In pushup position, on the knees or toes, walk the left hand forward while keeping the right hand directly under the right shoulder. Lower into a pushup, feeling the challenge in the right arm. Push back up and repeat for 4 reps before switching sides and taking the right arm forward. Continue alternating sides, completing 1-3 sets of 12-16 reps. You can also choose to complete all your reps on the same side before switching arms.

check out exercise.about.com for more sweet exercise tips