BBC How to stay young

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Has anyone watched it and got as motivated as me and wants to join in improving fitness level and losing weight too? Because those are the 2 areas I decided to concentrate on between now and Christmas.
I watched 2 episodes (link below) and TBF it terrified me because I am nearly 51 and recognise many of the symptoms that those 6 volunteers tracked so far have described.
Being overweight and hardly exercising I am definitely at least 75 if not more in actual body age. I am overweight and don't exercise near enough to hit 150 min of exercises a week which is recommended.
Until today my only exercise was walking my dog and an occasional yoga class. I will try to find time for my yoga too but weight loss is my priority for now.

First step: I got myself Polar M430 Fitness Tracker from Decathlon. My Fitbit broke a while ago and I know that using FB was definitely making me be more active.
I am going to work out functionality on M430 to use it to encourage me to be more active and to track minutes which count as exercise. I researched activity watches last week and I think this one fits my needs best. I want to make sure when I am working out my heart rate is in the right range. I don't care about having music on it. My primary consideration was heart rate and M430 has the best reviews for it without costing a bomb.

So far I know from last 2 nights that I got 95% proper sleep. This is pretty good considering that not that long ago I was suffering from Insomnia.

here's link to the first episode
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b095b3tm/how-to-stay-young-series-2-episode-1

I need to install the app on my laptop tonight to plan my exercise.
This lunchtime I managed to go for a run to my local park. My dog was so happy 😃
On Polar found some functionality which recorded my slow jog in 1 min laps. I managed 40!!!! This plus cooling down and warming up gave 65 min of activity counted as High. I only run for 2 miles but as slow as I would walk. The v.slow jog gives the same benefits as a fast one but prevents us from knee injuries. And as much of it as possible on a grass.
What I gathered from the bbc program was that those who managed high exercise level and improved on one other area such as diet, sleep or managing stress improved the most.
I am hoping to get at least 60 min of exersises a day and cut down to a manageable 1200-1400 cal a day.
I hope it all makes sense 😉

Thank you ihatethecold, I am really scared this time.
I've read some articles and books before but somehow this time I can see that unless I do something and it has to be permanent change, lifestyle and exercises I can carry on, I am on the way out sooner than I would have liked.
Low carbing with meat helped me to lose just over 1 stone in total in the last 3 years but I never stuck with it long term.

It will be many weeks before I can run park run. I am on call one week in 3 and am away few weekends. I used to run in an athletic club when I was very young. I remember our coach telling us that every lap we did then we will reap in healthier body as we age. That was early 80's and it looks like already then sports scientists knew about long term benefits of exercise.

Peanutbuttercheese Dodgeball is non contact sport just requires good stamina and eye-hand coordination. I can imagine that lack of flexibility and strength in ligaments may lead to injuries.

DH and I spent the evening trying to get up off the floor. He could after practice, I can't which is a touch depressing. I think there is inulin in the cupboard after ordering some for my Dad so will dig that out.

PostNotInHaste very poor core muscles strength for me too

I went dancing last night. I think this is my most favourite exercise of all.
Modern Jive!