Put Fitness Plan in 2011 into Writing, Keep track Using Nokia Cellphone & Health/Fitness Apps

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

- Napoleon Hill

So, I guess if we really plan to reduce our beer bellies or unwanted fat in general, we should put it into writing. Or in my case, putting it into a blog for the whole world to get back on me when I start to renege.

Or better yet, use technology to write and monitor your health/fitness plan for the year. Your Nokia cellphone can become your health/fitness buddy 24/7 via these health & fitness apps from the OVI Store:

2011 Resolution Reminder

Do you start off the year with the best intentions, but find yourself conveniently forgetting those new year ’s resolutions? Use this app to make your promises count this year. Regular reminders can be a great way to make sure you don’t forget about your resolutions.

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Wellness Diary

Wellness Diary makes monitoring of your day-to-day wellness almost effortless, helping you to build healthy habits into your daily routine.

This service is still in beta phase and under development.

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Sports Tracker

This app is a great way of logging your workout.

Your phone becomes a full-featured GPS sports computer, keeping track of everything from calories burned while running to your average cycling speed over altitude. You get maps, time and distance calculators, step count, and even heart rate when you use a compatible HR belt. All data is stored in a diary so you can chart your progress, find your strengths and weaknesses, and share with others.

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If you are in the same boat as I am and uses a Nokia phone capable of downloading apps, you should consider these three health & fitness apps.

Or just write your own abs-project even on an old notebook in your room, just like me. *winks*

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My Two Abs-Project-Related New Year's Resolution

I will join the chorus of this time - New Year's Resolutions - for my overall health and, of course, my abs-project in 2011.

People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.

~Author Unknown

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Luckily for me, I wasn't worried at all on what could've eaten this past holiday season. Rather, I was more concerned on how to afford what will be our holiday feast.

So, my first resolution for 2011 is to always eat on time. Because missing a meal often lead to late-night binges, extra rice and all. All the calories happily stored by my beer belly because I will soon dozed off to sleep. The main focus of this resolution is to eat a lot. Yes! You read that right. Eat a lot, ONLY on breakfast.

My second New Year's resolution is to sleep enough hours. Rightly so because accordingly;

A sleep schedule is vital to any weight-loss plan, say Wake Forest University researchers who tracked study participants for 5 years. In the under-40 age group, people who slept 5 hours or less each night gained nearly 2½ times as much abdominal fat as those who logged 6 to 7 hours; also, those who slept 8 hours or longer added nearly twice as much belly fat as the 6- to 7-hour group. People with sleep deficits tend to eat more (and use less energy) because they’re tired, says study coauthor Kristen Hairston, M.D., while those who sleep longer than 8 hours a night tend to be less active.

~Habits that double belly fat

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I think that these two resolutions are realistic and achievable enough for me this 2011. Happy 2011 to everyone! And may all our resolutions, including my abs-project, be achieved this year!

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