Our office launched a challenge for its employees called the FQ challenge.  This is aimed to give us a better work-life balance.  Ofcourse, It is an exciting way for us to be more determined and also a great way to inspire us to aim for better fitness quotient.

Last week was our weigh-in for baseline measurements.  I was totally shocked and became a bit (okay, really very!) worried about my result.  Would you believe my body fat is 34.5%????!?

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That just means that my body is composed of 34.5% fat!  It just proves that I’m overweight or obese!! Wow!  Am I really that fat?  I may not look fat but having that big fat percentage is a signal that I should start working on my health as it shows that I’m not healthy with the rate I’m going.

I made a bit of research and found out that body fat are dependent of age & gender. It also depends on how we live our life.  Some people do exercise regularly that result to better health.  Here is a table developed for ideal body fat percentages:

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Our health team used Omron Body Fat monitor to check our measurements.  We just have to hold it with our hands stressed for a few seconds then we’ll be able to see the ff.:

  • Body Fat Measure
  • BMI
  • Body Type
  • BMR

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The other usual checking was done as well.  Weight, height measurement, age & gender.  I don’t know what my FQ (fitness quotient) is as our HR team will need to compute it for everyone.  I guess we’ll be able to view our result very soon.

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With that in mind, I vow to already start one of my new year’s resolution — to be better fit.  Things that I’m planning to do are:

  • Jog at least 5k every saturday & sunday mornings.
  • limit cravings for comfort food like Wendy’s Iced Tea & KFC Hot & Crispy Chicken.
  • Eat healthy: more fruits, less junk food.
  • learn to swim.  Take lessons within 2010.
  • I also learned that we need to exercise at least 30minutes a day.  That I have to think what to do.  I’m thinking to do those video workouts in my room whenever I wake up or jog around the village every morning.

So you should expect more fitness-related posts in HeaRty’s Haven.  Join me in my journey to better health! 🙂

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