Hey,
I hope everyone's been doing well! It's been a long time for me. I'm currently in Buffalo NY for the summer, and have been really good since I've been here. I stopped buying meat so have been eating salad and black bean burgers at home, and I don't keep junk food around so that's good.
I do eat lunch on campus with a meal plan, but have been pretty good so far, avoiding drinks, desserts or eating too much. I started running again, but was having problems with my calves, so I joined a gym. So far I have done a few classes there, boot camp, spinning, and core. I also started with a trainer today. He kicked my butt! He does a lot of functional exercises so I did stuff with a kettlebell, lunges, pushups, step ups, planks, some sort of jumping thing, abs workouts. We're going to workout together 2 times a week. Other than that I'll go the other 3 days to do different classes. I guess we'll see what kind of plan he puts together for me.
Right now I have to keep a nutritional journal of what I've been eating, for my next appointment on Monday. I was definitely obese, my body fat was 33.9% and the obese starting zone is at 33.5%. He was impressed with my strength and cardio though, so he said he'll be able to push me soon. We also did all my measurements which I have never done before, so I'm excited to see how they change.
He said people usually lose 10-15 lbs in the first week or so, and if I keep it up I should be down 50 in less than 6 months. I'm only in Buffalo so another 6 weeks, so I need to get in a good habit so that I can keep it up after.
Fun stuff! How's it going for all of you out there now that it's summer???
1 comment:
sheena, that's great! i just saw a bunch of your facebook statuses about this stuff, so i thought i'd check to see if you also wrote a blog post. :)
honestly, when i first started taking those classes, i thought i'd die by the end. now i'm getting better at them and people have commented about how it looks like i've lost weight (even though i haven't...i'm sure i lost inches, though!). it feels so good to walk out of a class like that (that kicks your butt), and know that if you keep it up, great things will happen!
have you checked out sparkpeople.com yet? it's a great way to keep track of your calorie intake and workouts. :) you can befriend me on there if you want!
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