hi everyone... met with my personal trainer this morning.. she is a gem
I'm up another 1/2 pound, so have regained 2 now of the 7 I lost.
We went over my diet and revamped my exercise program. She figures I'm building muscle faster than losing weight.
This was confirmed when we weighed me and did the body fat %.
I've lost a total of 5.8% body fat!!!!!! and 5.2% of that is in 2 weeks!!!! Guess the gym 5x/week IS paying off. I just really want to see the pounds come down too
So, we've changed the workout so I am only doing one exercise per major muscle group every second workout instead a muscle group every workout.
I'll still go to gym 5x/week, but only do upper or lower (alternate) on every second visit. Other days, just cardio. So it looks like this:
Day 1: weight train upper body & 30-40 min cardio
Day 2: cardio 40-50 min (lower target heart rate than on weight days)
Day 3: weight train lower body & 30-40 min cardio
Day 4: cardio 40-50 min (lower target heart rate)
Day 5: weight train upper body & 30-40 min cardio
2 days off.. then Days 1-5 again, only with 2 days of weight training on lower and one on upper. That way, at the end of two cycles, I'll have weight trained 3x each upper and lower.
I'm really enjoying this. I miss when I can't get there. Last night I missed, but was a good reason
Was our 25th anniversary. We went out for a wonderful dinner. I was even good!!! Took the low carb choices, had no dessert, and was stuffed *S... came in at under 1200 calories for the day (on Fit-Day) so had to have a wee snack before bed!
On the home front, son got into some trouble with the police. We still don't know the whole story, but it seems he flew into a rage - lost his wallet, so hence the rage (while drunk.. and probably stoned), was throwing paper towel around a public bathroom and yelling/screaming at the university, and someone called the police. He resisted the officer, tho he didn't resist arrest (his papers said "resisting arrest", but it was crossed out and replaced with "resisting police officer" and "mischief"), and landed up in the drunk tank for 24 hours. He hadn't come home for two nights, but this is not unusual... he's just never been involved with the police before.
So now he has three months probation, a 9PM to 7 AM curfew, and goes to court in mid September. We know he has no idea what will happen at court, so hub and I are going to break the news to him slowly that he will probably get a fine, and probably be required to attend anger management and some AA meetings. This is a good thing, but we're going to try and talk him into getting started now. It will not only look better when he does go to court, but it will be better for him in the long run.
I suppose there is a silver lining in all this. I certainly hope so
This son of mine is going to be the death of me... truly.
Cathy!! Congrats on your weight loss!!!! You keep truckin girl!!!
Ok, back to work. Am doing a presentation later next month and I'm trying to get it all finished this week.