More on my eating habits: I follow Slim Fast, pretty much to the letter. I have a shake for breakfast. Then I have a snack bar for a morning snack. Then lunch is a meal bar plus 200 calories, usually some Healthy Choice soup, or veggies/fruit, fiber crackers, etc. Afternoon snack is a snack bar. Then dinner is just something healthy. Tends to be 1/4 protein, 1/4 starch, 1/2 veggies. Night snack is fruit. If I"m at home, I will add a veggie or fruit with the snack bars like you're suppose to. But if I'm at work, it's not feasible to do in a 15 minute break lol. I have cut way back on diet soda's, I drink mostly Crystal Light, trying to go to 100% water. I'm serious about this. I didn't try to lose weight while I was still planning on babies, but now I'm done soooo lol.
As for the workout, I wouldn't say that it's intense where I can't talk. I read today that it should be. I've always stopped when I got to that point, because I didn't want to pass out or something lol. I leave the gym sweating. I want to step up the intensity, but I feel like I should do it at a slow pace. I can feel myself being able to do more and faster every day. I do the treadmill at 3.0 speed, and I can talk but I feel breathless. 3.5 is the point where I don't think I could talk but I can't keep up with the speed for long.
My main thing was if changing machines is smart. I mean, is 15 minutes on one even worth it? lol. I will keep up what I'm doing though until I get a chance to talk with the trainer. I have 3 kids though, so getting in during the day even on a day off gets challenging. I'm thinking, I do 6000 steps at work, that's 3 miles, plus the 6 I get at the gym at night..that's better than nothing