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Today is the first day of my Total Body Makeover challenge. At the end of my rope with my lack of fitness and the sick of the miseries of being overweight, I signed up for 6 months with a personal trainer, spent a lot of money at the gym, and entered the contest there to INSURE that I would not stop this time until THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
I had done a boot camp for a few months previously, but found an excuse to quit, as usual. While my beloved friend K is doing incredible in the class, I myself don't like group classes and I HATE aerobics. I'm uncoordinated and slow; I felt like a hippo running with gazelles. I daresay the gazelles were none to pleased to have me slowing them down. I've found, though, that I love weightlifting! My goal now is to lift a lot, build muscle, lose fat, and try to get my endurance up slowly instead of doing hours of crazy aerobics.
First thoughts on this plan, now that I have begun:
- I'm smart. I won't be able to give up this time, because I have entirely too much invested in it. I could have bought a good used car with what I have spent on my future smaller butt.
- I'm sore! I love lifting. I am naturally strong and my trainer, a nice young man who seems to know what he's talking about if you ask those muscles of his, thinks I'll move along to heavier weights quite well.
- I'm having trouble getting in all the protein I need! In fact, I've had very little desire to eat at all. When I do eat, I eat veggies and meat. I did order some kind of protein shake today, so maybe that will help, but right now I'm barely over a third of what I've calculated I need to prevent muscle loss!
- I'm scared. I really want to do this, and I think I can, but I've failed and given up so many times. SO many times. If it happens again... well, that will really suck.
I'm getting married in March, for the first time at age 43, to a guy who loves me to pieces just as I am. I hope I look better than I do now (the human thumb) in six months.
Diet Calendar Entries for 03 October 2012:
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2360 kcal
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Fat: 109.68g | Prot: 136.48g | Carb: 229.16g.
Breakfast: Milk (2% Lowfat Without Added Vitamin A and Nonfat Solids), sharp cheddar, Egg, chia seeds, Lowfat Strawberry Yogurt. Lunch: sharp cheddar cabot, Sliced Pork (Lunch), bacon. Dinner: Rice Paper, carrot, cucumber, Avocados, Seafood Cocktail Sauce, shrimp. Snacks/Other: Green Tomatoes, Mozzarella Cheese (Whole Milk), Boba Milk Tea, Dried Prune, White Turkey (Deli Cut Rotisserie), banana, kellog's fiberplus. more...
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3843 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Weight Training (moderate) - 30 minutes, Bicycling (moderate) - 13/mph - 5 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 25 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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