First two days back at the gym...

Here are the numbers from day #1 back at the gym... and yes I was running on a little over 2 1/2 hours of sleep...lol

BodyMedia FIT data for April 1, 2011

Calories Burned - 3974 | Calories Consumed - 2318 | Total Activity - 1:50 | Moderate Activity - 1:06 | Vigorous Activity - 0:44 | Steps Taken - 17652 | Sleep Duration - 2:42 | Lying Down - 4:07 | Sleep Efficiency - 66%

 

 

Hello Everyone... as you can see I had a pretty good first day back at the gym.  I was running on very little sleep and managed to make it through the day.  Between all of the appointments, training at work and the one hour at the gym I managed to pull off an almost 4000 calorie burn day. That's a great start!

I promised to post an updated photo and my weight.  I will post a photo tomorrow as I would like to be presentable for the photo so its comparable to the previous photos.  I did weigh in yesterday and I am ashamed to admit it but from Thanksgiving to April 1st I gained 18lbs.  I am currently weighing 265lbs. when before I was at 247lbs.  This is exactly why I need to be at the gym and working hard on a regular basis... if not I get depressed and take on a "I don't care " attitude and just eat, sit and exist.  I have to regain control of my body instead of my body being in control of me.  This is going to be a life long battle for me and if I plan to win I need to stay in control and make better decisions.

Today was awesome for me.  Please keep in mind that I have trouble on the weekends making any goals because I don't have a specific schedule and there for before I didn't make it to the gym on the weekend as much as I should have.  I went to the gym this morning at 9am and put in 2 1/2 hrs of workout.  Yes I rocked the gym today and pushed myself hard.  I wanted to meet my targets and I wanted to take a stand and I did both.  Had I just done my hour and come home then I doubt I would have met very many of my targets.  

 

Here is what I did at the gym today:

Treadmill : 30 min @ speed 3.8

Recumbent Cross Trainer 1 hr @ resistance 7

Elliptical Cross trainer 30 min @ incline 2 and resistance 2

Walking laps in the gym in between and afterwords...

2.5 hrs at the gym = 46 min moderate and 1hr 39 min vigorous exercise 17857 steps and 1873 calories burned 

I look forward to sharing my complete numbers with you tomorrow.  My eating today started out good and then went downhill this evening but I did still manage to have at least a 1500 calorie deficit  so woohoo on that. Something I thought about today while I was at the gym was how even when I am there alone when I stand next to someone who is moving quickly I tend to push harder than if I am next to someone going at an average to slower pace.  So what I do is always make sure I am close to that skinny gal or buff guy who is running to soles off their shoes or pushing hard on the machines...keeps me motivated to move.  Another thing is if I am upset for some reason when I get to the gym or while there I take it out on the machines and push through the frustration and it makes me stronger because I don't let things get to me as much.  Another must for me is upbeat high energy music that helps keep my pace up as well.  Well over all a very very good first two days back at the gym and I am very proud of myself.  I hope you all have been having a great weekend so far and I look forward to hearing from you.  Feel free to add me as a friend or follow my blog.

Until next time..hugs to all of you!!

"Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip."
- Arnold H. Glasgow