I've lost half the weight I want to lose!!! I'm down 107.5 pounds and I want to loose another 107.5 pounds. Well, I'm still not 100% sure where my goal is exactly. 180 is where I was when I graduated from high school. The trainer that I worked with Friday said he didn't feel comfortable with me having a goal that I've never actually weighed during my adult life. That's a scary thought!!! I would love to be 150. Although I'm not sure that would work for my frame. My first MAJOR goal is to break 200. Then I will worry about the last 20-30 pounds. I think I'll know what will be good once I get down to there.
So, I joined a gym. I've actually been going, too! Friday I had a MAP test and RMR test done. MAP = Metabolic Assessment Profile. RMR = Resting Metabolic Rate. The idea is that I need to know how many calories my body needs just to function day to day (RMR) and the MAP test tells what zone I need to be in as far as Heart Rate to burn fat most efficiently. It was an expensive test, but I really feel like I need to do everything possible to make sure I'm doing the right thing.
So, what did I find out? My RMR is 1694. Which means I need to take in 1694 calories a day just to have my body function properly. So, each time I eat, I should take in 283 calories. And I should be eating 6 times a day. Wow. This is quite different from my current bad habit of eating one or two times a day and probably getting 500 to 800 calories in per day. In other words, I really need to be tracking my food intake. sigh. I don't like doing that. Although, it is easier now. There is no need to lie to myself. I don't eat much of anything that I'm not "allowed." I just have to actually do it.
I started a Fitness Journal. With back to school shopping, I picked up some extra single-subject spiral-bound notebooks and some composition notebooks. I love covering them to use. Of course, I usually lose them after a week or so. If my house was clean...
So, I took one of the composition notebooks and started writing down what exercise I have done. Since I've been walking to school most days, I was able to write that in. And my times at the gym.
I need to start another one that is my food journal. It's sad when part of why I don't get all my calories in on a weekend day is because I slept in so late I just plain don't have that many hours!!! I so enjoy sleeping.
I also bought the heart monitor watch that they recommended. I need to set up my account on the website. Then I have to figure out how to download the info. The one trainer said that I can transmit it by holding the watch near the speaker on the computer. Hmm... Need to test that one. Otherwise, they can download it at the gym or I buy a $60 port. Not doing that last one!!! I've spent way more than I should by now already!
Want to get in for water aerobics, but I'm on my period right now and that is no fun. And, on the schedule there isn't a good time. They do 9 or 9:30 am or 7 pm. I really need it to be between 10am and 1pm. Since I am home for the kids, my non-school hours are pretty much filled with their stuff. The only time that isn't true is scrapbooking. And I rarely take time for that, anymore. But, part of the problem I'm having there is that my space is such a mess. I need to get back to working on it a little bit each day. I was making progress. Then it stopped when we went on vacation. I haven't gotten back into it. Add it to the list!!!
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