Date: 12/9/14
Weight: 170.6
Yesterday's Calories: 1575
Yesterday's Exercise: 70 minute strength training with new personal trainer
Yesterday was my first day working out with Lauren, a personal trainer at Gold's Gym. I am a member of Gold's by default, since they bought out Aspen Fitness Center. I purchased a 3 year membership for $450 (not bad, when you think about it!) and have another year left on that membership. So I decided to see if I could find a trainer I like at Gold's.
I am going to the gym close to my work. That means I have to eat breakfast before I leave and shower and get ready for work at the gym. This is not my favorite thing to do and is something I resisted for a while, but it worked out OK yesterday except for forgetting to bring a towel. It's not a lot of fun to dry off with paper towels, but I made do.
I liked Lauren. She is fairly young but she is enthusiastic about her chosen profession. She recently graduated from K State with a degree in physiology, or something like that. She is very eager to do her job well. We established May 3, 2015 at my target date for reaching 150 pounds. I showed her my before and after pictures from my get fit initiative so she would know where I came from and where I want to get to. The workout yesterday was vigorous and seemed to be a good combination of exercises for the whole body. I am a bit sore today, which is to be expected. I think working with Lauren may work out well. I'll keep you posted.
Counting calories helps me so much. It is liberating, in a way. Rather than constantly asking myself if I can eat something I just check my phone to see how many calories I have left for the day. That answers my question for me. It's funny how much easier it is to moderate my food intake when every calorie goes into the phone. I need to think a lot about why I stopped this particular practice.
Well, it's 8:00 already and I have to go to work. More later.
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