born2bfit
Its the journey, not the destination!
Mar 15, 2010
Yesterday was my first day of strength training. Until yesterday I have only been doing cardio. I knew I needed to get busy with strength training for a variety of reasons but I hate it. I will admit that after I finished, I felt great.The trainer lectured me on having this goal weight in my head. She is 5'3 and weighs 157 pounds but is in a size 6 and looks very small. She said with the right strength training program and adding muscle versus fat I will be the size I want to be without the scale going down to 130-140. She said I need to pay more attention to body fat % than the number on the scale because the scale and BMI do not give a true picture of physical fitness. Okay -- I will try to stop letting the # on the scale (weight anyway) control me so much.
My weight loss continues to be a slow go but the last time I saw the surgeon he did remind me that I started at a lower weight so my loss would be slow..the important part to focus on is getting healthy physically and changing my eating habits. I am doing both of those faithfully. The scale was down a total of 37 pounds and said 189 this morning. I am so happy to be in the 180's. I can't wait to see the 170's..of course when I get there I will be saying I can't wait to see the 160's. LOL
I still have a goal of running 2 5k's the end of April and beginning of May. I may have to walk and run but I'm working on it anyway. Today I managed to run 40% of the time so I'm improving from the 20% I started at. Its about the journey, not the destination and I'm learning alot about myself along the way.
I have never felt better and my outlook on life is great right now..full of energy and excitement for the future. Life is good!!!
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About Me
Lansing, MI
Location
26.0
BMI
Surgery
01/26/2010
Surgery Date
Sep 16, 2009
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