and so it begins....

Jul 20, 2011

My husband was scheduled for his teeth to be cleaned this past weekend.  He usually runs hot and the hotter he gets, the redder his face becomes.  The dentist took one look at him and said he didn't look well.  They took his blood pressure (I never even knew the dentist office HAD a blood pressure cuff!).  I can't remember the numbers but it was HIGH and his pulse was racing.  They checked him again after about 20 minutes of rest and it still was quite HIGH.  Needless to say, the dentist refused to even clean his teeth because they were worried about his heart.  That scared the crap out of me!!  I am taking the bull by the horns for the both of us.  I signed us up for a fitness center that has 24 hr availability and a wonderful indoor & outdoor pool deck for him.  I'm not entirely sure where this is going to materialize out of our budget just yet (thinking the cable will have to go).  But it has to be done.  He is going to have a physical on tuesday before he begins any strenuous workouts to find out whats going on with his blood pressure.  I just had a physical recently so I know that I'm in tip top shape aside from low iron & being fat. 

I dropped my kids off in the kids center (BEST.  AMENITY.  EVER!) and met with a personal trainer at the club to get my fitness assessment done.  They basically measured my flexibility, heart condition, weight, and fat percentage.  My heart is relatively weak.  I hit my target heart rate VERY quickly and with regular cardio, that will improve.  My weight is at 240 which was expected.  I weighed myself this morning at 238.2 so after coffee and breakfast, 2 pounds makes no difference to me!  Body fat percentage was 38.5% which is VERY high but not as high as I was expecting.  I was expecting to be closer to the 50% range so I took that as a mild positive.  The only "good" that I got on this "test" was my flexibility.  I was able to reach about 6 inches beyond my toes.  The trainer was quite surprised by that.  =)  I've always been pretty flexible. 

We were able to come up with a plan that will work for me.  It will require alot of "homework" on my part because I just can't afford to see a trainer 2 or 3 times a week consistently.  Because of some of the perks that were offered at sign up, I'll meet with the trainer 2x/week for the first 2 weeks.  After that, 1x/week for the rest of 3 months.  The goal that they set for me was to have 20 pounds lost by the end of the 12 weeks.  My personal goal, is to have double that gone.  =P  But as long as my weight comes off and I get healthier, its a WIN/WIN situation!  =)  Tomorrow is my first session with the trainer.  Should be interesting!!

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