Fantastic Work Out, Great Result This Week

It was a monster workout this morning. I got up at 6:00 this morning to make my partner a nice coffee before she took off for work. I had my porridge for breakfast and had a short esrpesso myself to kick start the day. I had plenty of time to relax this morning as my workout was not scheduled until 9:00 so I made sure that I left for the gym with plenty of time to spare.

I arrived at the gym and started on the treadmill at about 8:45. I got through a light 15 minute workout concentrating on just warming up as I had been warned yesterday that the session would be tough. I was nearly finished by the time I saw the trainer arrive, and I went to the reception area to meet the trainer.

The workout today was designed to get my heart rate up. The trainer introduced a lot more running around the gym, this time I had to do laps of four. She also kept the resting time between exercises to a minimum. This meant a lot of work, and a lot of effort put in by me. I actually really liked it.

For the first of the running laps, I ran some with weights, but we switched to running without weights after the first two as it was slowing me down to a fast walk. Once relieved of the weights, I was suprised at how fast I wanted to, and did, run. I actually put in more effort than required a showed a fair bit of pace on the long straights down the sides of the gym. It felt good to stretch out and give it heaps.

The pressups with my feet on the ball were back, and I impressed mytself by cracking out 4 sets of 15 today. I wont bother listing all the exercises, but by the time I had finished I was extremely tired. The trainer said that she was impressed, particularly with how far I have come and how much she can already get me to do. While I haven't lost the most weight of all of her clients, I have given the period of time I have been with her, and have also, according to her improved a lot fitness wise. She has asked me to join her for a cycle class that they have at the gym so that she can see if my cardio can include these classes. She is also sending me the new cardio workout routine. I'm trying the class on Monday, and the two of us will sort out the class we attend together next week. Sounds good, and sounds like a lot of progress.

I was pretty tired and I wasn't sure if I should do the cardio or not. The trainer told me to just walk to warm down for 10 minutes, however once I got started I really felt like giving it a decent nudge. I did 25 minutes and managed to get through the 300 calories for the day and felt really good to have achieved that also today.

I then weighed myself under the 'official' conditions and have posted the weight on the site. I was 131.4 kg (289lbs) and was mightly pleased with that as it included my shoes and everything else. I am fast closing in on the next target and I think sticking with the diet has become quite easy. I spoke with the trainer about my craving for KFC and told her that I had thought I might roast a chicken tonight to see if that will get rid of the craving. She said that should be fine and I should definitely do it to see if it works. So, on the way home I got the chicken and everything else for dinner tonight and am really looking forward to cooking a wonderful meal for myself and my partner tonight.

Lastly, I must apologise for the absence of the promised photo today. My partner was in a rush this morning so she couldn't take the photo of me for the post today. I will organise it for tomorrow as I feel that it is important to have a photo record of what I look like now, to see the changes that take place over time. I'm looking forward to this weekend and will probably get into the gym tomorrow morning, while my partner and I will get out on Sunday for some fresh air and exercise out and about in Sydney.