So last night was my first full night of the TEAM Weight Loss class. I got my ass HANDED to me, but I also worked hard and am very proud of my efforts. So apparently the majority of TEAM Weight Loss is cardio (which I kind of knew), but man oh man!! We were on the treadmill and lifting dumb bells at the same time. I was doing 10 (wanted 15, but they didn't have them), lateral raises, shoulder presses, and bicep curls. That itself took a little coordination (which I don't have much of)! So then when we put the weights down we did lots of intervals. We started at an incline of 4-6% and did a set of intervals (walk 3.0/run 5.5), after 3 intervals, we increased the incline to 6-8%, then 8-10%, then 10-12%, then 15 and at each incline we did the interval set. It's been a long time since I've had sweat RUNNING off of me like that!! It was INSANE! It didn't help that I hadn't eaten since lunch (skipped snack - BAD idea) so I was a little light headed and didn't have as much energy and I knew I was also a little on the dehydrated side.
After our workout we did weigh ins and while others were weighing in we were instructed to do 5 - 60 sec reps of each of the following core exercises....toe touches (on your back), ankle touches (side to side on your back), and bicycle abs. OW! After I did all of my core stuff I got back on the treadmill at 3.0 until it was my turn to weigh in.
This "scale" they have at Lifetime is AWESOME! It not only measures your weight, but also your hydration level (intra cellular and outter cellular water), lean muscle mass, fat/muscle balance in each arm and leg compared to the other and in your trunk. It gives you an ideal amount of weight you should lose taking in to consideration your muscle mass and it shows a lot of other numbers related to BMI etc...so I was pleased to see I'd lost 5 lbs since my HealthCheck last Tuesday (03/13/2012) and my trainer was pleasantly surprised at the amount of lean muscle mass I have. So weighing in at 381, this machine tells me ideally I only have to lose 84 lbs, putting me just barely under 200!! I don't know if I will be happy at that weight or not, but we'll see what my body looks like at that weight and decide from there. Obviously the amount of lean muscle mass I have is going to increase over the coming months and my body fat is going to decrease, so the numbers are going to change all over the board, but it'll definitely be interesting to see and I'm all about seeing something besides the scale change. If I learned one thing from Tina, it's that the number on the scale is basically irrelevent, so I'm not stressing about it and I will not obsessively weigh myself like last time. This is going to be one hell of a wild ride and I can't wait!!
Today's Menu:
Breakfast - Oatmeal with Flax, Banana, Good Earth Sweet and Spicy Tea
Snack - String Cheese, Apple
Lunch - Pasta Salad (whole wheat pasta, craisins, almonds, chicken, italian dressing, carrots, celery, etc), cinnamon applesauce
Snack - String Cheese, 2 Clementines
Dinner - To be determined
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