So.....I'm nearing the end of month 3, and I'm still feeling great. As a matter of fact, I am loving this personal training even more!
I was able to maintain my weight loss through the holidays, and now I've changed gears. I was actually getting a little bored with so much emphasis on diet. Because my work outs weren't like a training work out (for an event), there was a much greater focus on the diet to manipulate the body to lose weight. Don't get me wrong, the work outs were hard, and many a night I felt like a messy blob on the floor when we were done, but it still wasn't as hard as if I was "training" for something. It was great that I had those 3 months to acclimate to the foundational diet program and it can now be tweaked further, and... I can easily adapt to the changes. And I still get my weekly cheat meal...my most favorite being a big juicy burger!!
I decided that I wanted to train to walk in a half marathon, the American River Pkwy 1/2 Marathon in April along with a bunch of co-workers. We are all training differently - 1 with the American Heart Assoc, several with SacFit, and of course me with my trainer.
So I'm transitioning from a fitness to a performance plan. This week I went down to his gym in Sacramento, and it was absolutely wonderful. I forgot (due to injury & 2 back surgeries) how much I love working out at a
heavy duty gym*, and just working out hard in general. Last night I was there for 1.5 hours, and loved every minute of it. I spent the 1st 35 minutes of so doing weights, then I walked 3 miles on the treadmill at a progressively difficult incline & speed. The walking took almost an hour. But....I could do everything my trainer told me to do. He did have to assist me a couple of times, and I was actually even able to lift wayyyy more than I expected. At one point, I thought I was lifting 50 lbs (lat pull down) when in reality, I found out later, it was 120 lbs!!
I floated out of the gym, and back home, and I did not come back to earth until about 3 pm this afternoon. I was actually awake (& alert) when the alarm went off at 530. That's a big wow. And I didn't even need any coffee (of course, I still took it to work with me & drank it later). When I went to Pilates reformer tonight down in
Gold River, both instructors were blown away by my enthusiasm & willingness to do "anything" including crazy planks during the work out.
I am starting to get a little sore now...but still feel great!! I'm very excited about the coming weeks.
(On a side note regarding the "heavy duty gym*"...it's NOTHING like a corporate gym...there's not a lot of fluff like you see at the other Sac gyms, they have ALOT of Hammer Strength equipment, the people (employees & gym rats) are extremely friendly, and it's dirt cheap)
