Yesterday I had my first training session with my personal trainer. It was like breathing life back into me. I could feel the energy building up inside of me. I heard myself saying, "you can do this" and "feels good to be back at it". I know this August thing has to be mental, but historically speaking I have usually done everything to sabotage my entire summer. I do not know what it is about June, July and August - but they just are not my months to shine. It even starts in about late April or early May. I start wanting a change, I feel restless and then I start making bad decisions about what to eat. I start cutting back on my exercise program. History does repeat itself. Surgery or no surgery - this is just a bad time of the year for me.
However, I fought hard this year. I didn't always succeed, but I didn't give up completely. I had bad days, but I also had some great ones. I've been telling myself that August just needs to end and it has.... so on with my new plan to get back on a plan. I'm feeling good and want to do good.
So, a little more about this exercise and the personal trainer. In talking with her she tells her clients to burn 2000 calories a week doing cardiovascular exercise. Hummmmmm. That's a lot. I usually try to go to the gym 4 days a week. So, doing the math that's 500 calories to burn each session. How long will that take me? Well, in my current status - a little over 1 1/2 hours. That's a long time. So, I either have to commit to that or even add a day to my exercise week (that's more likely). Even then I will have to burn 400 calories per session and that's still over 1 hour of exercise. Can I do it? YES! Is it going to be hard? YES! I'm I up for the challenge? YES!
I'm going to hit the ground running with this. I want to make the most of my time with the trainer and that includes the days I'm not meeting with her. So, here goes nothing or should I say here's to shaking up my metabolism - just try and figure out what I'm going to do to you next Mr. Sluggish!
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