My First Real Workout
Today I hit the gym for the first time in years. I biked almost 6 miles on the stationary bike, at my target heart rate of 145, I did this in 25 minutes. So on my first day I've already gone past my goal of 20 minutes for cardio.
After the bike, I did some weight training. I did a full body workout. Needless to say I am exhausted! Tomorrow will just be cardio and ab work for me.
The best news: I weighed on the scales that I weighed in on for my fitness assessment Friday and I'm already down another 1.2 pounds! All that despite my stressful weekend. I'm pumped to get back in tomorrow, I know I'm gonna be so sore that it will be difficult to walk, but working out will help.
I just went to thedailyplate.com site and it tells me I need to eat 2275 calories a day to lose 2 pounds a week. When I was planning my meals out for this week I had a really hard time getting in 1600 a day. That's with eating about every 3 hours too. I'll stick with my 1600-1800 calorie range and see how that goes. If I hit a plateau or don't lose I'll up my caloric intake.