Week 1 - Day 1 - First day with trainer

I met my trainer today. She has been doing this for over 15 years. Most of today was spent on rules and getting to know my goals. I have already shared my goals in this post. The rules essentially boil down to 2 things: honesty and punctuality. I plan to be on time and not lie in the health tracker (an on-line program).

I had decided to line my vacation up with that of the trainer’s. I will be taking a break from Christmas to the New Year from the formal coaching (no break from working out or getting off the diet). She gave me a quick tour of the facilities and I was confused. I took a map on my way out, which helped. ProClub is HUGE! She also told me that I get a free 10-session pass to an instructor led program (like cardio or spinning (Spinning is riding the stationery bike).

I did 15 minutes of cardio at level 5. It seemed moderate for me. My heart rate monitor works. It did not convey readings to the machine though (will debug that later). My pulse was at 140-150 during the time.

At the end of work-out, I watched an introductory video on 20/20. It was motivational. I am supposed to throw out junk food. Not sure – how my wife is going to take to that? :) I am going to have to avoid parties which have food festivals associated with them.

I will be meeting the dietician tomorrow and have to work-out (cardio) for 60 minutes.

Check out this article on MSN Health or this video below for some motivation of your own.

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