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I Joined a Gym Today!

19 Wednesday Feb 2020

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Well, actually I joined last Friday but I hired a trainer today.  I had no idea a trainer was so expensive.  Between the cost of joining a gym and signing up for a trainer, I’m spending over $300 a month.  Wow, that’s a lot of money.  But, if I can get in shape and lose this weight it will be worth it.  The gym membership is right at $40 a month for a year.  The trainer is $289 a month for six months.  I figured I could do without a few things for six months.  I will be seeing a trainer twice a week for an hour.  I had my free assessment today and the trainer walked me through the paces trying out all the equipment and letting me get familiar with them.  We didn’t really work out per se but I can tell we worked out. My main issue and I made sure I told the trainer this, is my breathing. 

I have three main causes of my breathing issues. One is I’m really over overweight.  286 to be exact.  My body fat is close to 40% and that’s really bad. Two is I have congestive heart failure.  My heart doesn’t pump enough blood through my body to carry enough oxygen needed when I exercise.  And three, the medication that I take for my CML causes fluid to accumulate around my heart and lungs.  When I have an issue with this it causes bad breathing problems.  Luckily, I haven’t had any issues with this since last August.

My plan is to work out three days a week, two of which will be with a trainer.  Funny thing is that my trainer will be a young man that was in my scout troop.  His mother also works there.  I just hope he doesn’t try and get me back for all those times I made him work.

I”m really looking forward to working out and getting back in shape.  Maybe doing it this way I will be held more accountable being that I’m forking out all this cash. My goal is to reach 225lbs before September of this year.  My short term goal is to get down to 275 so that I can get back on my bicycle.  It has a weight limit so I don’t want to get on there and break it.

I’ll try and post something every Friday to keep everyone updated on my progress.

See you then.

Day One! My Weight Loss Journey

14 Monday Oct 2019

Posted by in Weight Loss

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Good Morning!!  Today is the day that I start my weight loss journey. Posting these pictures are the hardest thing that I’ve had to do.  I can’t stand to see myself in this shape.  What better way to start a diet right?

I have weighed and taken my measurements this morning. I’m not too surprised at what I see.  It could and has been worse.  I’ll post everything later on in this post. My plan is to weigh every day and take my measurements once a month.

The Plan

I have been on hundreds of diets in my lifetime.  The only one that really works for me is the low carb diet along with exercise.  Another thing that I have found that works is being able to track my intake as well as my exercise.  One of the best ways is through some apps that I can  use on my phone. I have a couple of apps that I like. One is Fitbit and the other is MyNetDiary.  Both of which have similarities but differences as well. The MyNetDiary app allows me to track my insulin and my blood sugar as well.

Fitbit offers a way to track your exercise on a daily basis.  It counts your steps for which you can set different daily goals.  The default is 10,000 steps. It counts stairs or sets of stairs should I say, it counts the total miles that you’ve walked in a day, it counts the calories that you’ve burnt or used and if you want, it will even count the hours of sleep you had the night before.  Each one of these have a goal that you can set.

So, let’s get into the plan a little deeper.  Like I said earlier, I will be on a low carb diet.  I will stay at or below 2,000 calories/day. And by way of the Fitbit, I will try to get at least 10,000 steps per day and at least if not more than 30 minutes of exercise per day.

I will log everyday but not necessarily on here. You can though, expect a weekly report.  If you would like to track my progress more closely then you can request to join my Fitbit group.  To do so all you have to do is send me an email at timhughes1963@gmail.com and I”ll hook you up.

As promised, and I’m embarrassed to say, here are my measurements.

  • Waist  43.5
  • Chest  45
  • Thigh  23
  • Calf  17.5
  • Neck  18
  • Weight 280

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Well, there you have it. Like I said, I’ll post updated pictures about once a month to see if you can see any changes and I might post some weekly stuff as well but I’ll try not to make them boring.

I hope some will follow this journey with me.  I really think this will help me to stay on track.  I nearly forgot, my weight loss goal for the three month time period is 15 pounds.  I have no doubt in my mind that I will be able to reach this goal.  I will have to stay on my diet in order to reach it though.

Wish me luck.