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The wait is over for the weekly weight update


First, a recap. I joined the gym last Thursday weighing 16 stone 7lbs (231lbs). I had a session with a personal trainer on Friday, and he showed me a cardio workout which included cycling, treadmill, cross-training and rowing. I worked this session on Sunday, Monday morning and yesterday morning. On Tuesday night I spent 45 minutes trying my hand (and bum and legs) at spinning. Wednesday I had a day off. Yesterday afternoon I spent lugging tables around the office and taking box upon box of ancient paperwork and other assorted old rubbish to the skip. Believe me, yesterday was the most active day I’d had in work for a long time! This morning I stepped on my bathroom scales.
I stepped off them again. I rubbed my eyes in case I was still dreaming. I moved the scales to a different part of the bathroom floor in case they were originally placed in some gravitational negativity force-field. I stepped on them again. H’mmm…. same readout. I allowed myself a little smile as I got dressed.
This whole workout thing is actually working out very well. I’m enjoying myself, I’m not feeling self-conscious at the gym (everyone feels like an imposter when they first join a gym) and I’ve been made to feel very welcome there. I’ve managed two early-morning workouts this week, and I’m extremely pleased with myself about that. I’m the laziest bugger in the world when it comes to getting out of bed in the morning!
I’m going to see if I can settle into a routine of going to the gym Monday morning, Tuesday evening, Thurday morning, Friday evening and one day over the weekend. I feel that if I leave it more than two or three days between visits then I’ll get out of the habit, but this morning’s weigh-in will certainly keep me motivated. Having said that I plan to go on a Friday night, I’m not going to go tonight because I have a one-hour session with the Personal Trainer tomorrow morning. After that I’m on my own, I have to pay extra for more sessions with the PT.
Oh, and the weigh in? A very respectable 16stone 2lbs (226lbs). Yes, that’s right, I’ve lost 5lbs this week, and that’s purely from exercise, because I haven’t changed a thing in my diet (ok, I’m having Maltesers mid-morning instead of a Kit-Kat, so shoot me!)
Yay me :-)

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  1. #1 by Shannon at September 16th, 2005

    good job with the 5lbs! keep up the hard work! here via Michele!

  2. #2 by annie at September 16th, 2005

    What’s a Malteser? I know what a Kit-Kat is. I’m just a chocolate ice cream junkie. That reminds me, the new Baskin-Robbins by the grocery store should be open soon, yum.
    Oh and good job! I like how you moved the scale just to be sure, ha-ha!

  3. #3 by Dan at September 16th, 2005

    annie – googling for “maltesers” got me this page: http://www.britishdelights.com/mars.htm
    So not only does it tell you what Maltesers are, but you can actually buy your own!

  4. #4 by Marcia at September 16th, 2005

    Good job, keep going! Enjoy your weekend.
    P.S. Michele sent me

  5. #5 by dlynne at September 16th, 2005

    Thanks for stopping by my site! Great work on the exercising and weight loss! Have a great weekend – I will be back to visit.

  6. #6 by Cheryl at September 16th, 2005

    Yay you!

  7. #7 by Deb at September 17th, 2005

    Conga – Rats to you Dan, on your awesome accomplishment! Gives me hope that I can lose at least a pound by doing nothing more than typing responses in new blogs I’m visiting!!! …now going to check out that link for the Maltesers…. thanks for stopping by my blog as well – hope to see you again!

  8. #8 by DayByDay4-2Day at September 17th, 2005

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the encouragement.
    I also joined an exercise class. It is t & th but got postponed to tonight. So I’m off to water aerobics. Day 4….

  9. #9 by Lucy Stern at September 17th, 2005

    Very good! Ask the trainer about alternating cardio and weight training. I have been reading a lot about that and you don’t want to do a lot of weight training two days in a row. Alternate. Keep up the good work.

  10. #10 by Nik at September 17th, 2005

    yay for you! I am currently in the middle of a big move so my fitness attempt is being put on hold for 3 weeks.

  11. #11 by utenzi at September 17th, 2005

    Michele sent me, Dan.
    I’m not far behind you weight wise. I’m 210 lbs and while not quite motivated to do something about it yet–I am thinking about it. LOL And I might stay in that state for a while! Congratulation on your initiative to do something about it.
    I read your post below also and it’s interesting to see how different your university system is from that of the USA and yet how much in common there is in the actual experience. I like the way the British system sounds but I might have had more trouble with motivation.

  12. #12 by Karen at September 17th, 2005

    Well done Dan – I joined slimming world 7 months ago and I’ve lost 2 stone. Keep up the good work.
    Here via Michele

  13. #13 by -E at September 17th, 2005

    Way to go. You probably don’t have as hard a time of waking up in the morning as I do. But then, I have a hard time going to bed before 6 am most nights…. Stupid insomnia. Michele sent me this time.

  14. #14 by Old Horsetail Snake at September 17th, 2005

    Moving the scale like that just attests again to your honesty. Felicitations. And abide by the advice above — no two days in a row for heavy weight training. Muscles need some time to themselves.

  15. #15 by Carmi at September 17th, 2005

    Hi Daniel. Good on you for your courage in getting fit and healthy. I wish I had the guts to do the same…I ride my bike every day, but I’m not sure I’d have the fortitude to sign up at a club.
    Well done…I’m sure you’ll go far.

  16. #16 by Pearl at September 17th, 2005

    Congrats! How encouraging to hear someone get such a fast change. (I’d always wondered how much a “stone” is. 14 pounds. Let’s see if I can remember that…)
    Do you find the personal trainer helps? Think you’ll pay for extra sessions? I didn’t pay for extra because I didn’t really click with my assigned one and was to too shy to ask to switch?

  17. #17 by Dan at September 18th, 2005

    Pearl – Yes, a stone is indeed 14lbs, and yes I have found the Personal Trainer very helpful. I wasn’t assigned this trainer – on my first day at the gym I hung around the PT’s table in the middle and when one of them wandered up I asked him if I could make an appointment with him.
    I might go for an update with the PT when I get to the end of my 3-month membership – at that point I’ll decide whether to commit myself to a 12-month membership.

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