165 lbs.

down 32 lbs. from start  

25 lbs. to my goal 

So Phil and I have signed our lives away.. We are officially signed up for 6 months with a personal trainer that involves 8 sessions per month (or twice a week). Ah! It ended up being WAY more expensive that we even thought.. but by the time we realized how much it was, it was kind of too late to back out. It is so expensive that I can't believe I'm really doing it.. However, I am happy that I am. I think it will be worth it! 6 months is enough time to make big changes! I've been on this journey for 6 months already, I should be where I want to be in another 6.

We will typically have our sessions on Mondays and Thursdays at 6:30pm. We couldn't fit it in yesterday so we're doing our first official session today. He expects us to do cardio 3 times a week so that means.. I will be working out 5 days a week. And that also means I can do zumba and easily get my cardio in! And I still have the best zumba days free.. so I'll probably do Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday most weeks.

My trainer Jeff did my assessment yesterday(meaning he took all my  measurements and what not). I am currently at 29% body fat which is in the average range for women. I'm pretty happy with that. But Jeff has plans to get me to like 24-25%. He tells me to stop worrying about the scale and just look at myself in the mirror. If I'm happy with that, that's the important part.. especially since he plans for me to lose fat, not weight. Well, I can't not look at the scale. I know it drives a lot of girls crazy. It helps me. It keeps me motivated. And I do want to lose fat and gain muscle, but I still need to get more lean. I know my body type and I know I should technically be smaller. My mom and I have very similar builds and she was always thin when she was young. She had a really good body. I would like to get to her size back then. I'll tone up as I go, but I still have some weight to lose whether Jeff agrees or not. lol.

Jeff did tell me that I'm more fit than Phil. I found that kind of funny. Because 6 months ago, I think I was the same as Phil. In fact, I'd always be scared to do physical activities with friends for fear of being so out of shape. I would ride bikes with Phil but if he wanted to ride with a group of friends, I would back out. I'd be so scared that everyone would be going too fast and I wouldn't be able to keep up. Same thing when my friends would invite me to do 5ks. I'm still a little scared of that though. lol. Now I'm getting to the point where I realize, my fitness level is pretty average and I need to not limit myself so much. I've never heard of anyone dying from riding a bike while out of shape. lol.

OK.. time to get to work! I'll let you know how tonight goes!

See ya!
Melissa