June 19th, 2009
After a 5 minute warm up on the tread mill – I met with my new personal trainer Dan Go – We went into an office were I was weighed and provided my BMI.
Current Weight : 203
Current BMI: 34.8
Dan entered my height, weight, age and measurements into a computer program. A figure appeared on his screen of what my body looked like under my clothes – not pleasant. He also showed me an image of what my body would look like at a healthy weight. He printed this out for me along with a sample meal plan and a few cardboard cards that I would use to track my progress.
203LBS!!
I underestimated how much weight I needed to lose - to be honest I didn’t think I weighed that much – it was a bit of a shock. Dan gave me the low down on what is ideal for my age and height.
Target Weight: 135lbs-145lbs.
Target BMI: 18.5-24.9
203-135 = 68lbs.
Losing 68lbs was daunting – an impossible feat?.
Discussed this with my gf and she gave me some solid advice. Instead of having one big goal like “lose 68lbs” why not break it down into mini goals.
Goal 1: 185
Goal 2: 165
Goal 3: 145
Goal 4: 135
As trivial as it sounds – you would be surprised what it can do for your self confidence. Mini goals allowed me to feel a sense of accomplishment a lot sooner and four mini 20lb goals were not nearly as scary as one huge 68lb goal. – The best part though – each time I reached a mini goal I felt even more motivated to get to the next one. Losing weight is just as much mental as it is physical. Sometimes we need small tricks to help break down the roadblocks.
How many times have you heard “Getting in the gym is the hard part“. What tricks would you use to get over this hurdle? – I will tell you all about the steps I took to get over this hurdle……. eventually.
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June 15th, 2009
The Questionnaire.
Rate Your Habits on a scale from 1-5
(1 = Chris Farley and 5 = Christian Bale)
• Eating 1 2 3 4 5
• Exercise 1 2 3 4 5
• Sloth 1 2 3 4 5
Write down your goals/reason for joining the gym
Lose weight. Not feel and look like sloth.
The questionnaire was a bit longer than that but the questions were all focused around those areas – I believe they also asked about being a Smoker and/or a Drinker – of which I was both. Needless to say… I didn’t score very well.
Had a seat with the fitness consultant – we reviewed my questionnaire and he asked some follow up questions. The main one being how much weight I wanted to lose? – I estimated approx 30-40lbs would be reasonable. (to be honest I wasn’t sure how much I weighed at the time). Finally he asked me to set a goal [time frame] to loose this weight. I gave myself 6 months at first but then he had me work out the math and we agreed 1 year would be a far more realistic goal.
40/12 = 3.3lbs a month versus 40/5 = 6.6lbs a month.
He brought over a 1 year contract and explained the pricing would be approx 28$ paid bi-weekly – I asked if there was a corporate discount – there was – he asked what company I was with but did not ask for any proof. Regardless he knocked the price down to 23$ bi-weekly . I was ready to sign up – thought of it as a commitment and an investment – if I am paying I will surely go!. The consultant sales guy mentioned they had a special promotion where I could try 6 – 30 minute 1-on-1 sessions with a professional personal trainer for the “low low” price of 120$ (regularly 220$) – Yeah.. I am sucker and bought it. – to be honest though I really would benefit from fitness instruction. – besides what have I got to lose? money, weight?.
Scheduled my first 1-on-1 session for the following day. Nando went through the same process but scheduled his first 1-on-1 later that week.
ON THE RIGHT TRACK
See you tomorow goodlife new life.
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