Honestly, I'm just shooting to be healthy. I'm not paying too much attention to the scale(who am I kidding? I get curious sometimes!), but short term I just want to improve my times at the gym, how long I walk/run, use the ellipticals, etc. The gym manager told me to stick with cardio the first two weeks and then he'll walk me through strength training, because I'm pretty clueless about that sort of thing. I work late, so I make it to the gym at around 9 every night(I've only been a member three days, but I've at least went all three!), and stay until about 10:30.
That's about 30 minutes on the treadmill walking with it set to about 3.4, 5 or so running(I have asthma, and had a bout with pneumonia earlier this year, so I'm trying not to scale up the running too much too fast), then I do the elliptical as long as I can last, which seems to be 20 minutes at a time. Then I make lots of excuses to walk my dogs, one of which is apt to make my right arm all buff the way he tugs!
Far as caloric intake goes, I'm not entirely sure what number I need to shoot for exactly, just that I'm eating things that are as healthy as I can manage. Egg white omelette's with salsa, lots of salad, though very little dressing. I've never been a huge fan of it. I actually like the taste of the veggies in my salads, and that stuff has always tried to show them up! I even managed to turn my head when offered candy bars tonight at a family gathering, and the cake, too... though I was very briefly tempted. Decided to come home and have an apple instead. :sulk:
I'm just going to aim for about 10 pounds at a time(obviously not all at once!), until I eventually make it down to 135 from 210. I'm too tired of making excuses and not putting the effort into it, and I feel ten times better just from the last three days! My mood has definitely taken a turn for the better.
Sorry that was so long! I get too chatty at this hour.
