Molly’s BodyBlog

My first training run for the Half Marathon was this morning.. pretty darn easy! I even felt strong on the hills which is usually my weakness.

Anyway, I had a blast with my personal training sessions but can’t afford to buy more right now so that’s disappointing. I love the trainer too… he’s great. So hopefully it will work out later. I will save my money!!

I am just going to get back into my regular weight routine I was doing before the trainer and keep running for now.

Just wanted to update… I will write more later this week. My goal is to keep my nutrition in check… the more I work out the more I want to eat!! I just need to choose the right things to fuel my body!!

 Later.

Molly

After 2 weeks working with a trainer I lost 5lbs, 5% Body fat and inches everywhere!! I am so excited!!

 Now I just have to come up with more money so I can keep training with him… I wish it wasn’t so darn expensive… he told me he will try to get me a really good deal… I told him if he did I would not let him down and I’d be a major success story he could use to inspire others (yikes, a scary promise to make but I know I can do it!!

I have met with the trainer 2 times so far. The first time was just for the evaluation piece… weight/measurements/body fat % and to set up my meal plan and goals. I really like the guy. He’s funny and motivating. It’s very obvious that he is an expert and very knowledgable.

The only thing that really bugged me is the results I got for the body fat % using the calipers. I had lost a few % points with the ultrasound/body impedence method that I had been getting done once a month up until the holidays. The last results I got with that was 24% in October. THEN I have it done just last week with the calipers and it’s 35%!! I have lost wieght and worked hard in the past few months so there’s no way that can be accurate. It’s just frustrating to not feel like I can really trust those numbers because the trainer will be measuring it again in a few weeks. My ultimate goal is to be around 20% and NO MORE. It seems like it’s going to take for ever to lose 15%!!

 Anyway, then on Monday this week I had my first workout with him. The best and most challenging part about it was that he had me doing exercises I haven’t done in a long time or ever. Like jumping up onto a playform, core exercises, etc. It was good to try new things and I am very sore!

I’m keeping up with my running as well. I’m probably averaging 10-12 miles a week. My usual is 3-4 miles each day and I’m really trying to pick up the pace. I’m still around 10 min miles so I’m working to beat that consistently. My half marathon training group starts in a few weeks. The race itself is the end of June. My goal is to finish in under 2 hours.

Well, that’s my update. I need to get my weight down because it’s been staying around the same for the past few months due to holiday/junk eating. I feel like I’m getting that under control now though. I keep thinking all the hard work at the gym will be wasted if I don’t have the commitment to my nutrition!! And we don’t want to sweat for nothin’!!

 Later, Molly

I got a REAL personal trainer… It’s only for 6 sessions but I’m really excited! I know it will be what I need to see real progress in 09! I actually switched to a new gym as well that I think will be alot better for me. There’s more people… maybe I’ll meet someone with some of the same goals as I have. AND there’s more classes, like kickboxing which I LOVE, and that’s important for the variety of my cardio workouts. They have classes that combine both cardio and weights and I’ve always wanted to try that… the whole group approach. Again. for the the variety. I’m just determined this year to change things up constantly so I don’t get  bored and get off track.

Anyway, just looking forward to my first training session on Wednesday. I’ll post more about it later!!

PS The whole online trainer didn’t work out well for me… AT ALL! Enough said.