Workout day 1

Just returned from workout day 1. Since I'm off work this week, I'm taking advantage of our local rec center (I actually have a multi-visit pass that's been sitting idle since last spring).

Today was as much about getting out and going as accomplishing any particular workout goal. I had my kids with me today so we got to learn about child care at the rec center and tried out a few different machines. I've used the recumbent bikes and the treadmills in the past, so I spent most of my time there. Ended up doing about 8 miles on the bike and 1 mile on the treadmill (about 20 minutes each) all with my heart rate in the 135-155 range (seemed like the right "fat-burning" range, but I'll have to research since I don't remember the formula).

I went in thinking that I would mostly use the elliptical trainers as they looked like fun, I'd never tried them and they looked low impact. They are pretty hard though....think I'll have to work up to those, only was able to do about 5 minutes on those (tried 2 different machines to see if there was a difference).

Overall, I'm really happy with how this went today. I had planned to go back on Wednesday, but the way I feel afterward, I'm going to plan on going back tomorrow instead.

Eating has gone well so far today too. Ate out both meals due to scheduling, but ate smaller portions with less fat and less white flour than I usually would, so I count both of those as successes. Even managed to get in some veggies at lunch.

I'm going to revise my goal a bit too. I'm thinking that I want to hit 225 by Oct 1 2009 for my 10th anniversary. That would put me back to the weight I was at my wedding in time for a big anniversary and also allow for me to plan on maintaining through the Nov/Dec holidays, not a great time traditionally for me to plan on losing any weight. That's still less than 2 pounds a week, so ought to be a healthy rate.