I am still working of form. I think 6 years of moving around the country, not really working out much, and having undiagnosed severe anemia (I just thought I was out of shape) have really gotten to me. I am glad to be back in the normal range for iron, but wow, I am still so weak, and I still feel so weak. But working out isn't nearly as exhausting as it used to be a few months ago, so consistency is getting a lot easier.
I've decided to go back a few steps, to the 12 rep workouts and continue to work on form. When I increased the weights for the decreased reps, I lost the corrections I had been making, and I don't want to to practice bad habits that will need to be corrected later... so hopefully this is one step back, two steps forward!
In another step forward, I am going to try tracking food (and calories). Since I know this will already be frustrating to me just in and of itself, I've made an appointment for Friday morning to get my RMR tested. t's the test where you breathe into a tube for 15 minutes. I hope that's reliable. In any case, I will use those numbers and calculate what Cassandra thinks I should be eating from that... my body's been so whacked out the last couple of years I have no idea if my metabolism is fast or slow. I've never managed to count an entire day's calories either, so I could have been vastly over- or under-eating and not know.
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