I feel a little odd about starting a training log, but since I already blog on another site I thought I'd give it a shot. This will be a quick intro and I'll see about adding in my training info from this week. Since I just started Stage 1 this seemed like a good time to start.
Although I'm about 80 pounds lighter than my highest weight, I still probably have 200 pounds to go to hit goal weight (which may be unrealistic, since I've never been anything but overweight). I started losing weight a few years ago, and was lower than I am now. The hows and whys are complicated. If you want to know the whole story (try
» Who Am I?). I've been eating better since early December, and finally got back on track with the treadmill in early Jan. I'm down a little more than 30 pounds since Dec. so I'm basically happy with the food intake and exercise.
I've been doing (on avg) 60-90 mins treadmill 6 days a week, and what I've always thought of as 'playing' with fairly light weights (8lbs). I'm really doing the treadmill to build up endurance, something I lost a little over this last summer/fall. I use incline, rather than speed, to raise my heart rate. Years ago, when I started losing, a guy I worked with really wanted me to work with weights, but long story short, I didn't take his advice. So last week I bought the book, a weight set (maybe not enough, but I'll worry about that later), and off I go.
So, the plan is to adjust my eating slightly, mainly increasing the protein levels. I was generally doing about 25/25/50 (protein/fat/carbs) so I 'm trying hard to go 30/30/40 instead. I normally do 2000-2100 and will stick with that for the moment, adding 250 on the days I lift. I'll probably have a tough time at the start as I'm a prep/freeze type person for my meals. In the freezer are lots of soups for lunches and some already made-up meals, so I'll have to try and work in the protein elsewhere on days I'm a little low.