And the workout begains

Today was my first day back in the gym. For a first day back I did well. I first worked on the elliptical machine for 30 min, with a 5 min cool down. The machine says I burned a bit more than 500 calories in that 30+5 min workout. That mean 1/7 of a pound :). After that I worked out for another 30 min on the circuit training area. They have several machines that work out all the muscle groups. My shoulders are really sore from it.

One nice thing is that ALL of there scales (Digital and Analog) all go up to 500lbs. That means the stupid 350 pound limit is gone so I can weigh my self when ever I want at the gym, don't have to go to Dr. Billys to see my weight. I will still goto Dr. Billys to see my fat %, Lean body mass and BMR once a week.

Another Day, Another Weigh in....

Yesterday on the 14th I went in and got weighed again at Dr. Billy's office to see how well I am doing. To my surprise I am beating my expectations. I have lost a total now of about 16 pounds in 3 weeks. Although that is nice, that was not the surprise, the surprise was that from the last time I was on the machine (7/7/09) I have gained 2.3lbs in Lean Body Mass (LBM). The reason that is a big surprise is that I was expecting to be losing it not gaining it. Since my LBM is going up, that also means that my BMR is also going up. Typically when you are losing weight, you lose LBM, so each day you burn a bit less calories than you did the day before. But, I am keeping just active enough to be gaining LBM still.

To keep that up I just joined 24 Hour Fitness today to try to keep my LBM up (or even to make it bigger) and to lose more calories faster. If I can keep this up, I think I can hit my first goal (350 lbs) in the beginning of January of 2010, about 6 months. It will be soo cool if I can keep up my LBM and say in the gym the next 6 months. If I gain like another 12lbs in LBM, it means at 350lbs with a LBM of 243lbs I would be at 30% body fat. I am currently around 52% (I know that is really bad, but I had to start somewhere). I just hope I can keep up my LBM with working out 3 to 5 days a week at 24 Hour Fitness.

On a Side note, I made a REALLY good dinner tonight. I made a Turkey Breast Taco plate. It was 485 Calories. Here is what is in it:

4 1/2 Oz. of Turkey Breast 135c

1 Cup of cooked Brown Rice 150c

1/2 Cup Mushrooms 8c

1/4 Cup of Onions 16c

1/4 Cup of Green Bell Pepper 12c

3 small White corn Tortillas 165c

I just basically put it all in a pan, fried it with Pam Butter Spray (No calories) and put in it the tortillas. Great stuff!! Nice and filling.