Dream: soemthing about Monica, Mary, and X and being at Cafe Mundi
(?) maybe? Then parking at work, carpooling with Max G, and he paid
the wrong meter when he was trying to be gallant and pay for my
parking...wierd. Dream seemed to have themes on false friends vs.
true friends, good intentions vs. manipulative behavior. Something
like that. Is Xtal my 'Mary' or is our friendship as unhealthy as the
monica-mary one? hm.
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So last night I went in for my 2nd session with a personal trainer at
my new gym. I didn't stay to work out afterwards--Tom and David had a
breakdown in Salado and had to have David's checker towed back to
Austin,and then they left for Michigan again, this time in Tom's
Trooper. No champagne and chambord orgy for me :) (they had popped a
botle of Korbels before taking off the first time,and Tom left the
rest in the fridge for me. But since he called and I knew I'd have to
come get him when the tow truck got him back to Austin, no big drinky
for me. I did have one glass when I got back to the house after
meeting w/ Rick)
Last session, the computer was down so Rick couldn't plug in my food
choices and make me a menu, the caliper was missing so he couldn't
take my fat readings, bla bla. So this time, we did all that. Didn't
get around to what I wanted to do, which was learn to use all the
wierdo weight machines. So, in the spirit of generous kindness I've
found so evident at my new gym (haha), he said he'd give me a 3rd
session for free, since we didn't get around to the weights this
time.
I somehow don't feel too terribly priviliged by getting this free
service, considering that I paid for the first 2 sessions, and
subsequently discovered a card that the gym passes out to new members
for 2 free trainer sessions.
Body fat percentage: 37.4
Fat mass 71.43
Lean Body Mass 119.57
Measurements:
Neck: 12.5
Upper Arm: 12.5
Forearm: 10
Chest: 41.5
Waist: 33
Hips: 46
Upper Thigh: 25
Calf: 17.5
Anyway, he supposedly plugged in my food choices and came up
with 'my' menu. It sucks, and I won't be using it. There are goofy
things on it, like 3 cups of popcorn for a snack (!!) and .25 cup of
grape juice with one meal. And 4.5 cups of salad. One meal features
half a corn tortilla along with the other strange items in that meal.
Breakfast one day is 1 egg white, 3/4 c. oatmeal, 1.5 oz turkey
sausage, and 1 cup Orange juice. The next day, it's 3 egg whites, 1
cup oatmeal, .5 oz bacon, and .5 cup OJ. One meal has me eating 2
rolls AND 1.2 cups of rice. Jeesus Christ!! This is all to the goal
of having X percent carbs, X percent protein,and X percent fat in my
diet every day, all adding up to XXXX number of calories. But it
makes for some strange quantities of food and some wierdo
combinations. And this nutrition plan has a ton of bread, which is
about useless, and not nearly enough veggies. So I won't be following
it.
And, of course, he was pushing bottles of vitamins and supplements at
$35 a pop or so. Yeahright. One is a plain multi--I get Centrum
Silver or Walgreens Multi-Choice for $6 a bottle. The next supplement
on the 'must have' list is some herbal mumbo-jumbo items that "have
been shown to hasten the removal of fat from the liver....may enhance
liver function during body fat reduction" and is "an attempt to
increase thermogenesis"...What-EVER. And finally, we have the highly-
recommended and highly-hyped holy grail of weight loss: Pyruvate,
which, since I'm on low-carb and in ketosis, my body is theoretically
making on its own in quantity. Kind of funny the difference between
this disinterested-third-party-type info
(
http://www.hcrc.org/contrib/sukala/pyruvate.html) on Pyruvate, and
the hard-seller's version of the same basic info
(
http://www.pinnaclebody.com/pyruvate.htm).
They wanted me to get a doctor's release to work this program. I am
embarassed to even send my Dr. the diet and supplement
recommendations, they are such crap. But I guess I should at least
have him sign off on the exercise stuff, which I'll actually be doing.
I have lost 18 lbs since my Dr. appointment in March, so I'm doing
just fine with my avoiding of processed garbage, white food, & sugar,
emphasis on lean meat, fresh produce, lots of water, and trying to
get in some form of exercise every day. Yes, folks, it really is that
easy. Avoid junk food and get off the couch for a few minutes every
day and you lose weight. Wow! What a concept. It's kind of
wierd/scary how easy it's been to lose weight. I have a hard time
trusting it. But I am NOT going to sabotage myself. I am going to
take care of my body and let my body take care of me :)
I am grateful for my trainer getting my measurements and body fat
calculations,and for getting my target heart rate, but the rest is
pure crap. The nutrition program on their computer is pretty
cool,though, with all the calories and percentages all programmed in.
I wonder if I could get him to let me play with it to develop
something that I'd actually find useful and do-able? Change the
percentages to 50% protein, 30% fat, and 20% carbos or something more
in line with what I'm doing in RL.
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