Last weekend, Libby and I joined Ballys (along with her sister). We are both wanting to break away from this long plateau of weight loss and so we decided to make a serious investment in that vow. Its not just for the wedding…we’ve decided that we need to stick with this working out thing as hard as possible. There are obvious limits to just walking on flat pavement on our own. Having three of us going together helps since we are keeping each other motivated.

We’ve been 3 times now but are going to go more regularly. We’re starting out slow (as our trainers have advised). I had my personal training session tonight and while light (compared to the grueling program my trainer in Michigan put me through while at my heaviest), I still paid the price. He had me do leg exercises where you stand with a huge rubber ball b/w your back and the wall. You slowly descend into a sitting position with your arms outstretched while inhaling and then ascend (pushing against the ball) while exhaling. After 1 set, my quads were complaining. After 2 sets, they were screaming. In the second break, he had me do some high leg walking to work out the soreness. Then I did the 3rd set. After the first descent, it was like a vice grip strangled my thighs. He must have seen the look on my face and said “Stop!” as my legs almost buckled. I really liked my trainer. He has worked with a lot of post-bypass people and seems to have a wealthy knowledge of how to help these people lose weight and tighten up the skin.

We spent a lot of time walking the rest of the training session and he had me do some other minor things, the most helpful of which were some light weight exercises to strengthen my rotator cuff tendonitis. Needless to say, I could barely get up my stairs tonight and at times, my thighs just seem to buckle on their own. The next couple of days should be exciting.