My first workout!

I went to the gym today, yay me!
Yesterday I signed up and ended up getting a deal for 10.99 a month plus 12 personal training sessions for $200...then the guy I talked to on the phone ended up giving me all kinds of coupon discounts to use and I ended up getting 7 extra sessions. Yay! Ordinarily, I wouldn't have bought that; it's kind of a splurge. BUT. I know me and I know I'll lose motivation and keeping an appointment with a trainer will keep me on track, especially for the first couple months of getting into the routine.

My trainer (Jean) is really nice and I like her. She was running a little late but I just did some cardio while I waited and I only waited 8 minutes. Then she just sat down with me and asked what my goals were, things like that. So then I got weighed (cringe) and measured and she got my body fat percentage which is a whopping 40%. She says ideally, she wants to get me down to 25%. Yikes. I have a ways to go!
She told me that for me, I need to focus on cardio. Weight training will be a part of my exercise routine, but cardio is going to be a huge factor. She showed me a couple weight machines. I KILLED my abs on this...thing. I don't know what it's called haha. Then I used what I think is called a hack slide? My legs are freakishly strong and I pushed them pretty easily so she next time we'll add weights.
That was the end of that though and we scheduled my next session for Wednesday at 11:30! I got on an elliptical for 35 minutes and got my heart rate up to 167. :>
I am pleased! So far, I'm still under my allotted 1200 calories (she gave me a high five for guessing correctly on how many I need to eat to lose weight!) and I just ate an orange and am about to eat dinner.
Phew!