Personal Trainer First Consultation

Had my consultation with Ross last Monday and again last night. I presented him with LOADS of questions every one of which he answered with patience and thoroughness. I so appreciated him understanding that I wasn't stalling but really needed to know some things first, for example:
Is my weight-loss goal feasible? My fitness goal? How do I know when I'm pushing myself too far? And not to count my chickens before they hatch, but what if I lose a bunch of weight; will I have excess skin? Will I lose it all just to end up under the knife like those poor people on The Biggest Loser?
(By the way, the answers to these were "absolutely," "absolutely," and "not if you lose it healthily and gradually enough."

I got reweighed since my first weigh in with Ross and I am at my all-time heaviest at 303 lbs. I can't believe I broke 300 but I have to say that I'm truly not broken up about it. I'm so confident that I'm on my way to something good here that I'm just not upset. I knew I'd been WAY overeating and under moving so it's not a shock. Also, I am dating a wonderful man who accepts me for exactly the size I am and it both makes me feel beautiful the way I am AND motivates me to be the very best I can be for him. Hence, new lifestyle!

After the consultation Ross gave me just a general number of times to be at the gym and how much lifting and cardio to do while he worked on a customized plan for me for the next week. My own workouts last week went like this:

• Precor (level 10) for 30 minutes and lifting (three arm lifts (three sets of 12) and three legs (three sets of 12))
• Zumba (in a bridesmaid dress—our instructor is moving to Denver to get married and live with her hubby there so we celebrated by dressing up) and lifting ("   ")
• Spinning class on Saturday—my butt hurt SO MUCH. This class was one of the most physically grueling things I've ever done. I actually started crying during the song "If I Die Young" because I thought I was going to die young on that stationary bike (you think I'm kidding? this was the first time ever that a workout was so hard I cried).

Overall, my body felt so much better even after my own workouts last week. I can't wait to see how much better (and worse) I'll feel after Ross' regimented workouts—I found out yesterday what those look like and I'll report back soon!