It's a learning process

Today was my 1st Fitness Evaluation day.  This evaluation made me realize that I have a lot to work on and with hard work I will achieve my goals. (I learned that I've been measuring my "waist" wrong; my waist is actually at my belly button- duh!).  So I did weight myself on my scale before getting to the gym, Frank said it was OK to use the weight that I got on my scale. 

• OK so here we go... weight 159lbs, on my chest I have lost 0.5 inches (since 10/07) and on my hips I have lost 3/4 inch (since 10/07)-- Yay!  He also measured my neck, shoulders, the right waist measurement, right and left biceps, right and left thighs, and right and left calves. 
• To test my heart rate he had me run up and down the stairs for 3 minutes... I made it to 2 minutes and my heart rate was at 172bpm (NO BUENO). 
• For upper body strength I did modified push-ups (knees)-  I made it to 15 reps. 
• For lower body strength I did squats- I made it to 11 reps.
• For flexibility, in a seated position with legs wide opened I reached to towards the center with my hands and got to 23 inches.
• For muscular endurance I was only able to do 5 sit-ups.
• So my Body Fat % was tested again, I got 40.5%.... YUP that means it's gone down 2%!!!

Overall, it was a good day at the gym and now I have a good baseline to go by and push myself to improve all these numbers.   I also met the other trainer that I will be working with, Wesley, and he seems like he will motivate me to get to where I want to be.  I meet with him next Friday.  So for now on I push myself and look forward to my weekly session with a trainer.

No pain, no gain...