Success!

Yes, today was a success. I stepped on the scale this morning after my morning pee, and I was down another 2.4lbs. Finally! I say this because I have been battling with the same 2 lbs 238-240 for over a week. Today I finally saw a drop.

I have been reading alot and trying to stay focused. Today, while golfing, my sister and mom and I discussed exercise and caloric intake. It seems I may be overdoing the exercise thing. I have been working out as though I was still eating the calories I used to. Of course, with the band, I can only seem to get in about 1000...maybe.

So, it appears I need to drop the cardio for burning fat and do cardio for heart strengthening. I need to work more on the weight lifting and muscle building. Does anyone else have thoughts on this? Am I working out too hard by trying to get my heart rate up to 141-151 as my trainer told me months ago? Should I work more on endurance rather than the heart rate?

Oh, and one more thing... I have had really bad knees for a long time. the other day, I went to the dr and asked about some X-rays I had back in Dec '07. He said good news, it is not arthritis like I thought, but there is some damage. Patellofemoral syndrome. He gave me a few exercises to work with in order to try and get some healing. Oh, to be thinner and have my knees pain free... I can just picture it in my dreams.

Time for Beach Volleyball... I am having so much fun with this. Hopefully someone will take some pics and I can add it to this posting.