Today I finally did it. I went to the gym. A 60 yr. old guy, Phil, taught me the basics of the tredmill, alypitical (sp) and bike. He said to burn 300-400 cal. four times a week to lose weight doing cardio. Well today I only burned 250 and I thought I was going to die. I was sweating so much (yuck) and I was a bit light headed. He told me to cool down a bit and I thought I had , until I stepped off the tred. I did not do the alypitical today. Just tred and bike. Next time I go, tomorrow, I plan on asking someone how to use one of the ab machines thingys. So I hope to get the cardio in then the abs on each visit for now. Phil said if I burn 1600 cal. the whole week that is like going one day without eating. Sounds good to me. He also said to expect to be hungry when you are done (i was starved) but I should try to stay away from carbs as much as possible. I came home and ate 2 pc. toast with I can't.....butter and a bowl of rasin bran crunch. Total carbs. Sigh.
It sure is hard work to burn off even one calorie. Yet they make good for you stuff a bit high in cal. For example. ff strawberry yogurt is 200 cal. So you eat disgusting food worth 200 cal then have to work out for almost an hour(at least i do) to work off a food item that was yucky to begin with. Whateva. It took me an hour to work off 250 cal. Boy do I have my work cut out for me.