I went and sign up for a gym membership yesterday. After months of trying to get into shape without much success, I decided to invest some money and go to a professionally run gym to get some professional consultation.
My first day, they tested me for fitness, I am at the medium range, obviously. They tested my BMI and BMR, with some kind of machine, I am not extremely sure that how the machine could be accurate when it practically doesn't do anything??
Anyway, the BMI came back at 18.3, which is in the NORMAL range!! What did I tell you?? Despite people keep on calling me skinny, I am NORMAL!!
The BMR came back at 1575 - BMR being Basal Metabolic Rate. I was told to get it up to 2400, it being the normal build up rate. I guess over dieting have slowed down my body's metabolism rate to conservation mode.
The body fat assessment came back at 10.2. Anything below 12 is considered excellent. Now, for the first time, I have something excellent to show!
The trainer asked me what I don't like about my body. I find that hard to answer because I don't really don't like my body per se, but like any person with some vanity issue and one that is being bombarded with images of Greek Gods and picture perfection, that is like a non question, right? Well, the trainer said most people would pay attention to two areas on guys, the biceps and the chest. So, I am to work on those first. As if that is not one of my goal, sigh.
Well, now that I am going to a full fledge gym instead of my club house semi furnished gym, I am giving myself 3 months to get into the shape that I want.
Oh, the trainer said I have to eat! Lots!! And I was like, duh!! Must I? I have not been eating much. I know I have not been eating much. But to be asked a question like, do you take breakfast? No. What you take for lunch? A. Err, nothing. What you take for dinner? A. Nothing heavy. Then, they said I need to eat more!
So, I started on supper the minute I got home!! One piece of pizza and one piece of roti canai. And I am not keen to gorge on more. But I have to force myself to. And it is very conflicting, on one side, I try to eat, on another hand, I really can't be eating that much!! The image of the "fat" guy always play in the mind everytime I eat. Duh!!
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BMI 18.3 is still within the normal range but right at the lowest end, juat at the edge.
BMR is BASAL (not banal) Metabolic Rate.
Good Luck with your new venture!!
Basal - Okay, corrected.
It will be easy to increase it to 19 - 20, I think. Give me a month or so.
I am feeling very excited and looking forward to some success.
uncle,
I'm sure u succeed with your determination!
If you have group exercise classes in your gym, do try them out. I find i prefer the group exercises than the lonely cold machines.
But of course, overall i prefer food over exercise so am official gym drop-out!! LOL
pigita - you are such a darling, thanks for the encouragement.
like it or not, i plan to make it a success, i spent what is worth more than my diamond in it, i ought to make it work, right? otherwise, i might as well get another good quality diamond!!
That is good that they do all that testing and set you up a rutine most places just charge you money to use the machines and without knowing what you need to do. but I usually just lie down and wait for the feeling to pass when I feel like exercising
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