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I started week three of the training program today and things are moving along marvelously. I’m really enjoying this heart-rate based program. By being so focused on my body I can easily monitor what small changes do to either raise or lower my heart rate. I have also been able to lower my heart rate around 10 beats by simply focusing and breathing more deeply. I feel like a ninja when I do that!

I discovered that my recovery rate is actually pretty decent. I’m still working with the spikes at the lows and highs of my zones but I can already see those are getting better and I’m more in control overall. It is a little game that I get to play with myself. I have to move from one zone to another and learn to listen to my body enough to know when to change the settings, on whatever machine I am on, so that I catch the perfect heart rate for that zone. This game makes time go so fast and I’m competing with no one but myself which is nice.

And now for the pièce de résistance, I have lost a little over 3 pounds! That is slow and steady and I’m cool with that. I have also been eating around 1800-2000 calories a day. I know! I eat all the time! I track my meals loosely to make sure I’m eating around 300-400 calories every three to four hours but other than that I haven’t been obsessed about what I’m eating. I may have to be more restrictive in the future, but for now, I think this is the best route for me. I’m working on changing a lot of habits and I want to make it as doable as possible.

The trainer warned me today that I may not want to look at the plan for next week. I think he mumbled something about boot camp when I was walking away. I’m not looking.

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