This new HRM is great. It’s giving me more incentive to squeeze out those additional calories out of each workout. Since I bought it “new” from the eBay dealer, I suspect I can get warranty service for the sound issues. Otherwise, it seems to be functioning as I suspected.

As I expected, my kickboxing workout this morning did not yield as many calories burned as MFP’s database had me believing. I’m about 150 shy of their standard entry, which means I’m burning about  42 cals every 9 minutes for the 45-min class. I’m kinda bummed about this revelation, given that I can burn 100 cals in a 10-12 min run. Now I know it’s not all about the calorie burn since I’m improving strength, endurance and overall fitness in that 45 minute class. But as with many people, the mindset is to achieve the most you can squeeze into as little time as possible.

Granted, there are some perks to extending exercise, like bonding with your pups on a good long walk and enjoying the scenery (though in my case, I get to see the daffodils blooming around the neighborhood this time of year).

Still, there is that wish that the pace can be accelerated–though I have to be mindful that I gained 20 lbs over a span of 2 years, I can’t always expect to lose that weight in a fraction of that time. Or can I?

I’d love to take up weight lifting next to see if I can achieve better results…but how do I start? I’m not confident that today’s generic gyms will give me the guidance to get to my goals. 

PS: This is the first morning the scale reported my weight at 144. Of course that’s not gonna last long…but since I haven’t seen that number in more than a year, it’s actually quite gratifying. Losing weight slowly a pound at a time…as long as I keep it off. 

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