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I’m exercising three (or more) days a week now. I rise early, usually by 6 and get my incredibly shrinking self to the gym for a good 1-hour workout. I spend about 45 minutes on the treadmill on the "Fat Burn" program. This runs your heart-rate up to 55% of your theoritical maximum (220 – [your age] = theoritical maximum). There’s another program for "Cardio" and it runs you at 85% and man…that gives me a run for my money—but I did it today for 30 minutes.

I recently scored a Polar T31 heart-rate monitor that I wear now while I’m working out. It’s wireless and transmits my current heart-rate to the treadmill (and other machines) at the club as well as a "writstwatch" device I wear. It is much more convenient than holding the metal pads on the machine. The machine uses this information to vary the elevation and speed of the belt. Works great and it’s a nice step-forward. What other gadgets can I attach to myself to make working out more fun?

So, the long and short is that I’m down to 316 from the 354 I started at in July. I started doing the MediFast program (see below) but sorta gave that up for a bit. No real reason, just sorta faded. The working out is going great, it’s proving to be an excellent way to start the day. And, soon I might work my way up to 6 days a week which should be really fun.

Wish me luck!