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Double days

  With my diet in place and results beginning to show I started to believe that  I can really do this. Only I wanted it done faster.   Every morning before work I would go to the gym and do my cardio. After work I'd go back to the gym and lift weights. By splitting up my workouts I was able to achieve more time on my cardio and more sets/reps on my weight lifting.   The results were felt more like a fantasy than reality. On average I was losing 5 lbs a week this way. People say losing more than 2 pounds a week can be unhealthy. So was being over 300 lbs with all of my other health conditions.   Healthy or unhealthy my goal was to lose 39 pounds and get under 300 lbs. To me nothing was worse than having to wear a knee brace, wearing a mask pumping air through my nose while I slept, and taking numerous medications just to live.

First Workouts

   The   time had come I joined a local gym. Nerves and anxiety were through the roof. The feeling of not belonging somewhere was at an all time high. What was I doing there?    My first workout 15 minutes of cardio on an elliptical machine at the lowest level. Followed by a hour of roaming around machines and trying to figure how to use them. Eventually I'd work my way up to free weights but for now machines were going to be my best friend.    As the week's went on my cardio improved. Every workout  I'd aim for 1 more minute of cardio until I reached 30 mins. My weight sets (still on machines) increased from 3 sets of 6 to 3 sets of 8. Once I hit 3 sets of 10 my next goal was to go 4 sets of 10 and work my way up until I can hit 5 sets of 20. Remember I'm doing light weights.     The weight loss didn't come right away but more importantly I started feeling better about myself. Sometimes the pain in my knee would slow me down. I'd remind myself the p