Went to the gym at about 1:30.  It was my sixth visit in seven days. I hope to maintain a five day per week schedule, taking off Sat and Sun.  At present, my work out is fairly easy and somewhat 'exploratory' in nature due to the fact that I've done no 'cardio' or 'resistance' work in a couple of years so the cardio phase (elliptical) is only 10 minutes (heart rate climbs to between 140 and 150 by end of session) and my 'resistance' is 2S x 10R on six machines and the 'Smith deck'.  I have been using fairly light weight and I don't try to work to failure but probably would have difficulty completing more than 3-5 additional reps in most instances on most of  the machines. I am being very cautious as I know what injury means to someone in my shape and will try to avoid set backs if possible. My entire workout is taking about 40-50 minutes at this point.

My goals are to slowly increase 'cardio time' each week and up weight, keeping reps constant (10-12) as my strength returns.  I direct my resistance lifting at this time to pecs, rhomboids, biceps, triceps, deltoids, quads and hamstrings. 

Weight today was 235.0 (after workout)  My weight on 8/29/12 was 237.6.  I also hope to reduce my 'max heart rate' at the end of cardio phase and at some point, begin to chart recovery time (to 100bpm -90bpm- etc). Needless to say, my eating habits must become a part of this effort if I'm to attain real progress but I will begin 'intake' regime after I feel my 'gym rat' days have been re established.