an hour of strength training then 7 horrible miles on the TM... really didn't feel very good on the run.  strength training was great however :)

yes it does.  you can gain muscle at the same time as losing fat.  if you are only interested in losing weight (muscle included) then you can skip strength training, but i wouldn't recommend it.  lean muscle mass is really important for metabolism and general health, during heavy weight loss via calorie deficit, your muscles will be attacked as well as stored fat.  so if for nothing else other than maintaining current muscle mass, i would suggest keeping strength training in.

ugh.  plans for the gym tonight are scuttled.  have to attend a 5pm meeting at work on a friday.  yay me.  will move the workout to tomorrow.  Paul, you doing mike's class on sunday?

i would need to know more detail about you and how far you are along, but for me, at around 9 months or so i started strength training harder and my weight also stopped dropping.  i have not lost another pound since then, but i did lose a bunch of inches on my pant size and a shirt size.  scales are crude measures and don't take into account fitness, hydration, lean muscle mass etc.  It is a really really really hard thing to wrap your head around, but not seeing the number drop on the scale isn't necessarily a bad thing.  that being said, it also depends on where you are in your post-op journey.  i can also say this, strength training is one of the most under-rated forms of exercise post-op, it is critically important in my opinion (and the only sure fire way to increase metabolism).  best of luck!

i got in a decent strength training session followed by a 5 mile run on the TM...

taking a rest day... will hit it hard tomorrow.

on saturday i got in some strength training followed by a 10K run on the Treadmill.

squeezed in a spin class last night...