Daily posts 10/16 and 10/17

I recently took on a part time job in addition to my fulltime one, so I apologize for my tardiness.

If you have fallen victim to the carb monster and escaped his grip....how have you done it?

How many times a week do you exercise and what exactly do you do when you exercise?

I refuse to fall victim to the carb monster!  Seriously though, I don't look at it like that.  I make sure I eat carbs in moderation, so that I'm not "forbidding" anything.  Yesterday, I baked DH cookies.  I had two.  Before WLS, I would have eaten half of them.  That's progress. 

When I go to the gym (where I'm about to head off to!) I usually do cardio (about 25 minutes) and then weights.  Today's just cardio though.

With lapband the carbs do not work well. If you have proper restriction it get stuck and then it comes back up....That's not pretty!!!

Exercise I go outside everyday with the granddaughter in the stroller and run up and down the driveway, I do this about 25 times which comes to 1.5 miles....Then I do WII Fit every night with my grandson....

Karen

I don't really have a problem with carbs.  Having said that, if I do eat some bad carbs, I find that I want more of them, so that's why I stay away from them.  I don't worry about good carbs, like fruit and veggies, and I eat whole grains.  I just try to stay away from the snack foods.

As far as exercise, I do weight training 2-3 times a week.  That is, I do weights, circuit training and also work with a 6 lb. medicine ball.  In addition, I walk.  Sometimes I walk to work or I walk at lunch time.  Today (Saturday), a friend and I took a walk through some woods near here, primarily to scope out the area for winter when we'll snowshoe or cross-country ski there.  When the good weather leaves us, which I'm dreading, I'll probably do my cardio at the gym on the upright bike or the elliptical.

I've had a hard time with the carbs lately - and I agree - he gets a grip that's hard to escape!  The easiest way for me to get back on track is cold turkey - literally!  I go back to a strict protein diet - no carbs at all - for a few days...  then relax it again...   I guess this is what maintenance is all about - up a few, down a few...

I walk, mostly...   on break and lunch, and sometimes in the evenings...  

I stay far from the carb monster..20g/day.  They are my nemesis.

I exercise 4 times a week.  Just finished walking my first 5k race. :-)
---jan---

I too have taken on a part-time job ~ gotta pay for the heat.
I have fallen for the carb monster and have yet to get  grip!!!
I exercise several times a week either walking at lunch or riding my horse or cleaning horse stalls.