I'm running 2 miles at a time now.

Apr 08, 2011

That's all. Just an update. My first mile is taking about 12 minutes. I'm doing both in 25 minutes. Actually, what I'm doing is a warm up walk for 5 minutes, running for 2 miles (25 minutes) and then fast pace walking for 15 minutes to round out to a 45 minute cardio workout (then cool down and stretching).

You remember how our surgeons told us to do our hard work exercise right after surgery and not to wait until we were six months to a year out because then we would only have to work that much harder to burn less calories? Yeah, well, they are right. I wish I had worked harder earlier. I worked out, but I could have worked harder. Though I will say that it's much easier to work out when you've lost a bunch of weight, right? When we're not huffing and puffing it? But alas...gone are the days of burning 500 calories for barely 30 minutes on the elliptical (which is what I was burning about a month or two after surgery). Now, I'm burning about 380 to 400 calories if I do all that I listed above! Quite a bit more. And don't think my appetite and my penchant for "grazing" doesn't try to undo that calorie burning fast!

I'm almost a year out now and all of those ugly habits are rearing and ready to come out, so it's been important for me to stick to an exercise routine. Every day is a battle with the head hunger and desire to eat a little bit all day long. I've been stuck playing with the same couple of pounds for months now, but because of the running I can really feel the difference in my pants, even if I don't see it on the scale. And I'm consistently impressed with how much I am able to do on a daily basis. So, in other words...loving life after RNY. To think that a year ago I was attending my pre-op seminar?! Wow, that blows my mind. Feels like yesterday. Best of luck to all of you newbies starting your journey! I'm excited for you and if you ever have any questions, feel free to PM me. I'm happy to help.

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