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Working out is working out!!!
on August 5, 2008 5:44 am
Okay so last week I was very sore from my first real workout. I worked out again that Friday to relieve some of the sorness. I must say it did work for a little bit but the sorness returned. Well on Monday I worked out for hour in a half and I feel great. Like I said this working out is working out for me. I am goning on August 7 to get my first fill. I am a little worried but I know I will be fine.
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VERY SORE!!!!!
on July 31, 2008 6:24 am
Ok so I went to Golds Gym yesterday and what a work out I had. I had been going to another gym that was through the hospital where I work at and I felt like I was not getting a good workout. Well I am living proof that I was not I was going there 3 times a week and was never sore and one day at Golds Gym and I hurt like I have never exercised a day in my life. We did lower body working out my legs, butt, and inner tighs and we did core which is back and stomach. I work upper body out when I go back and do core again. I think I am going to like this because you are rotating back and forth each time you go. There is upper body and lower body and core and each time you go you do core and either upper or lowe body. We always do cardio everytime you go I was on the tread for a whole 20 minutes on top of everything else I done. I was very proud of myself because I did so good.
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BIG step......Golds Gym
on July 29, 2008 8:10 am
Ok story is the gym I have been going to through the hospital does not offer child care and my daugter can't exercise. So I went to Golds Gym today to check it out and needless to say I joined. I start to morrow to get my exercise program and get my body analyzed. I know the the analyse is going to say I am 50% fat (lol). I am so happy my mom actually paid for the first month for me and that was awsome for me because for a long time I was thinking she was no supportive of me getting banded. I know that sounds crazy but my mom thinks you can lose weight on your own by eating small meals and exercising. She is even thinking about joining the gym. Well that is it for today and I will let ya know how the first day goes if my finger are not to tired to type!!!!!
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Exercise!!!! Who says it's fun?
on July 24, 2008 3:36 pm
Ok I must admitt I have never been one for exercise and have never been able to stick to it. Ok there I said it exercise is like having an anal scope to me (never had one) but I would hate it as much as I do exercising. Maybe it will get better for me (I hope) because as for now I HATE IT. I know I need it but still is there not a way to cheat at it?

As you can see I am frustrated and just venting to lose a little steam. I did however exercise yesterday did a walking dvd. I confess I did nothing on Tuesday because I was to dang sore to even lift my legs every step hurt and every breath. I know it will get better but I am realizing that this blog is helping me help myself. I know I sound crazy but if you knew me you would understand I am CRAZY lol.

Ok and today I did my 15 min power walk mile exercise by Leslie Sanson Walk Away the Pounds. It wa only 15 min but hey my legs are burning if you have not got one of the dvd get one it is great on rainy days when you don't want to go to the gym or like today I did not fell like walking in the heat.

Yea for me
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Hit the gym today!!!
on July 21, 2008 3:24 pm
Well I has been a month since surgery and this is my first visit to the gym. I am so sore it has been three months since this body has seen the gym. Why do we do this to ourselves and why don't we ever learn? When someone can answer that question please let me know!!!!!!!

Well I spent 15 min on the bicycle and 5 on the tread and that was it 20 whole minutes and I was sweaty and out of breath. I was like is the not an oxygen tank anywhere in here lol. I consider that a job well done or me because I went to the gym all by myself like a big girl. I usually wait for a group but I took the big girl pill and went and enjoyed it I had time to myself (something I don't get much of). Well I intend on going to the gym 3 days a week and do a work out dvd when I don't go to the gym. I will keep you updated on my progress.
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My Story

I was never really a skinny kid but I was never considered big either. I am 5'10 and big boned with a history of big women in my family. To me I was on the wrong side of the genes from the start (I blame my family genes). When I graduated high school I weighed 200lbs and thought I was the BOOM! Then I had my first child and jumped to 265lbs yes I did. I lost 40lbs and then went through a horrible break-up and it was then that I realized that food was my best friend and I confided in it on a regular basis. When I woke up and realized that not talking about my issues and eating the pain away did me no good I weighed 295lbs. I was like what have I done in two years I had gained another person. Then I began to lose weight again and feel happy about myself and ended up pregnant with another child. When I delivered my son I weighed 340lbs. I felt like a whale that walked the earth and I wanted the old me back I was lost inside my fat somewhere dying to come out. I know that sounds strange but that is how I felt on the inside I felt small but it did not match what was on the outside. I got sick when my son was about 4 years old and had to go on steroids and my weight shot up to 365lbs and I was stuck there for 4 years. I could lose down to 350lbs but never could go any lower. Then I would always gain more back than what I had lost. 

In October of 2006 I decided that I need to do something about my weight. I had to lose weight to let the real me out so I started looking at WLS options that was out there. I tried diet pills, low carb, low calorie, and 3 day diets but nothing worked. Then I heard about Lap Band. I researched and searched out people who had the surgery and what their results were. By December 2006 I had went to the Lap Band workshop, had a psych evaluation and set a date for January 2008. When I went for my pre-op appointment I was crushed my psych said he was worried about me and that that I was hearing voices and thought I was skitzo. I was like WHAT!!! are you kidding me I don't hear nothing. I was blessed with a Dr. that I had worked around before and he know me because he was like I don't believe that for one moment and then there was that BUT we have to see this through and you have to get reevaluated. I was like what I got to go through all that again I was thinking all those bubbles and questions when this is over I really am going to have issues LoL. Well that process took a whole year because between school, my children, and providing I did not have any spare time for anything. A whole year past and in January 2008 I restarted the process. I took the whole test over and was cleared. I scheduled my surgery for June 24, 2008 and was ready to start my journey to the real me.


 


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