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complete a 6 month diet with a positive attitude

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be approved for gastric bypass surgery.

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Go to my first WLS seminar (Scheduled in June)

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schedule an appointment with my doctor

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Be healthy and fit so I can chase my energetic toddler daughter around

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  • Comment by Amanda S. on 3/27/08 3:41 am
    I see your surgery date is right around the corner! Congrats, you are in my thoughts. Remember to rest, rest, rest, sip, sip, sip, and walk, walk, walk.
  • Comment by QwnBee2007 on 3/22/08 6:42 pm
    Congrats on your upcoming surgery!!
  • Comment by Ms Robyn on 3/16/08 4:04 pm
    Wishing you all the best with your upcoming WLS
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One Month Of Training Complete
on July 7, 2008 11:18 am
I love exercise!  I don't always enjoy doing it but I love how it makes my body feel and I love what it does for my mood!  It's also cool to see and feel my progress as I chart it.  I love participating on the exercise and fitness board.  I feel like I "belong" there even though I'm nowhere near the level of most of those guys yet.

My stats now at the beginning of my second month of training are:

walk/run is now moving up to a 2 run/1 walk pace and I can now go 2.5 miles.  Hoping by the end of this month I'll have upped my walk run ratio a bit and perhaps feel ready to walk/run a full 5K (3 miles)

bike is WAY up from my 4 mile start to starting 12 mile rides this week!  I think perhaps the aim by the end of the month will be 14-16 miles.

swimming... yeah I have my first tri in February so I reallly need to hook this up sooner than later!
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End of Second Training Week
on June 22, 2008 2:04 pm
When you're as decoditioned as I was, improvements come fast!  I am ready to bump up the runs to 1/1 walking and running.  By Friday the 2/1 walk run was definitely not easy but it took a while to work up a real sweat.  So for the next two weeks it'll be 1/1 for 20 mins.  Then maybe walk 5 then 1/1 for 5 more?  Yeah that sounds good.  I want to work up to 1/1 for 30 mins but I don't think I'll be there on Monday.  Anyway like I said at the beginning, I have had to bump up the intensity on my stationary bike, and I'm ready to take my outside bike rides to 40 mins as opposed to 30.  Today is a day of rest and I feel antsy to get out and do something.  But I will not.  No, I'm not working out intensely or anything but I still need to get into the habit of resting my body once a week just to make sure I don't end up injured or end up not getting the results I want.  So I'll chill (as the kids are saying these days).
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First Swim
on June 18, 2008 5:48 pm
Erg... my lame front crawl/freestyle thingy couldn't even make it half a length!  I basically dog paddled up to one end and back stroked down to the other.  I gotta get some help and I gotta build stamina!!
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Training Week 2 Begins
on June 17, 2008 6:26 pm
So I ran on Monday on a track for the first time.  I think I'm going to run there tomorrow too.  It gives me the most accurate measure of my progress.  Plus the cushie surface is probably better for my joints at this point.  It shows I am actually walk/running about a 15 minute mile.  I'll take it!  Running still isn't really fun for me but I LOVE how I feel after I'm done (yay endorphins).  Acutally I must say that last Friday's run was almost fun though.  I started running and suddenly I became aware that my body wanted to pick up the pace, just a hair but still.  I wanted to go faster!... ME!!!  Yesterday's run I found I could start the running interval at an even faster clip but I couldn't maintain that pace for the full interval and I had to slow down before the minute was up.  

Today's bike ride was the hardest I've done so far.  It was more hilly on this end than it is on the opposite end of the trail.  Even though a more conditioned rider probably wouldn't detect any hills at all I sure felt them!  Thursday I will start on the other end and see if I increase my distance (4.5 miles).

Tomorrow will also be my first swim workout.  I wonder what the swim plus run will feel like.

PS Camping with my daughter was GREAT!!  She is such a fun little person.  Near the end of the trip I was getting a little worn out from the constant questions and chatter from the four year old mouth and mind but I think that was more exhaustion than anything.  We had a good time and we'll probably do it again before summer's end.
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Concerned
on June 12, 2008 7:36 pm
I hear about people not eating enough and they stop losing weight.  I am concerned because I can't seem to get in very many calories this week for whatever reason.  I just have no desire to eat really.  Nothing sounds good to me.  As soo as they're done I'm going to force some chicken nuggets down my gullet just because they're high calorie and I haven't eating much today.  I just want to be able to eat enough to support my weight loss and enough so I don't get sick!
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I am a single mom to a beautiful daughter.  I know that without this surgery I may not be around to see grow up.  I have been overweight all of my life and morbidly obese since my late 20's.  I first started researching weight loss surgery about 10 years ago and since then I've tried to go through with it twice before this.  Now I'm entering my 40's and I think I may finally be wise enough to believe that the diet/failure/diet again cycle just isn't going to work!  I need to make a truly life changing decision now.  It's time to get this surgery done and get on with leading a normal life.

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