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Yippee I'm a statistic - Some of you may have been around a while some of you are obviously new.  I haven't been posting but I always check in.  I was two years post op on March 19th.  I started the journe...

Heart Rate During Exercise - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/308002012 I don't know if you guys can see that, if not let me know.  IF you can you'll notice that it says I'm running at a very high % o...

My Bite Recipes - So if you don't know about The World According to Eggface (http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/) you should head on over there.  She makes these "bites" that are like...

1 Year Surgiversary -   It’s been almost a year!  Oh my March 19th is my 1 year surgery anniversary.   I went to see my surgeon on 9/19/2011 weighing in at 262 pounds.  On March 19th, exact...

New Wardrobe - How'd you do it? - I've finally stopped losing weight and I've maintained 131-134 for the last month.  I'm thrilled here.  I'm a solid size 6 and even size 4 in some brands.  So now it's time to s...

To Those in Maintenance - Calorie Question - Ok, so I would REALLY like to stop losing weight.  I feel great at 135, and look good too.  I'm now hovering at 131 and keep losing.  I'm eating 1800 -2000 calories a day!  But ...

Dress Shopping is much more fun - So I finally get to go to a formal event with my husband (he'll be rocking his dress mess blues).  I've never in my life gone formal dress shopping while skinny.  We never did t...

What a way to end 2012! -   So on a whim, I signed up for the Fairfax 4 miler for tonight.  I haven't been preparing for a race but I've been running and spinning and working on weights.   We...

Holy CRAP I rocked that! - So on a whim, I signed up for the Fairfax 4 miler for tonight.  I haven't been preparing for a race but I've been running and spinning and working on weights.   Well the...

GARMIN connect screen name - So if anyone wants to become a "connection" my screen name is h.r.ford.  I figured a little rivalry never hurt anyone, and if nothing else you can marvel at my slowness.

What a Difference a Year Makes - First, happy holidays everyone!     I was reflecting today, as people often do on this day, and I realized last Christmas I weighed 250 lbs, and was just starting to exe...

What the surgery means to me! - I know I'm not around as much.  Mainly it's because I've reached maintenance at 135 lbs.  I have maintain 134-137 for over a month now and I find this weight to not only look gr...

Let's talk about Skin (Slightly NSFW) - I know when I was a pre-op I wanted to know all about what I might look like after.  Here's the reality, you are probably going to have some.  Mine is not horrible but psycholog...

Army 10 Miler Results! -  Ok this isn't my real race reveiw but I just got my official results and I"m so happy I could scream so I had to share! Drum roll please! 1 hour 44 min and 22 sec!

Getting Excited! -  The Army 10 miler is on Sunday.  I ran a trial run this past Sunday and did it in 1:53:09, so I'm really hoping I can take a fair few minutes off that for the actual run time.  We...

Race Review - Warrior Dash (cross post) -  Coppied from my blog. **WARNING THIS IS REALLY LONG**   I ran the Warrior Dash yesterday with my friend Mary.  Now some of you may remember Mary from this post about my first...

Race Review - Warrior Dash -  This is coppied from my blog: **WARNING THIS IS REALLY LONG**   I ran the Warrior Dash yesterday with my friend Mary.  Now some of you may remember Mary from this post about ...

Size 8 BABY! -  I don't know that it ever hit me that I might actually get to single sizes.  I bought this dress and a couple M sized shirts from Kohls.  All the shirts are too big!  Wow never th...

Non-weight related goals! -  So I know we've had some weekly non-weight related goals.  I'd like to start a long term, non-weight related goals thread.   I've got 4 right now: 1) Finish the Army 10 Mi...

Brag for 2 seconds -  I just ran a 7:20 mile!  I went to the track on base this morning to do some fartleks and decided to see how fast I could run a 2 mi. PT test.  Well I did my first mile in 7:20, s...

Talk to me about Nutrition while training -  Ok, so I struggled to up my calories to about 1,000 a day and most days I'm still not there, closer to 800 if I'm honest.  I'm steadily losing at 1-2lbs a week still and I'll look...