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Welcome to OH! You have gotten some great suggestions. Sitting exercises at your weight would be the best for you right now. Check your cable TV and youtube as it was suggested and there are some great videos. The biggest obstacle for us all is dealing with our head issues. Here are some great articles to help you start that process to help with being successful. If you have access to someone seeing a professional has helped many to get where we need to be to live.....
Head Hunger/Issues
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HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
Morning! Super weekend week.
Monday-rest, walk commute.
Tuesday-7 mile run
Wednesday-rest
Thursday-7 mile run
Friday-10 mile AM run, 5 mile PM run
Saturday-10 mile AM run, 5 mile PM run
Sunday-36 mile run
VSG: 3/12/15
So it' 6:40pm in ca I have only had 1120 calories today and fighting urge to eat at the moment if I stick to that calorie intake for my size will I lose it quick and will it be safe
Been without internet for awhile but it is back up and running. I sort have enjoyed being without it for awhile.
Monday walk for a hour
Tue s/f and a hour run
Wed master swim
Thursday s/f
Friday hoping barre class
Saturday santa run been looking forward to this 5k run
sunday rest
This week I WILL do my do the following:
Monday: Kettlebell class 1 hour
Tuesday: 2 mike run
Wednesday: Fitbox 1 hour
Thursday: 3 mile run
Friday: Spin Class 1 hour
Saturday: 4 mile run
Sunday: Rest
Have a happy healthy week
Yours in WLS Journey,
Bill Mac
Put on your favorite music while you walk around the house or neighborhood. Crank it up!! Also you may want to use a 1-3 pound weight...Just move it around your body while you walk. Don't have a weight(s)...Use a can(s). Many days when it's raining, I would close the curtains, put on my music and just walk around the house. I would use my weights in different simple movements. I still do this...
You may want to look into elastic bands. You can find them on the internet or at Walmart or a sporting goods store. There are programs on Youtube that show you how to get started. Also after my surgery, elastic band exercises (movement/tension) was the only thing allowed for me post surgery (besides walking) for the first 6 weeks. Even an old rubber tube will work for these exercises. I'll post below some bands and some videos...Brian PS Don't get intimidated by the bodies on the videos...We are here for support and health. These things work, no matter where you are at in an exercise program...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKrcoO86h4&t=406s
I've had a Garmin Vivoactive that I LOVE and I've been wanting a HR monitor. I figured I'd get the Vivoactive HR, but never really got around to it. Then, just recently, the Vivoactive 3 was released and I LOVE the list of features it has! And the way it looks! So I figured I'd get it once I saw it in person and could see how it compared in look to my current Vivoactive.
Well.. then there's been a $50 discount for Cyber week (or whatever) which is amazing for a new device, and I managed to get someone in my Zombies Run community to post a picture of her old Vivoactive next to her Vivoactive 3, so I ordered it.
It arrives today and I'm super excited. I haven't been able to exercise pretty much at all since my first reconstructive surgery in June and I'm hopeful that this will be a great motivation for me when I'm able to start up again. Plus getting it now will give me plenty of time to figure it all out before my (hopeful) next half marathon in March. Plus, thanks to the HR functions, it can actually track/log things like yoga and pilates!
And to make this post a teeny bit less of just a brag about me... what's your favorite exercise tech?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Diet change is more likely to get you to your goal than exercise. If you aren't already, measure and track everything you put into your mouth using something like MyFitnessPal.
Walk around your house as much as you can. For me this was a change from "Yeah, I'll do [that thing] when I get up next" to "I'll get up and do [that thing] RIGHT NOW." Movement is movement. If you have stairs at home, work on going up and down the bottom 3-4 of them. And definitely look into "chair exercises."
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Limiting what you eat is far more effective than counting on exercise to help you lose weight. Exercise will make you more mobile, though, as you lose. Have you ever watched "Sit and Be Fit"? Maybe some of her exercises might help you.
Track every bite. Good luck!!
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Back at it.
Monday-5 mile run
Tuesday-10 mile run
Wednesday-gym
Thursday-8 mile run
Friday-11 mile run
Saturday-10 mile trail run
Sunday-18 mile trail run
VSG: 3/12/15
