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Morning all! I'll go ahead and get this started. I've got two weeks left to exercise, so I'll try to make them count. It's challenging, though, since I'm having a hard time finding that fine line between doing enough and doing too much! When I do too much, I then have to take naps :P
Monday: walk, yoga
Tuesday: walk, yoga
Wednesday: pilates class, yoga class
Thursday: walk, yoga
Friday: pilates/yoga class, tai chi class
Saturday: walk, yoga
Sunday: walk, yoga
I tried running for the first time since recent surgery on Saturday and it was super weird. There wasn't muscle pain so much as nerve pain? I can't really describe it. I'll add some running intervals into the walks listed about, but they'll be very short.
What's your exercise plan for the week?
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
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I tried High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and it worked very well at improving my ability to run longer. I started with 5 min warm up (3.5mph) then 30second "high" interval at 5.5 mph followed by 30seconds slow interval at 2.5 - 3mph to recover..then do that 4 times then do 3 minutes recovery at 3.5...then do that cycle over again 4 times for a total of 28 minutes.
I think you're walking at 4.2 is a bit too fast and long for a "recovery" phase so it can be hard to pick up speed and run after that. And 5.6 is pretty fast for the running phase (10.42 minute mile!) at this point so you may be tiring yourself out too fast.
After 4 months of 5 days a week on the treadmill I'm at 4 minutes running at 5.0mph and 1 min walk at 3.5 and can do this 8 times....one day soon I hope to be able to do an "all running" 5k in 40 minutes.
see you the training goes in jan. and if you are not ready than drop it down. You will only be upset with yourself if you do it and not ready and don't have a good run
Listening to your body is so important and I am so glad that you did. I know it can be a very hard thing to do but if you don't than it will be just that much longer to heal. I know
I haven't adhered to my schedule at all this week. My abdomen is definitely "talking" to me after the exercise from the weekend, so I'm trying the "listening to my body" thing that everyone always tells me I should do. I am planning on going to Tai Chi at the least tomorrow.
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)
You are AMAZING. I have zero interest in biking or swimming, so I have infinite respect for you.
I'm hoping that I'll be able to do the half marathon I've registered for - it's March 10, but I'm not really going to be able to start training for it until the beginning of the year. :/ I can drop it down to a 5k if I need to, but I'd like to not need to. Oh well, at least I'm getting reconstruction out of the way all at once so that I can interrupt training for six months and then be good to go forever, right? ;)
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)
Missed the bike ride last night, I did walk for a little over an hour at a decent for me pace... Rode the bike to work this morning so I'll have that in at least! Tomorrow I'll try my tempo run for the first time 
I took ten minutes this morning to adjust the bike's hand brake cables. It's amazing how much safer I feel having solid brakes. I am laughing at myself for being too impatient to properly adjust them the FIRST time I noticed the issue! So now I'm riding with a bike helmet that yes, does give me crappy hair when I take it off at the office, and I have brakes. Adulting for the win!
5'4" 49yrs at surgery date
SW - 206 CW - 128
M1 - 20lb M2 - 9 lb M3 - 7 lb M4 - 7 lb M5 - 7 lb M6 - 6 lb M7 - 4 lb M8 - 1 lb M9 - 2 lb M10 - 4 lb M11 - 0lb M12 - 3lb M13 - 0 lb M14 - 2 lb M15 - 0 lb M16 - 3 lb
Just posting todays as I always start out running and see where it goes. It is my first love!
9 mile run
30 minutes of weights
30 min stretches, sit ups push ups, body weight exercises
The half ironman is a 2k swim followed by a 90k bike ride than a 1/2 marathon which is 21k.
My issue has been the bike not a strong rider and scared of falling so I have worked hard on it and have come a long way. Who knows depending on how this race goes maybe full ironman one day
I had a pretty good week, I missed one run but still got in three!
Monday- 8 mile bike ride 2 mile walk, upper body work
Tuesday - Bike to work (14 miles)
Wednesday- 3 mile run upper body work
Thursday - bike to work
Friday - 2 mile run (first tempo run), upper body work
Saturday- construction work on a friends house so mostly lifting drywall
Sunday- 4 mile run
I had my 3 mo followup at the bariatric center on Friday. They were a little worried about my BUN/Creatinine ratio but felt it was probably just my high protein diet and dehydration at work. My NUT did suggest I up my calories to 1000 while I'm adjusting up to running and that as part of that uptick, I drink a protein shake after any hard workout where hard means I'm feeling weak and shaky afterwards (so that would be all of them LOL!) She was OK with my low carb diet but thought adding back some fresh veggies wouldn't hurt.
5'4" 49yrs at surgery date
SW - 206 CW - 128
M1 - 20lb M2 - 9 lb M3 - 7 lb M4 - 7 lb M5 - 7 lb M6 - 6 lb M7 - 4 lb M8 - 1 lb M9 - 2 lb M10 - 4 lb M11 - 0lb M12 - 3lb M13 - 0 lb M14 - 2 lb M15 - 0 lb M16 - 3 lb
