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Both are important. Cardio (which you'd get with the cycling) is important for your health and the strength, flexibility, and balance gains that you get from yoga are equally important to your health.
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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Monday 30 minutes of s/f
Tue 60 minute swim timing of a 1k swim
Wed 60 minute swim
Thursday 20 minutes s/f and 60 minute run
Friday 80 minute ride
Saturday 30 minute run and a 50 minute swim
Sunday 170 minute ride 10 minute run
Happy exercising everyone
Yesterday my father sent me a lot of messages to encourage me for Indoor cycling. But as I dig deeper into the buying process I find it quiet a costly affair. On the other side, Yoga is free and without any risk involved. I want to know what are the poses that can do exactly same job as of .indoor cycling. So I can reply back to my dad to convince him of yoga being more beneficial then use of indoor cycling.
Be proud that you are doing it and speed will come with time. I remember the first time I ran around the bay 30k race and my trainer came out after she had finished to run the the last 5k with me. Well I was running and she was walking and I said to her this is bad your walk is my run and she said I just walk real fast but you know what it did not matter it was my run and I was doing it. Speed will come. I am still not fast as everyone else but that is OK.
I have just learned that riding will help you to become a faster runner. I find it is easier to get faster with the bike than running.
Make sure you stretch after your workouts and that means the bike . Your running and biking does count as cardio as long as you are getting the heart rate up. If you are than great and if not than peddle a little faster for a minute than recover for a minute or two and repeat. You got this
I'm reposting this here from the RNY Menu group because I'm hoping for input as well as support!
Exercise:
Here is my basic exercise plan:
Sunday - Run and Walk (run per 5K training app- walk to get to a total of 10k steps)
Monday- Bike to work (14 miles round trip) Walk 10K steps Upper body bands workout
Tuesday - Bike to work/ Walk 10K steps
Wednesday- Run and Walk Upper body bands workout
Thursday - Bike to work, Walk 5K steps (Thursdays I drive "home" to NE Ohio which seriously crimps my available time for exercise!)
Friday- Run and Walk Upper body bands workout
Saturday- Hike/Walk 10k steps Stretching/very beginner's yoga
Most of my weight loss goals are fitness oriented, I'm afraid that as I lose my fat weight, I'll also lose the strength that came from hauling all those excess pounds around! While the biking is new to me, I'm biking at about 9.5 mph which is so slow it doesn't even qualify as exercise on MFP! And my "running" is slower than most of you can walk, like 17 minute miles! just pointing out that it might look like a lot of exercise but it's not very HARD exercise. It's like "active minutes" that end up kicking my ass. Clearly my BODY thinks that my slow running and biking should count as cardio ;-)
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
I'm only allowed to wal****il 7/17 and I hadn't even been doing that until the end of last week. But I've been walking at least .8 miles every day since 6/23 and that's been lovely!
I really, really miss yoga.
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)
Good luck to you :D
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)
Gwen, No. I didn't take your advice negatively. I do want to start slow, to the tune of walking 2 mins then running for 1 until I can build up. I will definitely consider the other apps you mentioned.
Jeff W Waldrop
That is amazing. You did great with the run and I hope you are proud of yourself
