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I enjoy exercise too! It's so much more fun when you lose weight!! Personally, I just have more energy, thus giving me the will to get up and get moving! Congrats on the run!
SW:223, CW: 134.2; GW: 125, RNY: 5/27/16
What I did was just focus on losing after surgery. Don't get to caught up in the little weight you can push, focus on hitting your goal. Once there and have maintained for some time, then it's time to make those weights your ***** You will be able to eat the right amount calories, including your carbs, to pack on muscle mass, but that will be way down the road. I just wanted to let you know that you will get there, it will just take some time.
Enjoy the journey!
462/449/200
"I'm not ashamed of where i've been but proud of where i am!"
I'm still here and exercising daily. I haven't posted in a while. :)
Monday: 60 min dance & strengthen class
Tues: 60 min step class
Wed: Walk around mall hatching Pokemon eggs (rest day)
Thurs: 60 min triple threat class (20 min cardio, 20 min weights, 20 min abs)
Fri: 60 min circuit station class, possible spin class tonight
Sat: 4 mile run
Sun: 60 min Zumba
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)
Today I jogged 2 miles, a major milestone for me! I don't even care who heard or saw me whoop & do happy dance on the trail! After that I walked another 2 miles just because it was fun to do
Then I got my husband to go out and play frisbee for a while -- an activity we did often in our 30s but haven't done in at least 17 years
It is amazing to actually ENJOY exercise now.
So many wasted years... I'm trying to make up for them!
After that I walked another 2 miles
Ht 5'6" | HW 278 | SW 264, Size 28+/4-5X | GW 135ish, Size 10-12 | CW 132, Size 8-10
Surg Date 12/28/15 | NSV Goal: Go down slide w/kid!
Thanks for your suggestions but no I could only swim without my legs. i needed to stay of the knee. First time I did as I was told and I am just starting to run again and swim. I did over a mile swim today. It is 95 percent better
I would do both...See which one you like the most. But like others have said...It will never make up for a bad diet (simple carbs, a lot of oils and fried foods). After my WLS I went from one exercise to another to find the right one for me. I thought I would go back to tennis, racquetball, golf. But a bad back told me not to!! So I took up bicycle riding/walking and that has become my main form of exercise. The bicycle; running errands (bank, coffee shop, pay utility bills, doctor/dentist appointments) is what I do now. I'm retired so I have the time to do those things. Brian
Bummer!! I remember in college I would do a lot of jogging...Then shin splints would slow me down. Really made me frustrated. Could you take up something else to keep the endurance; biking, swimming, elliptical, rowing? But there is no getting past the strength training needed for the legs...
Here is my plan and what I've done so far...Sunday is a blur...Don't remember...Same with Monday...I must have done some biking or walking. I know I mowed some lawns. Tuesday I rode my bike to the sale yard (flea market) and got a massage...Later I rode to the coffee shop. Tuesday's soup is cream of broccoli...Which I hate. So I got two poached eggs (with salsa) and an ice tea. Today (Wednesday) I went to the gym and walked 2 1/2 miles...Going up and down between 3-4 mph mostly. Also played with the weights. I felt a little pain in my knee...So I'll see what I do the rest of the week...Maybe cycle or elliptical.
I joined a gym last week. I really didn't want to. I didn't have to pay a membership fee...Just $100. for 2 1/2 months. But here in California it is now fire/almond harvest season. I live in a valley where the pollution gets trapped...Real bad. Not healthy since I've had two heart attacks...So inside I go. We usually have to wait till mid October before we get enough rain to clear the air. Once that comes, I'll be back on my bicycle...
My knee is 95 percent better so I am slowly getting back into things this week and see what it can handle.
Monday hour triathlon swim
Tue is 60 minute group run. I am hoping I can last the hour. If not I will be walking. It is the first run since the fall so it will nice and light
Wed
60 minute swim if the knee is good.
Thursday
some upper body workout
Friday
rest
Saturday
run not sure of the time length something my trainer and I will talk about once we know how the knee is on Tue.
Sunday maybe a bike ride or rest the knee
Monday-rest
Tuesday-7 mile trail run
Wednesday-5 mile hill repeats
Thursday-7 mile run
Friday-rest
Saturday-18 mile trail run
Sunday-12 mile trail run
VSG: 3/12/15
