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OMG!  I am so proud of myelf that I had to share.  Let me start by saying that I have a back injury and have not been able to exersize, even on a recumbant bike since 2001.  The Dr would only clear me for water and would not even let me walk.  Well since I have lost a bit of weight I find I can walk so much easier, so I wanted to try other exersizes.  My RNY Dr said I should try the bike aginst the back Dr's wishes.  I have not seen the back Dr. since 2001.  She was right!

I rode for 16 minutes on the recumbant bike, which was 3.74 miles.  No pain...hopefually no pain later.  I am going to eat dinner later and ride for another 15 minutes.  I am so excited!  The last time I tried the bike in 2003 I could ride for 2 and a half minutes!  Before I hurt my back (and I weighed about 330) I could ride for almost, not quite an hour:)

Update - I ended up riding 31 minutes and 7 miles!

I got down to 36 jeans on 12/24 (fromm a 44).  They were snug but comfy.  Now they are falling off of me.  So I tried a 34.  Too big.  Tried a 32 and thought no way!  32 it is!  (I have had trouble loosing weight from my lower body.  

I wore a 32 in 1996!  

As I loose sizes and feel better I feel like I am getting younger.

OMG!  I made it!:)  I wanted to loose 100 lbs by 12/31/07.  I weighed today and weighed 446.  First time under 450 in about 8 years. :)

I got down to 99 lbs lost on Friday 12/28.  That last lb just hung on and on.  I went on Thursday to start water aerobics back up.  (I was going before surgery.)  60 minutes did me in.  I was hurting on Friday and Sat.  Arms and legs felt like they were pulled off.  Went back to class on Sunday.  Sunday night still needed to loose 1 lb to make my 100 lb goal after another 60 minutes of class.

Came home and ate some soft chicken - First time I have been able to keep chicken down.  Got  in some protien.  Woke up today and suprise I  lost 3 lbs over night!

I have lost 91 lbs to date.  Today 12/24/07 is the start of week eight.  I need to loose 9 more lbs this week.  I know I can do it and am so excited to see the weight come off like this.  

I have already went from a 44 pants to a 36.  I have also went from a 6X to a 4X-3X.  I am loosing weight in weird ways.  My upper body is losing faster than my lower body.  

I am going to start water areobics again this week.  I am so excited and can't wait to see the numbers I pull off of the scale weekly when I up the excersize.  Now I am just walking and really not all that much.  I have a bad back.  It has bothered me so much less since surgery.