Week 27

Apr 01, 2012

Well, not too much to report.  After such a landmark week last Monday, the rest of the week was just a normal week.  And, in typical post-WLS fashion, I have a big loss and hit a big goal, and then BAM! slam on the brakes, STAY PUT.  So I weighed in today the same as last week.  I expect this one to last a while, as I'm 6 months out now and things are starting to normalize.  I eat like a normal person, in that my calories are 11-1400 a day.  The food and amounts are much different, but by the numbers it is way more than I thought I'd eat again for a long time.  I'm well over 100 grams of protein per day, and keep the fat and carbs in check.  Things are going great at the new gym and with the personal trainer.  He has a good mix of things for me to do, because I told him if it gets boring I stop doing it.  I do a half hour of circuit training, then a half hour of cardio, then sometimes I add another half hour of the "slow machines," which are intended to increase range of motion with little effort for people who are just starting out, but I find it to be a very satisfying stretch and cool down, and it's an extra half hour of activity.  I had my RMR (resting metabolic rate) tested today, and it is 2310.  So that means doing nothing but sitting and breathing, in a day my body will burn around 2310 calories.  So I've still got that on my side at this point, that I eat below what I'd burn doing nothing.  I know that will change as I lose fat and gain muscle and I become a semi-lean, not-mean, maintaining machine LoL  He also did an electric body fat measurement on me.  Not the pinch thing, but it was this thing I held on to and it sent an electric current through my body.  My body fat is still high, 44%.  It calculated my BMI (based on actual body structure) a bit lower than the height-weight chart does, at 41.1.  A full point lower.  So that made me feel a bit better.  I wish I knew what these numbers where at 380 lbs.

Have a great week!

Gina :~)

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