EXERCISE...what ya'll doing???
WOW... you are doing great on the exercise.... I guess we all want to lose it quickly huh??? As for having far to go, at 5 foot tall, I was at 344 at my highest weight and at 310 before surgery.... last Weds I weighed in at 277.... so I am NOT a lightweight and I have LOTS to lose...... good luck on your journey...
Hello,
Prior to last week I had been walking a few days a week. Then last Sunday I started walking 1/2 hour in the morning and 1/2 hour in the evening. I've lost 6 lbs since then for a total of 66 lbs. I hadn't changed anything in my eating plan, so I attribute the lost to the exercise.
Good Luck
corgimom
I am a bad girl no doubt, but thanks for the encouragement!!! 
I started exercising from the day I got home from the hospital. I have just been walking, and go between 2-3 miles each time. I have been averaging 4-5 times/week. About 2 weeks ago I added weight training and have been lifting 3 times a week also (I alternate weightlifting, then next day walking, then back to weightlifting). I do think exercising is critical to this process and I feel like I have 12 months of weightloss opportunity, and the clock is ticking so I want to take maximum advantage of it. I still have so much to go. Hope this helps!
Chris S.
..."Christ, I have been watching you and you are doing super!!! Feels great doesn't it... thanks for the encouragement"
I'd better watch those typos, huh!!!! 
Harolyn,
I'm actually only down 28 since surgery and 25 before for a total of 53. I had a six week plateau in there. I just did my once a week weigh-in and I didn't lose anything. Don't let it get you down. I've noticed my clothes have been looser in the last week and I'm getting lots of compliments: "You look great!" really makes my day. 
I exercise for 30 minutes a day 5 days a week. I do something called chairdancing because I have no cartilage in my right knee (the other has been replaced) and it's painful just to walk. I really work up a sweat with the exercise. It was recommended by my exercise physiologist. After my 3 month appointment I will be able to lift weights. (Dr. told me resistance exercise too early could cause a hernia or other healing problems.) I plan to add water aerobics next week 2 times a week.
I think age unfortunately is all part of this slowness. I'm 57. I have also lost more than 100 pounds 6 times since 1982. I have really messed up my metabolism, so that's part of the reason for the slowness. I also have less to lose than some people: about 165 pounds and men lose faster.
Donna
I exercise for 30 minutes a day 5 days a week. I do something called chairdancing because I have no cartilage in my right knee (the other has been replaced) and it's painful just to walk. I really work up a sweat with the exercise. It was recommended by my exercise physiologist. After my 3 month appointment I will be able to lift weights. (Dr. told me resistance exercise too early could cause a hernia or other healing problems.) I plan to add water aerobics next week 2 times a week.
I think age unfortunately is all part of this slowness. I'm 57. I have also lost more than 100 pounds 6 times since 1982. I have really messed up my metabolism, so that's part of the reason for the slowness. I also have less to lose than some people: about 165 pounds and men lose faster.
Donna First of all, NO WAY do you look 57.... WOW... you look great and obvisously have only a little to lose..... And yes, I can relate to the yo yo weight loss and what it does to our metabolisms....YIKES, I went on a starvation diet just prior to the surgery and I think that affected some of my slow loss. But I am exercising more and hope to pick it back up ...... good luck to you, Donna.......... hang in there!!!!
I am 2 months out as well , surgery on March 30th. I have lost a total of 60 pounds. I go to Lady Fitness (identical to Curves) at least 4-5 days a week and on weekends I walk about 2 miles both Saturday and Sunday. I eat foods high in protein and I drink lots of water and diet snapple, and pop sickles. I don't use any caffeine at all. My weight loss stalled many times, for a few weeks I didn't shed not one pound. It has just started to pick up again. I noticed that my weight comes off faster when I just walk but I loose inches when I go to Lady Fitness.
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