No, he gets to pay me for the PRIVLEDGE of massaging me!

WOW!!!!!! That is amazing!! 61 pounds gone forever. I would probably cry as well. Have a great workout!

I saw my new primary care physicial today. I was afraid to get on the scale but I gave in. To my surprise I have lost 61 pounds since my 11/30/04 surgery date. I was so excited I started to cry. I felt like a big baby but I could not stop the tears. Four more pounds and I will be OUT of the 300's. OMG I am so excited. I am going to go to the gym tonight and sweat out those 4 pounds. Kelly

Thanks for noticing John. Back extensions are something I have grown to love, did not like them at first.

Hiya John! I've been lifting and doing cardio for the last three years so I have had time to build up to this weight and workouts. My body has been adapting for a long time so I can tolerate more then the typical person pre WLS. I've trained at this level for the last 2 years even at this body weight. Most of my workouts involve 45 -60 min of weight training unless I need to recover from an injury - which I don't want to happen again!! The first 10 min of cardio is just a warmup to get my blood flowing sort of like stretching and the last 20 minutes is a combo of cool down and light cardio on the days I lift. As far as workout difficulty I would give that about a 7 on a scale of 10 compared to my typical workouts based on how I feel several hours later. I gage it by my energy level, joint pain (hopefully lack of), and how much muscle soreness I feel post workout. I do have to say my knees are bugging me right now. I'm pretty sure it was because I attempted to bike that 10 minutes. Well that combined with yesterdays leg workout was too much. I should have just stuck to something will less impact on my knees today. Tomorrow I get to relax and do 45 min of cardio along with some light yoga and PNF stretching. If I am sore I will cut that to 30 minutes or just do yoga and core work on the floor. Friday I am doing lighter weights for lower body and Sat I am off. Keep in mind that during the day I sit in a chair behind a PC for 10 hours. I am totally sedentary. The only time I get up is usually to grab a refill on the water or to heat up my lunch. When I get home I eat dinner and usually pass out around 8:30 only to get up and do it all again the next day at 4:30am. Do you guys really think this is still overdoing it based on my weekly plan? My body seems to be handling it well. However, I don't want to put myself into starvation mode and gain more weight because I burn too much. It is kinda hard not to burn a lot at 278 lbs. I'm so paranoid about keeping a healthy balance!! HELP!! I think this has been my problem all along. Well that with the portion control. I definatly don't want to overtrain. I've had other trainers beside Dana look at my workout plans and they have given the thumbs up but I've never worked with a trainer that has had experience with a fit morbidly obese person. Sounds like an oxymoron! I guess it depends on how you define fit. Side note - I have not been diagnosed with PCOS but I have many of the symptoms. I've spoken to my OB/GYN in the past about it and she never found any of the tiny cysts on my ovaries. It is hard to test for PCOS from what I gather. If I do have it, it could explain some of the reasoning why I have such a hard time dropping weight. Losing weight can only help. I am going to make another appt with my OB/GYN next month and will once again get my hormone levels checked.