Best exercise fitness investment(s) you have made?
Mine are:
Good shoes, I got fitted at a shoe store that only sells running shoes. My shoe of choice are Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14s.
Polar HR monitor.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
Which ellipitical did you buy? Ellipticals are my favorite machine. Easy on the knees. I wanted one when I was heavy but could not afford the gym quality brands that it would have taken to support 350+ lbs.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
My running shoes, for sure. I got fitted at a running store and it was a great experience.
My gym membership for fitness classes. I found out that I love classes :D
And, most recently, my Garmin Vivoactive. It's awesome :D
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
My best investments by sport:
Running - shoes that fit my feet/needs, race entries for some awesome events & distances, and local club membership (because I couldn't see life without my running friends!!!)
Swimming - county all-pool pass for the year (unlimited access!!) and pull buoy
Biking - gonna start as soon as I've rehabed my friend's IM bike....
All three: Garmin 910xt.... love this watch!!!
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
my band! 
Not biking (yet) but I've done swims right after a run and it's really easy to switch between multisports: just pushing a couple buttons. Only complaint I've had with the 910xt is that I've never quite figured out how to edit in the "modern" Garmin Connect, which is the only way multisport data can be shown... Swim distance is usually a bit off for me as I push off from the wall and that can cause the distance to be anywhere from 25mts to 100mts! Wish I could swim that far in a fraction of a second, but nope....
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
