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You will never find me without my phone. While walking it's in my pocket, and if on a bike I have a little bag that goes under the seat that it and my wallet and keys can go into. No reason not to take your phone, a million reasons to bring it a long.
Age:40|Height: 5'9"|Lap Band 2/11/08 |Revision VSG 3/14/16
The cake is a lie, but Starbucks is not.
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-m yth-burn-calories
Check out the above article. I found it helpful in putting exercise in it's proper for me place. For me it's important that I move and keep myself able to do the things I want to in life. I want to be able to walk quickly a 5k anytime I please. I want to be able to walk quickly a 10k with a couple weeks planning. I want to walk quickly a 1/2 marathon in December this year. I do not want to job a 5,10, or 1/2 this year due to my feelings that it's not necessary but also that I've put enough strain on my joints for awhile being obese.
When I got done with my 6 weeks post op I joined a fitness group. The first thing the instructor said... I do not believe in exercise to loose weight. We will work out, we will sweat, and we will get more fit. I took that home and digested it, and remembered that your right a lot of people on here seem against exercise. However once reading the info above and looking at what those against exercise was really saying, I came to a few conclusions.
Not exercising is not the primary reason I got fat. I was eating 1/2 a pizza while watching tv, I drank sodas all day, I visited Starbucks and McDonalds the same day, I ate a lot of processed high sugar and high fat foods. I did this for years and years until I called a halt to it. No amount of exercise was going to cover up those horrible habits. I can drink a large frappe in 15mins but there is not one exercise on earth that I can think of that will burn off that many calories in the same time. So to me food is my first concern, exercise is there to help me feel better, tone muscles, and help me do my daily grind. However I'm not going to count on it to loose weight.
Age:40|Height: 5'9"|Lap Band 2/11/08 |Revision VSG 3/14/16
The cake is a lie, but Starbucks is not.
Drop the quest bars and try things like scrambled eggs with cheese or ham. Replace yogurt with chicken breast or lunch meat. Point is fill up on things with less sugar and more protein. It'll fuel you and fill you up more IMO. I've been working on how many carbs I can have in a day and it's not many before urges to graze kick in. The processes sugars, grains, and other things in quest bars might be the thing that is trigging you to want more of the same things through the day. Oh also if you just love yogurt try one with full fat. All the light stuff normally has more sugar in it than the ones with actual fat, I mean it's yogurt, it should have fat in it being a dairy product. Anyway fat isn't your enemy it'll keep you fuller and you may find it has less sugar which kicks the grazing habit.
Age:40|Height: 5'9"|Lap Band 2/11/08 |Revision VSG 3/14/16
The cake is a lie, but Starbucks is not.
I was cut up just before you were. I always priding myself on being able to get in there and do work be that at the gym or just doing things around the house. If it needed lifting, shoveling, paining, or so on I could do it. I've lost enough weight that some of that is fat and some is muscle. I'm a lot weaker that I was and that sucks. My general plan which has been voiced on here over and over is work on eating per your personal plan, do enough exercise to feel good, and wait until closer to maintenance before worrying too my about strength exercise. It's kinda disheartening in a way but I just don't have it in me to go full on right now. Could be muscle loss, carbs, less calories, or vitamin adjustments, but right now I'm concentrating on a lot of walking, and minor upper body stretching and low end weights.
Age:40|Height: 5'9"|Lap Band 2/11/08 |Revision VSG 3/14/16
The cake is a lie, but Starbucks is not.
Download Pokemon Go and get outside. That's only sort of funny because I've been walking miles and miles the last two weeks and not even thought one thought about doing it. I had to go get new shoes one night because I realized I'd lost enough weight they were too loose and all the miles I was racking up playing was causing my feet to hurt.
Bike if you really hate hot weather and have one already. If you like the idea of reading while riding or watching tv that's cool too. But they do make your butt hurt and honestly doing that stuff inside is just not as fun as walking.
Age:40|Height: 5'9"|Lap Band 2/11/08 |Revision VSG 3/14/16
The cake is a lie, but Starbucks is not.
You want to lose weight? Eat better. You want to feel better? Do whatever exercise you find enjoyable.
VSG: 3/12/15
I would start with walking. People tend to get bored with stationary equipment. Plus it is so nice out why not use this good weather to exercise instead of being indoors. Plus with riding it takes time for certain parts of the body not to hurt. I have seen people give up on bikes after 10 minutes because they can not sit any longer. I love seeing people out doors and enjoying the weather. look for a walking group and meet new people. Have fun
on 7/18/16 4:03 pm
I am doing walks, but seriously thinking about biking. I see overweight people trying to lose weight by walking, but have never seen a biker that is overweight.
Hi, i am newbie and i am to lose weight, what do you recommend me an stationary bike or walk? on both ways, how much time i need to expend to lose about 5 - 8 lbs on one month ( 3 - 4kg)
Lyme Disease? Ouch, that's not fun. Hope you're feeling better.
Monday-Rest
Tuesday-7 mile run
Wednesday-5 mile run
Thursday-7 mile run
Friday-rest
Saturday-18 mile trail run
Sunday-10 mile trail run
VSG: 3/12/15
