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I use resistance bands in almost every one of my workouts. Love them.
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Heaviest Weight: 345 | SW: 315 | CW: 175 | GW: ~180
I just want to point out that exercise gives us a non-food outlet in which to develop new interests and new health conscience friends.
Pre-op: Loved going to breakfast lunch and dinner with friends, neighbors, bible study folks and even strangers! I loved wine tasting, beer tasting and chocolate tasting.
Postop: the ways I meet people now and keep in touch is fitness groups. Wine tasting is ONE even per week (NOT every other night)....
If I didn't exercise, I certainly would have failed...I wouldnt have had the social support and entertainment.
RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;
Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat
Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !
"I am burning 5000 calories a day, why am I not losing?" These same people refuse to watch what they eat.."
This is true. I am "injured" and havent been putting on the mileage like normal. Even though I watch what I ate, in these two weeks I have lost two lbs (I.e. one pound a week) cuz I am not hungry. I am not hungry because I am not running 30+ miles per week...
Exercise can make one more hungry and incorrectly give one an impression that they can "let up just a little" when one really shouldnt
RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;
Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat
Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !
In the beginning, liek for the first few months of exercising (i.e. 4-5) I actually felt MORE tired after exercising than I did when I didnt.
Now, I have a cup of coffee and some exercise and it truly wakes me up/energizes me.
It sounds crazy but after about a year, exercise can be your battery/energy source.
RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;
Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat
Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !
"People think working out means slogging away at the gym on some boring machine for 2 hours every day and watching people who look like underwear models not even break into a sweat"
You know...this is how I felt about running when I first started. All these taller, leaner, fast gazelle/humans that could outpace and out-last me.
I really haven't started feeling comfortable about my running until I joined a Galloway Run/walk/run program. For the first time EVER I found a group of people that run my pace, arent apologizing about it, and are meeting their marathon goals. There is even a walking group in the Galloway training programs for those that want to walk full and half marathons. They always let the injured runners join them and are a quite welcoming crowd.
Dont get me wrong, I enjoyed running..but I kind of felt like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as in I was/am the super slow runner that stands out and "isnt like the other runners".
Getting off the dreadmill and finding a group in which one fits REALLY improves the enjoyment of excerise.
RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;
Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat
Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !
Love. This. Post.
RNY Surgery: 12/31/2013;
Current weight (2/27/2015) 139lbs, ~14% body fat
Three pounds below Goal!!! Yay !
Thanks. Yeah, I have a half marathon trail race on 7/30, a road full marathon on 9/5, and a trail 50k on 10/1. The 50k is the main event. The other two are just tune up/training runs.
VSG: 3/12/15
Hey docbad32... R u training for another race? Also the pix of trail where you run r AWESOME
Scale back week. After Saturday's 20 mile run up a dang mountain, I think I'll take it easy on the roads.
Monday-rest
Tuesday-6 mile run
Wednesday-4 mile run
Thursday-6 mile run
Friday-Rest
Saturday-14 mile run
Sunday-5 mile run
Pics from the trail, if anyone is interested.
VSG: 3/12/15
Agreed
I got back into the gym yesterday, been counting down the days since surgery. I technically was supposed to wait until Thursday, but I had tested out my abdominal muscles with planks + push ups and had no pain.
Hit the weights for a whole body workout at super light weight (my strength is incredibly diminished since having surgery... talk about disheartening)
Feeling it today in a good sore muscle way. Cant wait to get back in again in a few days :)
Blog: www.thickto.fit
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Instagram: ThickTo.Fit
Heaviest Weight: 345 | SW: 315 | CW: 175 | GW: ~180
