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Schedule for the week
Monday-Spin Class & 3 mile run
Tuesday- Strength Training & Swimmimg
Wednesday-Spin Class & 4 Mile Run
Thursday- Strength Training & Swimmimg
Friday-Strength Training & Spin Class
Saturday-5 Mile Run
Sunday-Rest
Excited as I am a teacher and school out for Summer!!! In last 13 years I work Full Time in Summer but this Summer only working Part Time! As such more time to EXERCISE ??
Yours in Health & Happines,
Bill Mac
Yours in WLS Journey,
Bill Mac
I walk around 7 miles a day and always take my phone. My kids are 11 and 13. If they need me, I want them to be able to reach me. I wear one of those silly pouch belt things with the waterbottles so it's not that big a deal to put my phone in the pouch. I also have my iPod and keys in the pouch.
And I must admit I am obsessed with getting my steps in, so I use my phone to sync my fitbit about halfway through. I worry I might "lose" my steps if I don't 
Why would people NOT bring their phones? Because it's too bulky? Or because you worry it will distract you (you could turn off the ringer)? Or worried someone will steal it? 
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I bring my phone, always. If I did crash, I don't want to depend on someone else to call the cops/paramedics. What if the guy is a jerk & leaves you stranded?
I carry the phone in a bag that's attached at the handlebars, but its on vibrate, so I don't have to answer if I don't want to, plus I can look up bike places close by if I get a flat or anything else goes wrong with my bike, if anything the location of a good bathroom. lol 
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another.
T-Rebel
I always carry a phone with me. Whether I'm going 3 miles or 30, I will always have it. I like knowing that if anything happened to me, I would be able to reach emergency personnel. I also like to keep track of my workouts via my phone. Sometimes I am the only person on the trail, and if I am stuck or hurt, I'd hate to have to wait until someone was able to come along to help me out.
I only trained 3 times a week for my marathons or any race and that is including training for my ultra. I would like to see some temp runs in there and some strength training those two to me are so important. Good luck
I have a pay as you go phone and it is with Virgin Mobility and it is a flip phone so not big and if I am only riding for an hour I don't bother with it but if I am going for long rides I carry it and I usually carry it on my long runs. My husband feels better knowing that I have it on me. I sometimes even carry my bus pass so if need I can hope the bus
I started the Insanity program yesterday with the fit test and today I completed the first workout. I know people have amazing results with the program, but I'm just curious about those that have had surgery do with the program. I am 16 months post op today and still about 10 pounds away from my own personal goal. The only thing I am worried about is how much I need to be eating. Everything I have read on the websites say to increase your calories. I'm not going to lie, I am terrified to increase them too much and also trying to figure just how I am going to increase them. I still have great restriction and do not want to push that. I also plan to continue going to the gym during the 60 days of the program and lift. I have been working out consistently for a while now so I know my body is up for the added exercise.
Anyways, any thoughts, advice, experience?
5'1 Consult: 227 HW: 232 SW:212 CW:131 GW: 120 Pant size start: 18/20 Current: size 6/8
M1: 195 (-17) M2: 184.6 (-10.4) M3: 176.6 (-8) M4: 168.2 (-8.4) M5: 160 (-8.2) M6: 155.4 (-4.6) M7: 145.6 (-9.8) M8: 141 (-4.6) M9: 137 (-4) M10: 135.8 (-1.2) M11: 135 (-.8) M12: 131 (-4) M13: (-0) M14: (-0) M15: (-0)
Have stopped losing pounds but am losing inches!
Prepaid phone here too!! Great minds think alike. I can keep my phone bill down to about $8-9. a month...Only about 7 people have my phone number. Mine is Virgin Mobile...But it's about 30 cents a minute. No major texting and phone calls last a minute or two...
I have a small prepay phone that I keep a few hundred minutes on. No one has this # except my kids. They know I will have it on if they need me. I also have all my favorite music on it so I love carrying it and it would not be the end of the world if I dropped it.
I am gone 2 or 3 hours a day. I run the track and work out on the empty football field. I love working out outdoors. The gym is in running distance so if it is weight day I just run up the hill to the gym. Most of the time I am in areas where there are no people so I carry it with me all the time.
Hi Brian...usually if I am doing a run of 5 miles or less I don't carry it but any longer I do carry it....in terms of biking any distance over 10 I carry it...safety 1st
Yours in WLS Journey,
Bill Mac
