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I'm with you on the diet. It seems like the wheels came off once I learned what I could get away with. It's still not as bad as pre-surgery (not even close) but it's frustrating to lose the discipline.

I set some goals for the exercise which seemed to help. I also exercise with other people. I joined a running group (of similar middle aged non-runners) and we spend most of the long runs just chatting about random stuff. I love group exercise at the gym. I'm still intimidated at the gym and wouldn't know what to do if I just walked in and faced all of the equipment. I like someone else providing the structure. When I run/walk/cycle alone, I listen to audiobooks. I try to reserve the audiobooks only for workouts so it's kind of a reward. Whatever works, right?

Wow! You're doing fantastic!

I started with eliptical as well. I was really too big to do anything else. I would load entire seasons of Survivor on my iPhone and watch one episode at the gym. For some reason, it was just exciting enough but just brainless enough to keep my mind off of my body. After a couple of months, I switched over to treadmill then finally ventured outside.

What do you do for lifting? Do you do group exercise?

How old is your son? How is he handling the "new mom"? My kids were very strange about it and now refer back to my "fat days" like I wasn't the same person. I guess things do change. For Thanksgiving, the whole family (all six of us) did the Turkey Trot (5 mile run for the older kids, 1K jog for our 6 year old). Then we went home and had our "normal" Thanksgiving but with tons more energy.

The bad thing about wine is that is "loosens" up my band so I can eat foods that I can't eat otherwise. That's probably a bad thing to admit but it's very useful when eating out because I'm less likely to have race to the bathroom. Is it the same for you?

Thanks! I started out doing 3 mins on the eliptical about 8 weeks ago. All I could tolerate was 3 mins but I gradually added a min on a couple times a week and now Im finally up to 45! It took a while but you will get there :) I used to get whinded quickly too I also used to use my inhaler when excercising now I havent needed the inhaler in over a month. I think Im finding it so easy to work out cause I have about an hour after work before my son gets home from school so thats reserved for working out. But I start school again in a couple weeks its going to be more challenging but I have faith we can all do it!!!!

Wow!  You are rocking the marathons!!!  I feel ya on the wine.  I broke my "wine fast" on New Years Eve -- I so missed from August through December, but I am trying to drink in moderation now -- a glass or two every few days.  Depends on what I have eaten that day.

Diane