Wow this motivated me! My heaviest weight was 265, goal weight 150, I'm 5'8" and I'm doing the couch to 5K program. So many similarities. However, I am 4 weeks post op and I didn't lose any weight before surgery, so I'm still at 241. I feel I'm a little stalled, but I have not been in the gym every day. I'm still trying hard to find time to work out with a full time+ job and three kids. Sigh. Any advice? And thank you for posting this. I'm 10x more motivated than 10 minutes ago!

Hey jab, im glad i could give you a little motivation.. i like to think im a little bit lucky cuz i work at night so i have all day to get my workout in and it sounds like you have a lot of responsibilities. so anything you do is still better than nothing.

My suggestion is to start out slow, maybe 30 min of walking after dinner or once the kids are down to sleep.. even if that means walking around your house. even the slightest thing that you can do dance while you are cooking, etc. just get your body moving... it is the only thing that has helped me from stalling. compared to a lot of people you and I have lower BMI's to start with so we have to work for each lb lost.

If you need a motivational buddy id be happy to message you every day and just say.. HEY what did you do today?

maybe this will help. here is a work out schedule for you to try,

monday-rest

tuesday- cardio 30min

wednesday- 3 sets of 15 wall push ups. (just lean against a

while and do pushups)

thursday- rest

friday- cardio 30min

saturday- 3 sets wall squats(back against the wall squat and

hold position for 20 sec)

sunday- rest

try this schedule with your couch to 5k. and see if it helps..

make sure that you are getting protein after you work out, it will help to rebuild your muscles.

*just think of it this way, when you work out your body burns fat up to 45 mins after your done.. help your body out! and it will help you not to stall. Ive bee lucky I havent had to deal with any real stalls since i started because ive worked out since i could.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU HOPE THIS HELPS!

I'm with you on earning every pound post op. I love working out now. I've started ab work but I listen to my body, if it hurts I stop. I usually only do 50-60 crunches 2x a week. My legs have been shrinking dramatically so its everything I can do to keep them. I want to be tone too, not jiggly. I've started strength training, nothing too crazy, but I love moving weight. Congrats on all your progress!

laurel you sound like your doing awesome!!!! its so funny its all i can do to keep sane sometimes.. and its weird cuz before i would go.. hmm ok i feel like goin to the gym.. then id get side tracked or just get lazy and go eh oh well.. maybe tomorrow... now if i dont go to the gym i almost get pissed off.. lol.. its amazing how your point of view changes when you know that you are losing weight!