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Exercise Routine & Weight Training Ok, I made up my routine however I did use a Personal trainer to get me aquainted with the circuit machines. My P.T. reviewed proper stance, movement and isolation using free weights. Please feel free to copy and paste my workouts and use them for yourself. Get a very supportive sportsbra, I would get mine a size smaller than I normally wore b/c it held me together better. Try to get 4 of them, that way there are enough to have for a 4 day per week workout. I have 6. Get a sweat jacket if you can. I used to wear the sauna suits to drop water weight and inches but it got to be too costly as I wrecked those suits every week. I use a sweater or sweat jacket and it works great. Keeps the heat in as I run and workout. Heat also allows your muscles to be less tense and more relaxed, so in other words, it will loosen up your muscles. After I run, I tend to get really cold so it keeps me warm. Just think about boxers in training. They wear sweat jackets, with their hoodies on. Weight training is great for you, toning your muscles and tightening your skin as you lose weight, however your weight will stall a bit during weight training. You will be building muscle hence speeding up your metabolism, causing you to be hungrier, more often. That's why I eat 6 times per day. I weight train 3x's per week. Word of advice - if you just want to tone and not bulk up then go with bigger repetitions and lower weights. If you want to bulk up and build muscle then up your weights heaviness and lower the repetition. The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. Muscle burns more calories than fat. Food Choices & Food Portions Try to drink 64fl oz to 128 fl oz (1 gallon) per day. This will keep you hydrated and keep your system clean. Stay away from sugar and flour products. I stay away from pasta as well. Eat tuna if you can. It's packed with protein and very low in fat, abvout 1.5g of fat for 3oz. Albacore is the best. Salmon is high in protein and has good fats such as Omega 3's. Lean Chicken or any kind of Lean meats. I eat alot of Spinich leaves. It is high in iron, folic acid and full of nutrients, not like your iceberg lettuce. Iceberg is all water. I will also mix the Spinich greens with a bag of garden salad mix. I use fresh lime juice as dressing or I will use Asian Sesame or Mikoto dressing. I stay away from Italian, Thousand Island, French, Ranch, etc. They are very high in fat. Try to stay within whatever your nutritionist layed out for you with regards to caloric intake. If she said to stay around 1,000 calories then darnit, you better start counting. Calorie counting is a chore but it works. If you take in too few calories, you will lose weight BUT your body will go into "starvation mode". We don't want that. Starvation mode kills your metabolism and will allow you to survive and maintain at that calorie count. However, you will ruin your metabolism and if you started to take in more calories because you are hungrier then ..uh oh. Weight gain with a slower metabolism. Don't go under the recommended amount. If you are stalling on weight loss and you are taking in 1,000 calories.... crank up your exercise. You will exert the weight off in a healthy way. If you are running marathons or biking, jogging and lifting weights in the same day then you will need to up your caloric intake to over 2k calories. You need to understand that in order to drive yourself to these extremes, you have to fuel your body. If you are banded and are filled then you should be able to feel restriction and will know when to stop eating. However, the purpose of the band is to help remind you when to stop. You should be aware of portion size as well as be aware of how much you are eating on your own. You should pay attention to how much you are eating and stop yourself before the band does. I mean, we all know when enough is enough right? I got here b/c I had a bottomless pit I think, but I ate good foods, I just didn't know when to stop. I kept eating and eating and stopped exercising. So review time: Water - Drink lots of water Food Choices - Eat good, wholesome foods with alot of nutrients and low in fat, low in carbs. Complex carbs are better for you. Complex Carbs - potatoes, pasta, grains, beans, etc. Also may want to invest in some protein shakes. Isopure, Spiru-tein, Myoplex are good protein shakes to check out. Try to replace at least 1 meal a day with a shake. Cardio - Put in 45min - 1 hour of cardio per day for 5 - 6 days per week (if you can). Weight train at will but alternate muscle groups. Never work the same muscle groups 2 days in a row. It will do more harm than help you. (If you lift weights in a muscle group, you will create small tears in your muscles. This helps to build muscles as they heal. However if you go and weight train the same muscle groups the next day you will hurt that muscle and possibly damage it due to too much work and stress on it. Give it a day or so to recooperate). Portion Control - Know when you feel satisfied or pay atten to the band. Do not try to pouch pack. Vitamins - Take a multivitamin. I take GNC's Nature something..I forget it's a women's multivitamin. I also take biotin for hair, skin and nails and my hair is growing back after some recent hair loss. My skin is very clear, even glows and my nails are stronger than ever. I hope this helps a little.

I could never come over to the dork side. The force is weak.

I biked on Saturday 35 miles and I biked this morning 31.2 miles...yes AND I am a dork for taking pics of me riding my bike.

Congrats Leila

Dang, Water parks, beaches, pools. Ok I think I fell short of a great time this weekend. I will post pictures of what I did though, lol. Gimme a few min. Tricia - gorgeous family. You guys always look happy. Paula - wow you have a gorgeous family too. Maryb - I wish I was there drinking Tequila with you

You've got a nice regimine there. I ride my bike in my town. It's called Kissimmee, Florida. Disney town. From my house to the roadway is exactly 4.2 mile. Then I go out to the main road which is 11.4 miles one way. I go to the end of that road and turn back around. If I wanted to push longer then I take another route. But it is completely paved. I ride on the sidewalk as other bikers do. It's very wide so I pass walkers, jogger, bikers..strollers, snakes..etc. I think it's considered "on the sidewalk". I ride right alongside cars. I started biking 2 weeks before surgery. I wanted to lose a few pounds before the surgery and I needed to do something low impact. I was told that my BMI was low enough that I didn't need a pre-op diet but I still wanted to. I lost 8lbs biking for the first 2 weeks. Gained 3 back while on vacation, 3 days before surgery. I started at 6.5 miles which killed me. Then as I got used to it, (after the surgery) I worked my way up to 16.5 miles, to 31.2, 35 then 45 miles at most. If you start off as I did, I'm pretty sure a 35 mile bike ride would be accomplished in 2 months. I lost most of my weight from biking, believe it or not. Tricia_K, sometimes I'm not really sure what's driving me. **WARNING, DORK PICS BELOW**

Dang EmileeKaye!!! Skinny. You lost alot around your waist. Alot alot! You have no belly now. You are soo damn beautiful. I feel sick. LOL. ARe you in a 12 now too? I can tell. You have to be.

Karik, I wanted to see if I could train my brain to stop eating. The band helps remind you when to stop if you are properly filled. I figure, like most Gastric Bypass patients, they do not train their brains to call it quits when they've eaten too much. Alot of them eat what they want, (cept for sweets) and lose weight due to malabsorption. More so, I've noticed many gastric bypass patients gain the weight back. They have not learned how to portion control or even learned good food choices. Lapbanded patients have no choice but to do the opposite of that. We have to eat right, eat the right amounts of food and exercise. The band is a worker. I wanted to be able to try and stop myself when I know I'm fulfilled, not full. I have always looked at the band as a tool and I wanted to use a fill as a last resort for weight loss. Above all, the band has really helped me to lose weight, psychologically. I know it's there and it's waiting to help me when I am ready. I hope that makes sense.

09/04/2006 31.2 mile bike hike this morning - completed 6.5 mile jog - pending Body aches. I upped the weights yesterday an extra 10lbs and it surely made a difference. I had a hard time getting out of bed. I ached the whole 30+ miles. I couldn't believe how fresh and cool this morning has been. It was one of the best weathered rides ever.

Hahaha! That's classic girl! Make sure to say it in the voice.. that weird voice.

Hell, I have even practiced the dance with a chiffon scarf...lol

I say that "would you "F" me? I'd "F" me" all the time in the mirror and I laugh.. I'm soo stupid

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I am Bianca from Jem & the Holograms, lol. Oh..what about "Solid Gold"???

ROFLMAO. I wish this forum had voice clips, I would leave you my best impression of that phrase Morsaille

"It puts the lotion on it's skin or it gets the hose again"

09/03/2006 Upper Body Training Day 5 min treadmill run at 4.5 mph for warmup Chest press - 15 reps, 3 sets Chest Fly -15 reps, 3 sets Rear Delts - 15 reps, 3 sets Bicep Curl - 15 reps, 3 sets Tricep Curl - 15 reps, 3 sets Shoulder - 15 reps, 3 sets Back Row - 15 reps, 3 sets Back & something else 15 reps, 3 sets Abdominal machine 15 reps, 3 sets

Wow, exactly my sentiments Brooklynn. Im with you on that one. Now I'm heading out to the gym. Later folks.

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LOL gonnabethin, it was a very funny moment in my day. Just the word "thong" will forever send me back to that cherry apple red thong.

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Wow Lins. You said you were doing the marathon thing and that's pretty awesome. Also 27 minutes for 2 miles is not too shabby. You were doing about or above 4mph if it only took you less than 30 min to do 2 miles, you'll pick up the pace sooner than you think. Just don't stop. Lookingout, I am not sure but I enjoy the feeling of exhileration. I hope it isn't a phase. I've been walking/jogging/running for 4 months now.

I've recently spotted an obese male at Wet N' Wild, wearing a bright cherry apple red thong. His gut hung over the thong like an overfilled ice cream cone. Kids that surrounded him had fear in them. Mothers covered their childrens eyes. My husbands brow..arched. My son, boisterously giggling. I for one enjoyed the free spirited guy who thought he was the choice piece of ass this side of the town.

Hello Straber, I'm happy you are doing well now. It's sad to hear of stories such as yours. More so when the complications occur and the surgery happened to be performed abroad or outside of the US. I understand what you mean about not having a local doctor to help you. I, on the other hand did have my procedure performed in Monterrey, Mexico by a great surgeon. A patient that I met on the day of pre-ops had complications after her surgery, which was performed right after mine. She had breathing problems coming out of anesthesia, she vomitted alot, had horrible gas pains and went home in excruciating pain, weeks later discovered an infection at her port site. Her infection remained for a few months. She phoned our doc. He sent a prescription to her for antibiotics and followed up with her weekly. She finally healed. Recently, she made an appt with a local doc to have her first fill. To her dismay, the doc discovered that her port flipped. They tried an "L" shaped needle to get to the port, but to no avail. After spending $299.00 for an eval with no fill, she contacted the doctor about her flipped port. The doc was more than happy to revise or correct the flipped port at no extra charge. She only had to pay for the flight. Since then she's alive and well and with a fill. She's still losing. She's happy and her problems were addressed by a doctor who cared. So yes I do understand that complications can occur but we have to do our research on our docs before we use them.

I am about to watch this movie. I have to see it once per month. The acting is superb. I'm a perve b/c I especially love the "tucking" and "dancing" scene. It's hilarious.