Exercise Routine

[GemiKniight75 10]

I am nearly 3 years out from my sleeve surgery. I used to weight 460lb but am now 324lb. I know it may not be a lot after 3 years but it's far better than still being 460lb.

Anyways... I wanted to post my exercise routine along with my supplement regimine. My exercises are dome for 5 min each with a 1 min break in between. Here they go:

Kettlebell Swings with 35lb bell

Pushups

Jump Rope

Single-arm Kettlebell Curls

I do this on the following schedule:

Mon/Thu/Sun/Wed/Sat/Tue/Fri

That covers about three weeks.

My supplements are

Opti-Men 1 tab daily

Indole-3-carbinol 1 cap 2x/day

Holy Basil 1 cap 2x/day

I'm not looking to be under 200lb at 6'2" but 240lb is nice. I may look good at 265lb.

I hope this keeps working. I did a "cottage cheese" test and found my stomach is about 11oz.

After this run of exercises (12 weeks) I will reevaluate myself and keep working toward first just getting under 300lb.

Thank you for looking at this post and I do welcome comments, questions and critiques.

[Denise73 89]

Wow. Good for you. Keep up the good work. You are on your way to reaching your goal. Good luck.

[swimbikerun 1,045]

Agreed great job.

[aroundhky 1,174]

GemiKniight.....it's good to hear that you are not too focused on the number on a scale. Just do all that yo do, work hard and the rest will fall into place. I'm close to your height as well and unless you want to look really skinny and have no muscle, you're right under 200 is probably way too lite. If you're happy with 240 or 250 and feel good and healthy, go with it. I've found my sweet spot is in the mid-230's as far as how good I feel and how strong I feel. Keep up the great work!

[betternowthanever 83]

A man with some height and weight and muscles beats a skinny runny dude anyday in my book. Keep up the good work Gem and aroundhky and dont ever stare at the scale. Let's get together and lift sometime boys!

[GemiKniight75 10]

Awesome idea BNTN. We should have a regional lift group. I'm a little bit away from most out here in Las Vegas. But I appreciate everyone's words of encouragement and wisdom.

[A.c. Nelums 11]

I have a sit down job so ever hour I get up about and I stretch the upper body, neck, arms, shoulders then the bottom body, waist, legs, feet. Less than 10 minutes. It's worth it. My butt gets numb if I sit too long. I also use my 30 minute lunch break to walk which is usually 1 mile.

[Ava324 413]

I did a "cottage cheese" test and found my stomach is about 11oz.

What's that mean? I figure you ate 11oz of cottage cheese. Lol. But is "the cottage cheese test" a thing? Is 11oz after 3 years good or bad?

Congrats on losing 138! I'm sure you can get under 300 with that determination.

I don't have a regular routine to speak of. I'm a bit ADD at the gym. A friend asked the other day "What do you do at the gym?" and I answered, "What don't I do?" I have a personal trainer and have tried so many different things, that it's really hard to pick stuff when I'm there on my own. I love the rowing machine, punching bag, straight leg dead lifts, free weight bicep curls, all the TRX stuff, back extensions (holding a kettlebell), and hanging leg raises. I've just started supplementing resistance workout with C25K and morning yoga.

My amazing supportive husband, who has lost 50+ lbs of his own by dieting (albeit larger portions) and exercising with me, starts personal training as well on Friday. He'll share some of his exercises with me, and then I'll have even more to be unroutine with. Ha.