Fitness & Exercise

It's my six week post op today and that means...I'm off my 15 lbs lifting weight restriction and can do other forms of workouts other than walking (boring boring boring!!). Yahoo! I celebrated today by doing a belly dancing workout video and I even wore a hip scarf with jangly coins. I probably looked like a complete idiot but it was fun and I'll get better. My husband watched me for a bit with a smile on his face and said "cool" a couple of times. Maybe I'll keep this up! . Zumba, salsa and ballroom dancing are next...once I get a bit lighter, it's back to tap dancing!

I am 7month out and down about 90lbs. Today, I lifted weights and did TRX with my trainer, walked a Mile on the Treadmill at a 6% incline, THEN went to the Running Track and RAN a mile without stopping!! I am SUPER Excited!

Hi everyone, I just got my 2nd fill yesterday. Can i workout straight after my fill? I do crossfit and lift weights. Would love to here everyones opinions. Thank u!

I have been walking mornings and evenings since 2 wks after surgery. I am loosing inches every where, but the stomach area is taking it's sweet time. Don't get me wrong, it is going down, but not as quick as legs, arms, face, etc. I need to add more than just walking. I was just curious if someone was the same as me and added something and started seeing a change in the stomach area.

I've never had an activity monitor, and I hear lots of good things about the FitBit One. However, I just saw this soon-to-be-releaed fitness monitor, the Pulse, in an article, and it looks as though it can do everything the One does and has a heart rate sensor. http://www.withings.com/en/pulse/#catch-phrase It mentions that it links to the My Fitness Pal app...is that how most of you track your intake, etc?

Just wonderingbif EVERYBODY loses hair.??

Now isn't that a mind bender? What is an exercise that you hate so much, you LOVE to hate it because it is so good for you? Mine used to be pull-ups. Pull-ups are ok now that i can do 10-20 unassisted in a row. Now I love to hate toes to bar exercise. This is essentially where you hang from a high metal bar with your arms straight and you have to use your core strength to get your toes to touch the bar where your fingers are at or above the bar. My trainer made me do almost 200 of these today. And today was my first exposure to them!! Yup- I love to hate T2B exercises and need to get good at them. They are good for me I hate you so much I love you T2B!!!! better st…

I was in a car accident on my way to my very first day back at work after surgery, and the dash came up and smashed my knee. My tibia was fractured, the acl is completely torn, and both menisci are torn as well. I'm on week 5 of crutches, and as soon as all the bruising goes away and the bone is healed, I'm gonna have to have surgery to fix the acl and menisci which will restart everything back to square one while I heal again. And apparently the healing process after an acl reconstruction takes up to a year. I was looking forward to exercising after surgery sooo much because I enjoy it, and my weight loss has slowed down considerably because I've been forced to r…

When is it ok to start lifting weights?

I'm almost 8 weeks out and have been in the gym 3-5 times per week since Week 2. I do 30 minutes on the treadmill (started at 2.0, now at 2.5; fast for me) and work up a good sweat -- not making it rain, but I use the towel often. I then follow up with 15-20 minutes of weights, upper and lower body alternating days. The weird thing is that I continue sweating a little during strength training, during my short walk home from the gym, and for a good little while after I get home. I also begin to sweat when I do everyday activities that require a little exertion, such as running up and down the stairs (NSV!) or playing with a small child. Anyone else notice this? Any possibl…

If anyone has been following my posts, one the topics i post frequently about is my struggle with flexibility and mobility as well as general back soreness / stiffness. I have been trying yoga for a long time (6 months) with no real strides. I stretch a lot before warming up and after cooling down for a workout. I also have purchased a couple of excellent books on the subject of flexibility and mobility titled " genius of flexibility" and "supple leopard." I am starting to work through both books and they are going to help, but it will take a while to absorb the information and put it into practice. I like the supple leopard is written by a Cross fit expert and it is c…

I have a really hard time getting to the gym. It's SO far away from my house and just costs too much money in gas. I try to go on weekends with my boyfriend to the one lower to him. During the week I haven't been getting much of anything in. I've started walking on my breaks at work. Just not sure how I should do it. It's .6 miles to walk around the building twice, which I can do on my 15 minute break. I get 2 breaks a day. Or I could walk around the building 4 times nonstop on my 30 minute lunch. Not sure which would be better or worse, splitting it up or continuous. I've heard mixed things. Also going to start trying some crunches at home.

Recently I have been feeling like I am going to throw up after a workout for last week or so. It lasts for about 20 minutes then subsides usually after a protein shake, drinking water/BCAA or a combination of both. It is a sign of overtraining or just that my workouts are hard? Do not read anything more into this message then is written. I love the challenge of working out an hour a day really hard and am only trying to understand where this nauseous feeling is originating from. I have been working out nonstop 5-6 days a week for about 6 months at an intense level ( kind of like an athlete).

This might be a man specific topic, I don't know, but when did you start to be able to lift heavy weights? I want to get into strength training but I'm cautious.

When lifting, is failure being able to complete your last rep but struggling to do so? Or is it not being able to complete that last rep? For you C25K people, on the last day of the week are you completing that run before moving on to the next week? Ex: being able to run the full time of 3 min runs on week 3 before moving to the 4 and 6 min runs of week 4?

Mystery of all mysteries... I just ran a report for the last week of my recorded data from my Link. Calculating my calorie deficits for the last week, I should have lost 3.53 pounds over the last 7 days, and you know, my measured loss was 3.6 pounds. I love it when my body does what I tell it to! And I particularly love it when my gadgets are accurate! (This has not been a paid presentation for the Bodymedia Fit Link... I promise!)

I am 4 wks post op and i know i still have probably 2 more wks before i can return to yoga/pilates but will i have to wait longer to start a strength trainning program? cuz you know skinny girls look good in clothes but FIT girls look good naked. Joking, but i do need to strengthen my body. what has worked for everybody?

When working out, do you go by how many calories you burn during a session or just workout for a certain number of minutes, like an hour? I'm trying to get an idea of what others are doing. I'll be 4 months post-op on August 8th. Also, how many days a week do you workout and for how long at a time (for those of you that just go by a certain number of minutes, not calories burned)?

I was cleared to exercise a week after surgery. I did so with religiously. 30 min cardio and 30-40 min weight training per workout. My summer job is in construction. So now i am back to work the last 10 days and have not been at the gym do to time and energy. However I am physically working 10 -12 hrs a day and have actually lost more weight than before. Does the physical work count ( maybe not for cardio) ? I go back to my other job (teacher) in September so I will resume gym for sure then. Here are my stats and thanks in advance for input. Sleeve date 7-1-13 SW 300 Surgery day 282 Current 249.

Ok. I am about 3 weeks post op. I walked 37 minutes on the treadmill today (first time I exercised) and hated every second of it. What am I going to do? Will I ever learn to love it? I start tennis lessons on 8/22 but I HATE getting sweaty and hot. Feeling sad and discouraged

I'm with Aetna signature administrators and they said that there is no coverage for weight loss surgery even with letter of medical necessity. My bmi is 52 and I'm suffering at this point. I don't have the money to pay out for the surgery. I'm going to the seminar at the hospital anyways because they said that they may help get me financial assistance from the hospital but I think my hubby may make too much money. Anyone have this experience?

Any recommendations for a good beginners workout video? I have one of the dvds from the shapley girl series, but its boring, and too easy. I looked at the Extreme weight loss or biggest loser ones, but I am afraid they will be too hard. I need something for just starting out with a high BMI. Any suggestions?

Is anyone else signed up to do the Color Run in Dallas this November? I'm already on a team, but perhaps we could meet up afterward?

I was banded back in November 2012 and have lost almost 90lbs (YAY!) However, I have yet to be in the green zone with my band. The first 50lbs was due in large to the band and healing process after surgery, but I then hit the gym and I have been going to the gym 5-6 days a week and have a personal trainer 3 days a week. The least amount I spend at the gym is an hour but sometimes with training can be there for 2 hours. I find myself still eating large portions (Normal size meals) as well as eating in between meals because I work out so much that my metabolism is kicking in for food every 2-3 hours. I normally will eat Breakfast, then 2-3 hours after have a Protein s…

I'm going back and forth between these two wristband tracking options. does anyone have one of them? If so what do you think? are there any Pros or Cons to either?

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I had a short, but very interesting conversation with my SIL's husband and boyfriend last night with regards to lifting and strength building. Our discussion went into the use of hgh in addition to their side effects. One of them used to be a trainer, but has since let himself go. The other is like myself: small waist, broad shoulders and strong. He has also been lifting for a long time and he has the muscle to show for it. He also explained that each one of us are born with a certain set of muscle cells that can not be changed, except with supplements like hgh. Lifting essentially only affects the muscle cells we are born with. It does not create new muscle. things li…

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I'm 2 weeks post op. some steri strips have fallen off and those incisions are closed. I have a dr appt tomorrow so I'll find out for sure. Just wondering if anyone on here knows. I'm trying to plan a trip to va beach and I wanna swim in the ocean!!

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This condition can be caused by too much physical activity where excessive breakdown of muscle tissue occurs combined with dehydration according to how my trainer described it yesterday. You would think to solve the dehydration problem with drinking a lot of coconut Water, but that might actually introduce rhabdomyolysis . Basically, your kidneys shut down from too much potassium in the blood stream. She said that marathoners, big lifters or very active conditioners ( eg cross fit, sport training) are the people who should watch out for it. 4 hours of insanity DVD a day might cause it? That last one is just me thinking out loud. The reason my trainer brought this up …

I haven't been swimming since my LB surgery in January, and while we were in Yellowstone this last week the families wanted to go swimming. Well I am not a cork I have never had a problem treading Water, when I jumped in with 60 pounds less fat I sank like a rock, it took everything I could do to keep my head above water. I honestly believe if I had breathing gear, I could have taken a stroll along the bottom of the river. Well, at least I won't need as much weight the next time I go scuba.

Who would have thought this former couch potatoe would have ran 2 miles this morning????

Ok, I dont know if Im depresed, lazy or what the deal is. I have fitness equipment in my living room just staring at me. I need to get over my funk. I know how good I feel after I do. For some reason I am avoiding that. I dont even want to go for a walk.

Hello. I am still Pre-sleeve, but I would really like to start with toning in the inner thighs area, and what I like to call my " kangaroo pouch" after my c- section? I want to avoid a hot mess of loose skin if possible. Any ideas?

Hi folks - I am looking for a new at home DVD program that will be done 3-4 days a week. Can you deliver on this request? I have completed all the workouts in "Be your own gym" (BYOG) with Mark Lauren over the last 12 weeks. http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Your-Own-Gym/dp/B00AM7EQYC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375835818&sr=8-2&keywords=be+your+own+gym I have the book too. There are 100s of exercises in the book where the DVD set has up to 4 exercises per workout session. It was awesome! I dropped about 20 lbs from may 2013 and am so much stronger with good muscle definition. Body fat % dropped way down. But I am not done yet in my vision of fitness. No wher…

Any advice on proper form? Also, I have a dominant leg. How can I even them out?!?!

Last week was such a crappy week for me workout wise. I lost like 3 pounds but I had SH*TTY training sessions..like to the point I felt like I let my trainer down. He even asked me if I felt okay because I wasn't my usual self. So I am going to bounce back this week and remove the words "I can't" from my vocabulary! I am also needing to increase my calories, which is a bit of a scary thought for me..I am around 1,200 a day now at 6 months out. According to my TDEE which I adjusted for having less lean body mass I need to be somewhere around 1,500 calories a day to lose weight. Furthermore, I need more sleep. According to my UP band..I am only averaging like 6 ho…

Hi there, im about to get my second fill and i was wondering if i can exercise immediately after getting my fill? Thank you!

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According to americanfitnessindex.org: The top 10 1. Minneapolis, MN 2. Washington, DC 3. Portland, OR 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Denver, CO 6. Boston, MA 7. Sacramento, CA 8. Seattle, WA 9. Hartford, CT 10. San Jose, CA The bottom 5 1. Memphis, TN 2. Louisville, KY 3. San Antonio, TX 4. Detroit, MI 5. Oklahoma City, OK Is your city on here? What makes a city fit? I am surprised to see my city of Seattle, WA on here at 8. I suppose it helps to have a lot of biking, walking, running and hiking trails around the region. So that begs the question: if Seattle is so fit, where did us VSG Seattleites go wrong? Bariatric surgery business is booming here a…

SIGH..sad as I sit on the patio looking at my pool that I SO want to be in right now!! Hopefully I can get in soon. Had my band surgery July 25.

Today was the first time I worked out in let's say for-NEVER!! I have never worked out. I'm 33and I am pre op and I currently weigh about 465. I started at 484 on July 5th. So usually I try to go swimming twice a week or when ever I can get a baby sitter for my adopted one year old and two foster children oh and my 3day care kids. Yes I have a zoo from 9 to 5. It's hard to get someone to come watch the zoo. So it's hard to get out of the house. Today I finally had my aunt who volunteers twice a week for me so I can go and swim. I took my 10 year old foster daughter with me and we both were so excited to finally swim after being cooped up for a whole week. We get to the ho…

Just logged some gym time on My Fitness Pal and thought I would post my MFP avatar - really makes you want to get up and shake it haha!

If you are working out for any meaningful length of time, you have a supplementation stack that is working for you. Honestly, I am still trying to figure mine out and could use some suggestions. What do you take to make real gains on your workout days ( resistance, not cardio). Pre workout meal Is it good to have a non fructose carb here? I have been eating 1/2 apple or 1/2 banana with nut butter and 2-3 oz chicken. I read that the liver probably converts fruit into fat so what else should I be carbing up on? I do not et breads or starches so not sure what else there is to try. Maybe I should lax a little and eat sweet potatoes? What are your suggestions. Pre workou…

Is anyone else here obsessed with the elliptical? I just started using it about a month ago & I'm almost up to 3 miles. I know that doesn't seem like a lot but it's a start to running.

Rant on The manager weighs 300 lb and the sales employees are both plump (30-50 lb overweight). This is not a statement about individuals, but more about the type of people GNC hires to represent their stores to the healthy fit minded customer. Rant off Rant on again I find it hard to buy product for getting ripped and muscular from someone who does not walk the talk. It is too bad. I feel they are more about pushing product, getting you to buy "one get one 50% off" and know just enough to make one very high level statement about it. No real passion about how the product works and how i could benefit. it is like they learn one line to memorize and that is it. So i…

I just got back off of vacation and on to my bike for the first time in a week. Felt soooo good! I would invite you to log your miles for the month of June on this thread. This is not competition, but my personal goal is to do 10 more miles than what ever Catfish does which is going to be hard since he is a skinny little guy and doesn't have as much fat to lug around. Starting it off with today's ride 20.09 Miles, 1:15 minutes, 953 Calories. Ok, Who is next?

So i logged in my exercise on my fitness pal and for 30 mins on the treadmill it said 436 calories burned, and 30 mins swimming 339 calories burned. My question how do i no if this is actually accurate? I can look on my treadmill and see how many cals i burned but what about swimming? Any device to wear that can track calories burned accurately? Maybe waterproof for swimming. I looked into the garmin watch....i do believe it is.waterproof but for bikers? I.just want to track calories burned. Does anyone track calories burned?

Typically, I work out 5 days a week and then take rest days on Saturday and Sunday. I am still somewhat active on Saturday, but do not do a formal strength training workout most of the time (this weekend an exception).. On Sunday, I typically do not do anything more then stretching, yoga, walking or a warmup type workout. I have not had any problems with this approach to resting, but I am wondering if it is ideal. Sometimes I feel like I do not need 2 days of rest every week. Furthermore, I think back to back rest may also be compromising my muscle growing process. Don't know, but it is a theory. I eat very well in terms of every couple hours focusing on the right type an…