atPeace55

I'm in....This is 5% of my old boot-camp routine that I've been dieing to get back to! I'm not sure if I'm approved to do the burpees yet since I'm only one week post op but I will check with doctor and do as much as I can to keep up!!! Then when i'm cleared for full exercise.. I'm going back to Boot Camp Code Pink!!

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

I'm in!

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

I'll do it

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

I'm in

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

ok yeah, explain what they are i will do it!

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

Count me in!!

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

Just what I need. I'm in!

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

Can you please explain each exercise? I believe I know what the squats and wall-sits are, but what the heck are burpees?

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

I'll do it!

Good morning Day 1 of Fitness Challenge:

10 squats

30sec Burpees

15sec Wall Sits

I'll do it

Cool we have a team!!! Yay!!

Here's another I found for us ladies regarding proper form for squats I like this one better.

Squats

ALRIGHT! I'm so excited this is my first challenge i'm doing with my VST Fam!!! I'm thinking our name should be "Team Buttastic" for this challenge because it's all about the lower half of our body's! What do you guys think? Any other name suggestions? @Bridget Alati @Jenhort @ mlkthomas @indy9771 @ISleevedIt @DrmBig4Evr

Here are some youtube vids that I found for each move we have to do for the month of April:

Burpees

Wall Sits

Squats

@DrmBig4Evr Awesome! I will make sure I post on your profile and my profile feed each day!

Just know that your story is very common and that's not a bad thing just know that you're not the only person who thinks, have thought or is thinking this way. You're story is not too far from mind I was never a big kid, teen or even young adult if I post all my pic from birth to high school graduation I was considered normal or even skinny my weight gain started later in life mid to late 20's and I too felt that I should be able to loose this weight with out this particular tool - I put it on myself I just need to try harder! But you know I tried WW, Nutrisystem and every fad diet out there with some success but very short lived.

This surgery was the best thing that happen to me and I knew I needed this particular tool to help me success and so far i'm 22 months post op and happy! Don't feel bad about having to have surgery if all of us were able to loose on our own i'm quite sure we would have and have tried!

What ever you decide be selfish and make a decision for you and what's best for you what ever that maybe!

Good luck in your decisions and journey!

Yeah it happens and you feel so much better after. It usually happens for me if I eat too fast or if I don't chew my food well. Nice tip you can sometimes stop the vomiting by putting cold water or ice on your head it makes the symptoms go away if you catch it early enough.

It is a constant battle that you will face from time to time throughout your journey, I'm 22 months post-op and still can catch myself eating too fast. What I try to do is go back to what I learned which is take a bite of food and then put the utensil down and chew, chew, chew it works if you are consciously eating and not eating looking at tv. LOL just a thought! I'm not perfect at it either so you're not alone - I also eat and do at 1 or 2 crossword so I don't just continue to put food in my mouth I concentrate on something else while I chew.

Foods that still make me gurgle are salsa (anything tomato based) beef and chicken - pork not so much which is odd and crabmeat I can eat like no ones business.

That took courage and I respect your decision to let your circle know what you did and they way you wrote the letter was very detailed. If anyone is negative after that....well that tells you alot about them!

Good luck on your journey!

You will be amazed at what your able to do when you drop your first 25-50 lbs. And I hope you share with us all your experience and how it feels once you do!!

I wish you well with your surgery!

I wish you well and definitely let us know how it goes!

I have to check out this skin brushing!

Congratulations on your new home! You should post some pics of you so we can see how great you look!

I wrote a blog on weight regain after bariatric surgery which might help answer this question for you. Check it out:

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/blog/1836-atpeace55s-blog/

I need of those again - I lose them everytime! LOL

Way To Go Stepping Out!!!

CTHU!!! I remember that part so clear when you said that about Will Smith! Too funny!

My how things have changed in 2 years time I didn't have to fill out a questionnaire for my psych eval. just meet with the psych and we talk and she wrote for about 20-30 mins.

Sorry to hear that although I too work from home and had a similar episode I went to my post-op appt to be released for work but I had been feeling very week and dehydrated. I 30 min post-op appt. turned into me being taken downstairs to ER, IV for fluids and a serious of test and scans - the found gallstones and I ended up staying in the hospital for 8 days in that time I had two upper GI's and then finally have a gallbladder removal. Things happen that we can't control.

But, I'm still here and i'm fine now. You take care and get well soon!