Butterthebean

Congrats on getting your consult scheduled. I personally don't think you'll see much change in the pub is area or the thighs from a TT. But from a LBL....definitely. But obviously a surgeon could answer that question much better than I could.

Globe you're not giving it enough time to work. You can't expect to see results in 30 days. That's a pipe dream. Fitness is a lifetime pursuit and 30 days is hardly enough time to reshape your body.

Scotland? Is that where you are? I never knew that. Now I'm gonna have to start reading all your threads with a Scottish accent.

Yes it's nice not starting a year with a resolution to "finally" start losing some weight. I feel a sense of hope going into the new year that I never used to have. Like actual hope that every year can be better than the year before....rather than worse.

I believe you were quoting redbean...she's pure Cajun. I'm a Texan too. Little blip on the radar called Tarkington Prairie.

Haha.....don't hold your breath on that last one.

Yes that is the one thing keeping me from going postal, I should be able to swim with no problem.

I don't do crossfit but if I did I wouldn't hesitate to do it in vibrams. When I lift weights I always do it on vibrams. I believe in the theory behind wearing minimalist shoes, especially for running but they work for all types of movements. I believe they make your feet stronger and healthier and they save your back and knees from impact injuries because you are forced to land softly on your feet. The down side is the occasional misstep like tripping over an unseen tree root while running hard. I run in them 50% of the time and the other 50 I run in other minimalists shoes that have slightly more protection. Other than trail running I've never had a problem with them. And trail running is always precarious no matter what shoes you wear. Anecdotally I believe that of I did not wear the vibrams I would have suffered major knee pain long before now. My knees ache any time I run in heavily padded shoes because over the course of the run I end up landing much harder. You cannot land hard in the vibrams or it will hurt your feet....so you automatically lighten your step. Or at least, you're supposed to. I love how I can feel the ground/floor beneath them. I feel so much more connected to the earth.

Yeah I don't think the price has gone up on those tacos in 25 years. They are still cheap and nasty. But after a long hard night of power drinking they were always quite good. I wonder how good they'd be after smoking pot. I wouldn't know cause I've never tried it. My job does way too many random drug tests.

Very true.....but then again back in my drinking days every night of hard drinking ended with a greasy fattening meal at 2am. Usually I'd load up on those cheap tacos from jack in the box. Five dollars will buy you alot of tacos.

I think they ought to legalize pot if alcohol is legal. Not much difference.....except pot has zero calories.

No last time I took 3 days off and went back to running. I just had to be extra careful and I couldn't wear the vibrams for a while. Hopefully it will be the same this time....but I won't know until the initial pain and swelling goes down. Right now it feels like a grenade went off in my shoe.

Why does this thread keep showing up as unread in my subscribed folder....even though no new posts have been added? Is it because someone voted?

So I started my new year off right.....with a 6.5 mile trail run....and a broken pinkie toe. Yep....it's déjà vu all over again. I just broke a toe back in September and now another one. Tripped over a nasty root. The leaves on the trail this time of year cover up all the obstacles, making it precarious. Icing it right now....hoping I can get a shoe on tomorrow.

Great to have you marycontrary. As for updating your goal.....I should have mentioned that in the original post. It's perfectly ok to modify your goal mid month if circumstances dictate. I don't want anyone to feel hesitant about joining because they might not make goal. I didn't make mine for December. I'm happy to admit that.....because I'm proud of myself for setting an aggressive goal and going for it. So there's no shame in my game. Life happens. Our bodies don't always cooperate. Not the end of the world. Don't let it derail your fitness progress completely just because there are setbacks. Keep plugging away and modify your goals if necessary. Just don't quit.

Hey everyone. Great job this month. It's been tough I know, but I'm proud of all of you who are still working it. I surpassed my swimming goal....I got 10,300 meters. But fell 15 miles short of my running miles with only 105. I've started the January challenge. Here it is.... http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/292789-january-fitness-challenge/?p=3302431

Ok...here we go. A new month....a new year. Time to get off our collective butts and push ourselves a little bit. This isn't about weight loss so much as it's about living/breathing/moving more...feeling better....improving the quality of our life through fitness. Not to mention pushing ourselves to do a little more than we thought we could. As always....set a goal for yourself. Something that you know will be challenging. State what your goal is....then come back every chance you get to update your progress. Make your goal something specific and measurable. XXX miles walking/running/cycling/ellipticing/swimming/crossfitting/weightlifting. Or XXX hours working out this month.....XXX times going to the gym this month....whatever you want. Here's mine....120 miles running and 12,000 meters swimming. Plus I'm doing the pull up challenge every other day, hoping to work my way up to being able to do a pull up sometime soon. Everybody join in. This is a new year. Exercise and fitness will make you feel better, help you sleep, speed up your metabolism, increase our strength and stamina, lengthen your life....and make you look better naked. Face it, we could all use that.

LOL...sounds like a good explanation to me.

Arts....read the book "why we get fat" Or watch the movie Fathead. They both explain it. But in very simple terms....the simple carbs create an insulin response which inhibits our ability to break down body fat and increases our ability to store body fat. Which leads to more fat storage, less fuel for energy....which itself leads to more hunger (which starts the process all over again).

You can still lurk. And you're not too far shy of 200 post. You can get there. We felt the post count requirement was needed to protect the forum from other circumstances. However we did allow for that requirement to be waived on a case-by-case basis.... Mainly just for people like you that we do not want to exclude.

Rude. Why all the sarcasm? You clearly want to separate yourself from the rest of us pigs. Okay fine. Then just simply answer my original question. What made you fat if it was not eating too much?

Folks....I don't think we need a sticky because very soon there will be software controls limiting member's posting ability in the vets forum. Only those who meet the criteria will be able to post, the site will block all others from posting. They will be able to read only. The criteria will be 1 year post op and 200 previous posts.

Congrats. Amazing accomplishment.

Clearly there is a miscommunication here. I was only saying I was puzzled because we all got fat from eating more calories than our body could process. To me that is the definition of over eating. The amount you ate may be different than the amount I ate, but it was still too many calories. Clearly you may define over eating differently than I do. You may not have been a huge eater in terms of volume of food. But with the crappy high calorie fast foods and processed foods available today (like hot wings) it's easy to get fat without being a big eater. We can still take in way too many calories and get fat.

I think you may be being overly sensitive. I wasn't tearing anyone down. But what you said seemed a little counter intuitive. If you didn't become overweight by over eating, how did it happen? And why have a surgery that makes over eating difficult if over eating was not the problem? I'm not being non supportive I'm simply puzzled and asking a question.