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[ATTACH]17368[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17369[/ATTACH] Im 9 mths out and down 97lbs! [ATTACH]17370[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17371[/ATTACH]

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First pic is day of surgery the next pic is at 6, 7 and 9 months respectively.

Well I'm 9 months out and down 97 lbs! I am thrilled with my weight loss so far. I would like to lose another 20-25lbs but my weight has really slowed down so we will see. But I am so much happier and more active. This was the best decision I ever made! [ATTACH]17351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17352[/ATTACH]

Starting 273.6 DOS 266.6 (11/20) CW 187.8 85.8 lost! [ATTACH]14257[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]14256[/ATTACH]

Thank u everyone for your kind words! The before and after pics were a big inspiration for me so I wanted to post my progress. If I can do it anyone can. It still doesn't seem real to me sometimes that I have real lost that much weight. My mind haven't caught up yet but I am very happy!

Sleeved 11/20 down 80.8 lbs and happy to be in Wonderland! I am still hoping to lose another 20-30lbs but very happy so far! Pics are day of surgery left and today right. [ATTACH]13201[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13202[/ATTACH]

I was sleeved 11/20 down 80.8 lbs and in Wonderland! ! Very happy with my progress. I hoping to lose another 20-30lbs. [ATTACH]13195[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13196[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13197[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13198[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13199[/ATTACH] First pics are day of surgery, next progress pics, and the last 2 are comparing day if surgery till today. [ATTACH]13200[/ATTACH]

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Sure! The trainer gave me 2 circuits to alternate because she said I should try to confuse my body so I don't stall. The first one is inner thigh press with rubber ball, lunges with medicine ball, yoga bridge, leg lifts, crunches with medicine ball, hammer curls with dumbbells, dumbbell pull ups, and flies. The second one is 24 alternating lunges with bicep curls, 20 plie squats with dumbbells straight out, 2 45 second planks, 20 alternating reverse lunges with dumbbells straight out, 20 squats pressing dumbbells overhead, 1-3 minutes of cardio, rest 1 min and repeat whole circuit. I use 8 or 10 weight now but of course you should always build up and check with your dr.

I recently had a follow up appointment with my doctor and he said im doing great. As of today I am 5 1/2 months out and have lost 76 lbs. But I told him my weight loss seems to be slowing down. He asked if I am getting my protein, which I am. Then he asked how much I'm exercising to which I responded everyday thinking that it was a great thing but he said no you have to take 2 days a week off from exercise. He said no one should exercise 7 days a week. Muscle is built during rest. He strongly recommend I start strength training. More muscle will speed up my metabolism and help burn fat more efficiently. His advice was that I spend two days of cardio, two days of strength training, and 1 day of interval training with 2 days of rest per week. I haven't strength training before so I set up appointment per his recommendation with a trainer for her to set up a program for me that I could do at home. She was very nice and gave me great advice she said you should never strength train two days in a row. Always drink your protein shakes after you exercise on your strength training days so your body will not take from the muscle you've already built. She also said that my rest days I could practice stretching or I could do yoga or palates if I wanted to do something. So I stared all this 5 days ago and have lost 2.5 lbs since then. I never thought I would say this but I really like the strength training and look forward to learning the palates and yoga. I am learning about my body and I was greatful for all the help and advice so I thought I would share the advice I received. Hope it is helpful to someone.