Fiddleman

Great job everyone!

You are doing great already and will be running faster before you know it! Just keep doing whatever you feel comfortable with. I want to encourage you to keep at it. Great things are in store for you.

Hi - I run at 6.5-7.0 mph.

What is justified about? I find watching tv distracts me a bit while running on treadmill so I day dream instead with muse pumping in my ears. On elliptical I can watch tv and usually have been watching fringe seasons for the last couple months. I am on season 3 now.

My suggestion is along the same lines as above post. I would like to recommend eating some energy squares from nuts.com. There are so many flavors to choose from and eating one square has 60 calories. They are loaded with good carbs and good fats, which might be what your body is craving. I also ate a protein bar yesterday for the first time since surgery and, boy, was it good. It satisfied and was about 170 calories. I was surprised that it didn't trigger a desire for more like protein bars sometimes did for me pre surgery. I got them from Costco and they are called Stabilyze. They have 170 calories, 16 grams of carbs, 9 grams of fat and 10 grams of protein. Not the best ratios of Nutritional DV amounts, but not too bad either. There are many different protein bars out there that are more low carb and higher protein. I wanted to try these because they are designed for the nutritional needs of diabetics, not too far from our own nutritional needs as post op sleevers. You might try a protein bar when you have a craving, just be careful about the sugar content. Also I have found an edamame salad from SAMs club that is really filling and satisfies. It has good protein and some good fats in it. About 3-4 ounces is really good as a snack.

180 lb loss is miraculous!

Heh, I thought I might have been answering that question incorrectly. Lol.

If you are asking about my weight 4 months ago, I think it was 235ish. When I started running the month after that, progress picked up a bit.

Have you tried the Nectar Sweets? There are a number of good flavors like cookies and creme, chocolate truffle and vanilla bean. I really have enjoyed these shakes and drank the almost exclusively during the 1st 6 months.

You could follow in Jared's footsteps and become the face of quiznos rather than subway! Then you can get paid for losing weight.

I want to purchase a green superfood powder as a supplement and have narrowed my search to two choices: 1. Boku superfood 2. Amazing Grass Green Superfood Both appear to be outstanding products based upon the research I have done. Which would you buy and why? Do you have any other alternatives that are in the same class as these two that you would recommend? I am not really at a place in my life where I can go mix up my own version of superfood ( not enough time nor the desire) so will be purchasing one. I have used superfood powders in the past, but they were not good enough for me to continue on them. I do not otherwise eat very many veggies in my post op diet so I consider a superfood powder as a good alternative to getting veggies and fruit back into my diet without adding tons of calories ( a goal) or the increasing effort to go track down the equivalent veggies and prepare them for the meals for eating. That's just me and what my eating style has become post op.

Haha.

Hilarious! Are you *trying* to get me to give up my treadmill running? Lol! Seriously, I have thought precariously about the wall behind me a few times when running, but then forget all about it. for all us Americans, a few of these might remind you of a certain person from last season on Americas Got Talent ( or the season before) whose soul purpose was to land on his gonads intentionally, to get laughs. I am still cracking up over the various treadmill accidents 10 minutes later...so funny.

One nice outcome of the crossfit last night is that when I ran today, my core felt so much more supportive and my hips did not lock up like they usually do after running for 30-60 min. I learned good posture is paramount to improving fitness in cross fit. I got to do a 20-15-9 rep workout of deadlifts, handstand pushups, hip flexors (I think this helped my hips the most in running today), and kettle ball swings. It was a lot of fun, but hard!!!! I was sweating a river and majorly fatigued in my upper body after the WOD (workout of the day) we did even though it was only about 5 min. The rest of the time was 101 class learning the postures for the moves. Even though I finished the WOD last, the others were cheering me on to finish.

Thanks everyone.

I went to my first crossfit session tonight and am in awe at the level of fitness demonstrated by everyone in the class. Wow. I never knew how intense and how raw the experience is. This is nothing like working out in a gym with either machines or free weights.

Curious, how long have you been using acid reducers for? I am at about 8 months. Do you think there is any truth behind the article I posted above?

I like to drink sobe life water when there is a good sale on them. Fuji apple pear is my favorite flavor. Otherwise, I am currently mixing Desani Pink Lemonade with tap water and there is no aftertaste. Some of the other water enhancers like Crystal Light will irritate my throat after a while in addition to having weird aftertaste. Not sure why, but it does.

I was sleeved 7-2-2012 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle by Dr McMahon. It has been a really good experience so far.