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Obviously 6 flags is to blame if they knew 180 is the "design" weight (they should!!!) and still let her ride. Not really a weight issue, but a safety regulation issue as Nicole stated above.

You look attractive in thepicture. healthy and in shape. skinny. Not sure how or why you characterize yourself as any other way. 20 lbs away? That is so close!

That is an awesome goal gift! *jealous* as per your mood, you look look like you endured it rather then enjoyed it.

What was her weight and what is the max safe weight limit per bar that holds one person in for that specific roller coaster? Media should not cast blame in this way, but we should know the numbers first.

I had a cruddy day yesterday at the end up my crossfit WOD, also from dehydration. First part of workout was a 60 % max one rep weight squat in sets of 7,8,10,8 and 7. Felt awesome about these and my trainer even said form was really good ( been practicing deep squat exercises at home). My second 1/2 WOD was going to be 50 burpees, 20 squats, 50 burpees and 20 squats. 1/2 way through the first set of burpees, my muscles in my lower back were bunching up (sending little pain signals) and my calf was on the verge of locking up in spasms ( absolutely hate this - been there and done that a few weeks ago). Input the breaks on that WOD. Do not want injury. This is not good pain. My trainer reset the 2nd WOD to be 5 2 minute AMRAP of burpees with 30 second rest in between, which I still had a challenge with. Don't be like me and be certain to get hydrated really well. I thought i was hydrated, but it must have been my preworkout drinks that are dehydrating. i am going to get off those as it takes like 5 scoops for me to feel anything. When I got home, I sucked down my BCAA drink and coconut Water, followed by recovery shake with 5g creatine. Today I feel fine and did my usual Wednesday am workout. One more upper body workout this afternoon. The funny thing is my trainer was claiming I would be really sore today in my Quads. I do not feel a thing, but my quads and thighs really toned overnight (yes!). The legs feel ready to workout. My legs never get sore from a squat workout like the one above so it must mean I need to ramp up the weight to where I fail at the end of each set. I did almost feel like failure at the end of the 5th set, but did not hit it. Thoughts?

Lynda- interesting comment on the enhanced efficiency of the small intestine over long term post op timeline. I do suppose that would lead to more weight gain because the small intestine is the primary point of nutrient absorption in the GI tract. Never heard of this before, but it makes sense.

Oregon daisy or anyone- I find that statement hard to believe ( as i am not out far yet 1 year post op). The only reason I can think of your body gaining faster is if the BMR locks in at a low number from low calorie eating. If one is actively engaged in fitness and eating around TDEE amount of calories then they would never have this problem, right? This hypothesis assumes both people are eating relatively the same types of food, but at different quantities. It is all about calories-based metabolism (right?) and not necessarily about type of food ( assuming it is not sweets, cookies, cakes, pastries and the like). I would think your metabolism would stay the same if you are constantly babying it daily with mindful eating ( nutrition, timing and quantity) and fitness. Or does your body just get so efficient at maintaining status quo that you can never do enough to maintain a constant metabolism as you get further out. To maintain a constant metabolism and outwit the body's efficiency of adaptation would require increasing the point of equilibrium between calories in and calories out by balancing eating and fitness until it is not humanly practical ( or practical for people like us with VSG). Agree or disagree. I am primarily asking for myself, but I am sure everyone wants to know.

You are very welcome. The challenge has been a real game changer for all of us. You will find the boot camp a good transition into the challenge that will follow. The boot camp will help you restart your nutrition and fitness. It is perfectly fine to do cross fit on your own, especially if you are doing body weight exercises. A stopwatch or a stop watch app on the phone works very well. I sometimes have my wife time me when doing a Crossfit WOD at home or in a hotel if traveling. One WOD I really like to do when I am anywhere is the 52 card game of exercises. I may have even described it up in this thread; do not remember. Essentially, you pick 4 exercises and assign them to 4 types of cards ( heart, spade, diamond, club). You start the clock and do as many exercises as the card type number. Ace is 13. Face cards are 12. A good set of exercises are burpees, jumping jacks, lunges and sit-ups, but you can really pick any 4 that allows you to count them. Another good set is one legged warriors, forward lunge with a twist, full dive bombers and thumbs up. You can do these with the cards, as a set of ladders (reps 1->4->1->4->1) or as a circuit. When doing ladders, I like to pair two exercises together for each ladder of up, down, up and down. The other two exercises are paired with another set of ladders. It is about a 20 min workout.

Are you recommending Pilates and hot yoga or just Pilates? I am doing the hot yoga primarily to enhance my balance and flexibility to be better at cross fit, but not for the exercise really.

Lisa - thank you for your kind words.

I hear you. Unassisted pull ups are hard. However, it will be so rewarding when you do the first one. And then 5, 10, 15 and so on. It is still my weakest body weight exercise, but practice makes perfect. When I was working on this myself, I found that ring pull-ups helps build the upper body strength. Handstand or military pushups will help also. There is a book on Amazon that caught my eye called "50 pull-ups in 7 weeks" this might be like c25k program where it is progressive, one day at a time. I am going to keep practicing this right along side you until I no longer call the pull-up my weakest exercise

Gee Laura, thanks. It is a good thing I can take snipes from you. watch out now.

I know exactly what you mean! Any flight messes up regularity in a big way. Must be the combination of sitting in a plane for many hours and breathing in cabin air ( probably dehydrating in some way). Need a cure for that one!

Everyone has such wonderful goals. Thanks for sharing!

Perhaps vomiting is too strong of a word. It is more like sliming. Eating too fast causes sliming repeatedly until you learn to eat slower or less. Eating something before your sleeve is ready may cause vomiting. Vomiting occurred 2-3 times for me (retraction from above with the clarification made in this post). Sliming occurred for me all the time because I primarily eat dense protein and eat too fast. I do not like sliming in public (even in front of family) so excuse myself to the bathroom if it occurs. It was very common for me to slime up until month 6. Now I only do it on occasion. I threw up from trying to eat beef before month 5. It became ok after that to eat beef, especially after month 6.

My opinion is that it is safe to start at 6 weeks. You might be able to start before that, but why risk injuring yourself? Also I think it is best to wait until your weight is at a place where you will not put undo stress on any part of the legs, ankle or feet. The magic number for me seems to be about 240, but you might be able to go heavier. The important thing is to pay close attention to what your body is communicating. It is not worth injuring yourself with running if the time is too early. Instead do something lower impact like walking, swimming or elliptical. It took me 5 months to get to 240 which is 120 below my starting weight. Today I am 175 and am at 12.5 months post op.

It is the small miracles that bring happiness.

Yup, do make sure you eat and drink as much as possible before a cross fit workout to prepare for the intensity and push. I learned early on that drinking while doing an intense crossfit, like 100 burpees with a series of heavy weight standard bar exercises) is a recipe for throwing up all the Water and more from my trainer. I asked for a drink and she said not a good idea. So, I do not drink usually once the WOD and skill sections of a crossfit session are underway. I try and consume as many good carbs (within reason, say, 6 energy squares between morning and 4 pm cross fit) and water up to an hour before cross fit. Also during this time I will have my normal meals every 2-3 hours. It is important to max out the amount of energy and water that is available to your muscles. trust me, they will need it. both creatine and bcaa drinks will really optimize availability of water and energy to muscles. I will usually be taking the amino acid drink about 15 minutes before and a pre workout drink about 5-10 minutes before. I try and time the pre workout drink so it peaks after my warmup, right around start of skill / WOD, but this is a hard thing to time accurately and it depends on how your body is currently reacting to the pre workout drinks. I usually take a few gulps of water after warmup, but before WOD/skill. I usually hit the BCAA immediate when done with WOD/skill and drink as I am driving home. 10 minutes after that I will have an AMRAP bar (300 calories) to strt replenishing the glycogen stores. 30 minutes later I will drink a 400 calorie Protein shake (2 scoops synth 6) and then have dinner (lean protein and veggies) about 2 hours after that (sometimes 1 hour after). Before bed I will have a casein shake to keep the burn going all night. Like I said in other posts, I am eating and eating all the time small meals throughout the day from wake to bed to hit around 2000 calories and I am still leaning out (or rather, cutting). In last 9 weeks, I have dropped from 192 to 175 and still have a good athletic build. Just not huge. I like the way Crossfit is shaping up my body composition. And the best part about crossfit is every single WOD is unique. In the last 6 months I have only repeated 1 WOD from one month to the next month because we were measuring for progress. Otherwise, it is always exiting and new to see what my trainer throws at me. Cheers!

You know, one of the benefits of fast processing stomachs is a BM within 5-10 minutes of each meal. At least it happens that way for me. I feel like food flies through really quickly.