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Great list, I identify with so many of the above..I will add
-not being able to see all the body parts I'm trying to shave without lifting up my fat rolls

Great list, I identify with so many of the above..I will add
-not being able to see all the body parts I'm trying to shave without lifting up my fat rolls

I am actually. The incision where he pulled my stomach out through is really the only one that hurts. I just walked around down through all of the corridors and I can honestly say, besides the initial pain from waking up I'm really surprised at how much I blew this out of proportion in my own mind.

Hello!
 
I am currently in the Florence Hospital where Dr.Garcia operated on me yesterday! Since I arrived in San Diego, (where the driver Samuel picks you up), The staff for Ready4Achange, the staff at the Marriott and people in general are just so friendly, accommodating and kind! I highly recommend you get it done here also because I hear it is much less than getting it done in the US and ESPECIALLY Canada. It iis really, really worth it!

Yep...I have one too and my surgeon is going to fix it during my surgery tomorrow!!!

Wow handsome indeed! Great job and congrats!

I know the feeling...a client just asked me if i am having a baby, I said no, are you saying I look pregnant? He said yes! Ugh..cant wait for that moment too, Im sure it feels amazing!!

I want to book with Dr. Garcia also but have to wait for tax refund in Feb. :(Alma said it was a 5 night stay so good to know that's flexible if need be. Will be following you ladies, seeing how it goes, going straight back to work etc. best of luck!

Wow Butter, that actually did make me cry!! Thanks, very uplifting! I guess we can be our own worst critics sometimes. Maybe after this first week is over I will take week 2 C25k to the track at the park. I've done two 5ks this year (Color Me Rad & Muddogs King of the Hill) but did not run, just power walked so I would like to finally like to actually "run" in one AND achieve the obstacles in Muddog next year instead of walking around most of them. Excited about this app!

Wow Butter, that actually did make me cry!! Thanks, very uplifting! I guess we can be our own worst critics sometimes. Maybe after this first week is over I will take week 2 C25k to the track at the park. I've done two 5ks this year (Color Me Rad & Muddogs King of the Hill) but did not run, just power walked so I would like to finally like to actually "run" in one AND achieve the obstacles in Muddog next year instead of walking around most of them. Excited about this app!

Knocked out W1D2 tonight!

Butter - you are amazing. Honest, helpful and oh so kind. That post nearly brought me to tears. I thought to myself - I don't know him personally but I 'love' that man! LOL, no worries, I'm a very happily married lady.
I think that your response was dead on perfect.

Read this....
"Hey, Fat girl....
Yes, you. The one feigning to not see me when we cross paths on the running track. The one not even wearing sports gear, breathing heavy. You’re slow, you breathe hard and your efforts at moving forward make you cringe.
You cling shyly to the furthest corridor, sometimes making larger loops on the gravel ring by the track just so you’re not on it. You sweat so much that your hair is all wet. You rarely stay for more than 20 minutes at a time, and you look exhausted when you leave to go back home. You never talk to anyone. I’ve got something I’d like to say to you.
You are awesome.
If you’d look me in the eye only for an instant, you would notice the reverence and respect I have for you. The adventure you have started is tremendous; it leads to a better health, to renewed confidence and to a brand new kind of freedom. The gifts you will receive from running will far exceed the gigantic effort it takes you to show up here, to face your fears and to bravely set yourself in motion, in front of others.
You have already begun your transformation. You no longer accept this physical state of numbness and passivity. You have taken a difficult decision, but one that holds so much promise. Every hard breath you take is actually a tad easier than the one before, and every step is ever so slightly lighter. Each push forward leaves the former person you were in your wake, creating room for an improved version, one that is stronger, healthier and forward-looking, one who knows that anything is possible.
You’re a hero to me. And, if you’d take off the blaring headphones and put your head up for more than a second or two, you would notice that the other runners you cross, the ones that probably make you feel so inadequate, stare in awe at your determination. They, of all people, know best where you are coming from. They heard the resolutions of so many others, who vowed to pick up running and improve their health, “starting next week”. Yet, it is YOU who runs alongside, who digs from deep inside to find the strength to come here, and to come back again.
You are a runner, and no one can take that away from you. You are relentlessly moving forward. You are stronger than even you think, and you are about to be amazed by what you can do. One day, very soon, maybe tomorrow, you’ll step outside and marvel at your capabilities. You will not believe your own body, you will realize that you can do this. And a new horizon will open up for you. You are a true inspiration.
I bow to you."
Reposted from http://flintland.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fat-girl.html

Got inspired to try it after reading this forum. Today will be W1D2. I agree with Mistysj, adjusting the treadmill is the annoying part! I hope to make progress though as my walk speed was 3.0 and my "run" was 3.5 Would prefer to do it outside but I'm too self conscious at this point to jog in public. Is it just me?

Exciting, best of luck to you and your wife, can't wait to see your progress! I started drinking shakes last week and I cant have surgery until March! But just tryin get into the "mode"..

Congratulations! Best of luck to you both! I still can't believe I actually had it done. I LOVE it!

I just had surgery last Wednesday (7/24) & was back to work on Monday. Granted I did half day on Monday, but was back at full day on Tuesday & Today. But I think I'm definitley not the norm.