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Though I said I wasn't going to run today after yesterday's muscle burning hill run I just could not run when it's above freezing here. From running in -30c (about 25 below F) weather last week to 2c (36F) today, I had to get out. Ran 6.24k (about 4 miles) at an easy pace and felt great.
If you're post Bariatric surgery, get active but start slow. Exercise is the second tool we have been granted in this lifestyle do over. The first tool was the surgery. It's not a cure, but a terrific tool if we use it properly. The ability to finally move and become active because we've lost some or a lot of weight us the second tool. Look upon these things as gifts given to us who have struggled all our lives with weight issues. Fur maybe the first time in a long time we have the control to change our lives.
Exercise is the second gift or tool. Make good use of it because it will bestow a ton of bonuses upon you if you do.
Walk before you run. Walk daily for a month, and slowly increase your distance. Once you can walk an hour, start to increase your speed for the same distance. From there add a run segment but very slowly.
Walk 5-7 mins, run 1, repeat for that same distance. After a couple months you'll be running the entire distance.
Remember why your doing it. You're not a professional. No one is paying you to be active or run. You are doing it for your health, for stress reduction, and most of all because you enjoy it. If it's not fun, why are you running?
Two years ago my dad died in hospital. The week before he passed, I was at his side visiting. He had a breathing tube dvd a feeding tube down his throat. He couldn't talk, take care of his bodily functions alone, nor could he do much but sleep. The doctors came to his bed to ask him if he wanted DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), or did he want Heroic Measures taken in the event his heart stopped. My dad told them he wanted quality of life, not quantity and decided to accept the DNR. A week later he died of double pneumonia.
I think about that moment often.
Quality of life over quantity.
What kind of quality did we have when we were 100, 120, 150 lbs it more overweight? I was on 15 pills a day for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, GERD, depression, and herniated discs in my lower back which I've had surgically repaired. Gallstones necessitated the removal of my gallbladder last year.
My quality of life sucked but now I have these two tools that just keep giving back the more I use them. Life has changed since I've become active, since I've had surgery, and since I've dropped over 100 lbs. Join me because if I can do it, anyone can. It just takes time that's all.

Though I said I wasn't going to run today after yesterday's muscle burning hill run I just could not run when it's above freezing here. From running in -30c (about 25 below F) weather last week to 2c (36F) today, I had to get out. Ran 6.24k (about 4 miles) at an easy pace and felt great.
If you're post Bariatric surgery, get active but start slow. Exercise is the second tool we have been granted in this lifestyle do over. The first tool was the surgery. It's not a cure, but a terrific tool if we use it properly. The ability to finally move and become active because we've lost some or a lot of weight us the second tool. Look upon these things as gifts given to us who have struggled all our lives with weight issues. Fur maybe the first time in a long time we have the control to change our lives.
Exercise is the second gift or tool. Make good use of it because it will bestow a ton of bonuses upon you if you do.
Walk before you run. Walk daily for a month, and slowly increase your distance. Once you can walk an hour, start to increase your speed for the same distance. From there add a run segment but very slowly.
Walk 5-7 mins, run 1, repeat for that same distance. After a couple months you'll be running the entire distance.
Remember why your doing it. You're not a professional. No one is paying you to be active or run. You are doing it for your health, for stress reduction, and most of all because you enjoy it. If it's not fun, why are you running?
Two years ago my dad died in hospital. The week before he passed, I was at his side visiting. He had a breathing tube dvd a feeding tube down his throat. He couldn't talk, take care of his bodily functions alone, nor could he do much but sleep. The doctors came to his bed to ask him if he wanted DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), or did he want Heroic Measures taken in the event his heart stopped. My dad told them he wanted quality of life, not quantity and decided to accept the DNR. A week later he died of double pneumonia.
I think about that moment often.
Quality of life over quantity.
What kind of quality did we have when we were 100, 120, 150 lbs it more overweight? I was on 15 pills a day for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, GERD, depression, and herniated discs in my lower back which I've had surgically repaired. Gallstones necessitated the removal of my gallbladder last year.
My quality of life sucked but now I have these two tools that just keep giving back the more I use them. Life has changed since I've become active, since I've had surgery, and since I've dropped over 100 lbs. Join me because if I can do it, anyone can. It just takes time that's all.

I had my MGB (mini gastric bypass) surgery at INT Hospital in Tijuana with dr. Ponce de leon and have never regretted it for a moment.
Though small, INT was spotless, the staff caring, friendly, and excellent, and PDL and his team top rate.
I was to have a Sleeve done but once inside, PDL discovered I had a tumour in the lowest part of my stomach, and couldn't do the sleeve.
Having done 4-5 Bariatric surgeries/day for 18 years, PDL decided that instead of sewing me up and sending me back to Canada to have the tumour taken care of, he removed it, changed course, and performed the MGB instead and am I grateful he did.
The tumour came back from pathology (before I left with photos for my doctor here) as benign ectopic pancreatic tissue...I was growing a second pancreas in my stomach ( which explains the infrequent jabbing ache I felt at times down there but was chalked up to diverticulosis...NOT!)
I'm now 8 months post surgery, and down 127 lbs. I'm 4 lbs from my own established goal weight of 189 lbs (at 6'1" that's "Normal" on that much maligned BMI scale), and run 25 miles/week.
I no longer have Type 2 diabetes, high BP, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, or GERD. The 15 pills I took per day? History! Gonzo! See Ya!
I can't say enough good about INT Hospital or Dr PDL and his team. They gave me my life back at the old age of 58.
All smiles when I slip on my 32" waist jeans while holding up the 48" ones I wore last spring.   

Chantelle,
I was logging my food on a free app called My Fitness Pal. It's phenomenal, and tends to keep me on the straight and narrow much better than free lancing it.
I'm down 126 lbs in the 8 months since my mini gastric bypass and still dropping lbs despite getting a little to loosie-goosie (it's a Canadian saying I think lol) with my diet. Time to reel it in a tad, and regain control before things start heading in the wrong direction. Logging does that for me.
With winter here, and running outdoors, I found an innovative way to wear sunglasses without the fogging up due to cold weather. Here's my 5k run yesterday in -26c weather

Chantelle,
I was logging my food on a free app called My Fitness Pal. It's phenomenal, and tends to keep me on the straight and narrow much better than free lancing it.
I'm down 126 lbs in the 8 months since my mini gastric bypass and still dropping lbs despite getting a little to loosie-goosie (it's a Canadian saying I think lol) with my diet. Time to reel it in a tad, and regain control before things start heading in the wrong direction. Logging does that for me.
With winter here, and running outdoors, I found an innovative way to wear sunglasses without the fogging up due to cold weather. Here's my 5k run yesterday in -26c weather

I had MGB Apr 23rd in Tijuana with Dr ponce de leon. All I can say is it was fantastic! I'm down 126 lbs and 5 from goal weight of 189. I run 6 miles every other day and feel fantastic.   

Though I said I wasn't going to run today after yesterday's muscle burning hill run I just could not run when it's above freezing here. From running in -30c (about 25 below F) weather last week to 2c (36F) today, I had to get out. Ran 6.24k (about 4 miles) at an easy pace and felt great.
If you're post Bariatric surgery, get active but start slow. Exercise is the second tool we have been granted in this lifestyle do over. The first tool was the surgery. It's not a cure, but a terrific tool if we use it properly. The ability to finally move and become active because we've lost some or a lot of weight us the second tool. Look upon these things as gifts given to us who have struggled all our lives with weight issues. Fur maybe the first time in a long time we have the control to change our lives.
Exercise is the second gift or tool. Make good use of it because it will bestow a ton of bonuses upon you if you do.
Walk before you run. Walk daily for a month, and slowly increase your distance. Once you can walk an hour, start to increase your speed for the same distance. From there add a run segment but very slowly.
Walk 5-7 mins, run 1, repeat for that same distance. After a couple months you'll be running the entire distance.
Remember why your doing it. You're not a professional. No one is paying you to be active or run. You are doing it for your health, for stress reduction, and most of all because you enjoy it. If it's not fun, why are you running?
Two years ago my dad died in hospital. The week before he passed, I was at his side visiting. He had a breathing tube dvd a feeding tube down his throat. He couldn't talk, take care of his bodily functions alone, nor could he do much but sleep. The doctors came to his bed to ask him if he wanted DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), or did he want Heroic Measures taken in the event his heart stopped. My dad told them he wanted quality of life, not quantity and decided to accept the DNR. A week later he died of double pneumonia.
I think about that moment often.
Quality of life over quantity.
What kind of quality did we have when we were 100, 120, 150 lbs it more overweight? I was on 15 pills a day for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, GERD, depression, and herniated discs in my lower back which I've had surgically repaired. Gallstones necessitated the removal of my gallbladder last year.
My quality of life sucked but now I have these two tools that just keep giving back the more I use them. Life has changed since I've become active, since I've had surgery, and since I've dropped over 100 lbs. Join me because if I can do it, anyone can. It just takes time that's all.

I run 6.2 miles every other day and when I started 4 months ago I too shook and shivered as I ran. Get a good compression shirt and pants like that made by Underarmor. It holds all the looseness in place as you run. I did and I love them now. They are skin tight as you can see in the photo below but they make all the difference in the world. Running gets easier as you progress but don't go to fast or you'll get injured. 1 mile to start is too fast. Walk before you run girl.
I had my surgery on April 23rd, 2014 in Tijuana and started walking slowly a month later. that progressed to walking quicker and longer over the next two months until I was walking 10k (6.2 miles) very quickly. I'm Canadian hence the metric crap. We hate it too. At that point I started to run a minute/walk 5. Eventually I could run a mile then two and now the 10k.
Running is all about form I discovered. If you don't employ the right form you will hurt. It takes time to build up stamina. I run outside. Today it was -23 here in Saskatoon but layered up and ran 4 miles of sprints. Crazy Canuck? You bet but I feel great, pain free, and stress reduced.
Brian Trainor  

I'm sorry to hear you don't like the Premier Protein shakes. I love them and have started my day off with one since I had my Mini Gastric Bypass in Tijuana April 23rd, 2014 and that was 127 lbs ago.
I find the chocolate shakes to be a bit too "chocolatey" for me so I Water them down with about 4 oz of skim milk or plain old Water. They are much more like chocolate milk then. Try adding flavouring to them like cinnamon or vanilla.

AGAIN I COULDN'T HANDLE A RUNNING REST DAY. TOO DARN NICE OUTSIDE AT 32F AND SUNNY.
"REST DAY?! YOU TAKE A REST DAY! I'VE GOT ASPHALT MOCKING ME RIGHT NOW!"
Ran 10k quickly yesterday, and legged 6.24k today flashing my new FXR running shirt.
"Yah! That's right. Running shirt. Get over it BMX kid. This baby boomer is changing the world one bariathlete at a time." 

I'm sorry to hear you don't like the Premier Protein shakes. I love them and have started my day off with one since I had my Mini Gastric Bypass in Tijuana April 23rd, 2014 and that was 127 lbs ago.
I find the chocolate shakes to be a bit too "chocolatey" for me so I Water them down with about 4 oz of skim milk or plain old Water. They are much more like chocolate milk then. Try adding flavouring to them like cinnamon or vanilla.

I run 6.2 miles every other day and when I started 4 months ago I too shook and shivered as I ran. Get a good compression shirt and pants like that made by Underarmor. It holds all the looseness in place as you run. I did and I love them now. They are skin tight as you can see in the photo below but they make all the difference in the world. Running gets easier as you progress but don't go to fast or you'll get injured. 1 mile to start is too fast. Walk before you run girl.
I had my surgery on April 23rd, 2014 in Tijuana and started walking slowly a month later. that progressed to walking quicker and longer over the next two months until I was walking 10k (6.2 miles) very quickly. I'm Canadian hence the metric crap. We hate it too. At that point I started to run a minute/walk 5. Eventually I could run a mile then two and now the 10k.
Running is all about form I discovered. If you don't employ the right form you will hurt. It takes time to build up stamina. I run outside. Today it was -23 here in Saskatoon but layered up and ran 4 miles of sprints. Crazy Canuck? You bet but I feel great, pain free, and stress reduced.
Brian Trainor  

I'm sorry to hear you don't like the Premier Protein shakes. I love them and have started my day off with one since I had my Mini Gastric Bypass in Tijuana April 23rd, 2014 and that was 127 lbs ago.
I find the chocolate shakes to be a bit too "chocolatey" for me so I Water them down with about 4 oz of skim milk or plain old Water. They are much more like chocolate milk then. Try adding flavouring to them like cinnamon or vanilla.

FINALLY A BREAK IN THE POLAR VORTEX!
It's 1c (34f) here in Saskatoon, Canada. I ran last week in -32c weather with s windchill of -50c. For my nonCanadian friends, -40c is -40f so that's freakin' cold.
We ran 7k of steep hills last night then I went to a 1.5 hr yoga for runners class. Pretty tired this morning but but by this afternoon, I couldn't resist the warm weather and the sun so I went out for a 4 mile easy run.
I'm now down 127 lbs in 8 months post mini gastric bypass surgery and am 4 lbs from goal of 189 at 6'1".

Though I said I wasn't going to run today after yesterday's muscle burning hill run I just could not run when it's above freezing here. From running in -30c (about 25 below F) weather last week to 2c (36F) today, I had to get out. Ran 6.24k (about 4 miles) at an easy pace and felt great.
If you're post Bariatric surgery, get active but start slow. Exercise is the second tool we have been granted in this lifestyle do over. The first tool was the surgery. It's not a cure, but a terrific tool if we use it properly. The ability to finally move and become active because we've lost some or a lot of weight us the second tool. Look upon these things as gifts given to us who have struggled all our lives with weight issues. Fur maybe the first time in a long time we have the control to change our lives.
Exercise is the second gift or tool. Make good use of it because it will bestow a ton of bonuses upon you if you do.
Walk before you run. Walk daily for a month, and slowly increase your distance. Once you can walk an hour, start to increase your speed for the same distance. From there add a run segment but very slowly.
Walk 5-7 mins, run 1, repeat for that same distance. After a couple months you'll be running the entire distance.
Remember why your doing it. You're not a professional. No one is paying you to be active or run. You are doing it for your health, for stress reduction, and most of all because you enjoy it. If it's not fun, why are you running?
Two years ago my dad died in hospital. The week before he passed, I was at his side visiting. He had a breathing tube dvd a feeding tube down his throat. He couldn't talk, take care of his bodily functions alone, nor could he do much but sleep. The doctors came to his bed to ask him if he wanted DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), or did he want Heroic Measures taken in the event his heart stopped. My dad told them he wanted quality of life, not quantity and decided to accept the DNR. A week later he died of double pneumonia.
I think about that moment often.
Quality of life over quantity.
What kind of quality did we have when we were 100, 120, 150 lbs it more overweight? I was on 15 pills a day for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, GERD, depression, and herniated discs in my lower back which I've had surgically repaired. Gallstones necessitated the removal of my gallbladder last year.
My quality of life sucked but now I have these two tools that just keep giving back the more I use them. Life has changed since I've become active, since I've had surgery, and since I've dropped over 100 lbs. Join me because if I can do it, anyone can. It just takes time that's all.

Ran 10k this morning. That's 67k in January so far. Feeling great in our Canadian prairie winter wonderland.

You'll find as you go on that your taste definitely does change as does you food choices, and favourites.
I'm 8 months post MGB, and am a self diagnosed carb-aholic...at least I was pre-surgery. This month I have a weird desire for watermelon. Lol. I know...it's crazy. I went through a sunflower stage this late Fall which I chalked up to a need for salt.
White bread, potatoes, donuts, etc cause my guts to gurgle like a babbling brook. Gas, so I stay away from them. I get my carb fix from fruit.< /p>
I really enjoy fruit now. The taste is sweet, satisfying, and sits well. I love fat-free yogurt with red seedless grapes tossed in, and multigrain toast with Peanut Butter and a sliced banana on top about an hour after my morning Protein shake. Delish.
Enjoy the journey. It's a trip of self discovery, and is amazing what twists and turns take place every day.
BTW...in the past 8 months I've gone from 320 lbs to 193, got rid of type 2 diabetes, high BP and cholesterol, sleep apnea and GERD. BEST GIFT YOUVE EVER GIVEN YOURSELF!
 

You'll find as you go on that your taste definitely does change as does you food choices, and favourites.
I'm 8 months post MGB, and am a self diagnosed carb-aholic...at least I was pre-surgery. This month I have a weird desire for watermelon. Lol. I know...it's crazy. I went through a sunflower stage this late Fall which I chalked up to a need for salt.
White bread, potatoes, donuts, etc cause my guts to gurgle like a babbling brook. Gas, so I stay away from them. I get my carb fix from fruit.< /p>
I really enjoy fruit now. The taste is sweet, satisfying, and sits well. I love fat-free yogurt with red seedless grapes tossed in, and multigrain toast with Peanut Butter and a sliced banana on top about an hour after my morning Protein shake. Delish.
Enjoy the journey. It's a trip of self discovery, and is amazing what twists and turns take place every day.
BTW...in the past 8 months I've gone from 320 lbs to 193, got rid of type 2 diabetes, high BP and cholesterol, sleep apnea and GERD. BEST GIFT YOUVE EVER GIVEN YOURSELF!
 

I'm not taking any meds now. Just Vitamins and Protein Shakes. It's so nice not having to swallow 15/day anymore or have to use that damn CPAP mask at night.

Check out this medal from the Mississippi Half Marathon Race. If that doesn't make you want to run there is none. Amazing.

I run 6.2 miles every other day and when I started 4 months ago I too shook and shivered as I ran. Get a good compression shirt and pants like that made by Underarmor. It holds all the looseness in place as you run. I did and I love them now. They are skin tight as you can see in the photo below but they make all the difference in the world. Running gets easier as you progress but don't go to fast or you'll get injured. 1 mile to start is too fast. Walk before you run girl.
I had my surgery on April 23rd, 2014 in Tijuana and started walking slowly a month later. that progressed to walking quicker and longer over the next two months until I was walking 10k (6.2 miles) very quickly. I'm Canadian hence the metric crap. We hate it too. At that point I started to run a minute/walk 5. Eventually I could run a mile then two and now the 10k.
Running is all about form I discovered. If you don't employ the right form you will hurt. It takes time to build up stamina. I run outside. Today it was -23 here in Saskatoon but layered up and ran 4 miles of sprints. Crazy Canuck? You bet but I feel great, pain free, and stress reduced.
Brian Trainor  

You'll find as you go on that your taste definitely does change as does you food choices, and favourites.
I'm 8 months post MGB, and am a self diagnosed carb-aholic...at least I was pre-surgery. This month I have a weird desire for watermelon. Lol. I know...it's crazy. I went through a sunflower stage this late Fall which I chalked up to a need for salt.
White bread, potatoes, donuts, etc cause my guts to gurgle like a babbling brook. Gas, so I stay away from them. I get my carb fix from fruit.< /p>
I really enjoy fruit now. The taste is sweet, satisfying, and sits well. I love fat-free yogurt with red seedless grapes tossed in, and multigrain toast with Peanut Butter and a sliced banana on top about an hour after my morning Protein shake. Delish.
Enjoy the journey. It's a trip of self discovery, and is amazing what twists and turns take place every day.
BTW...in the past 8 months I've gone from 320 lbs to 193, got rid of type 2 diabetes, high BP and cholesterol, sleep apnea and GERD. BEST GIFT YOUVE EVER GIVEN YOURSELF!
 

You'll find as you go on that your taste definitely does change as does you food choices, and favourites.
I'm 8 months post MGB, and am a self diagnosed carb-aholic...at least I was pre-surgery. This month I have a weird desire for watermelon. Lol. I know...it's crazy. I went through a sunflower stage this late Fall which I chalked up to a need for salt.
White bread, potatoes, donuts, etc cause my guts to gurgle like a babbling brook. Gas, so I stay away from them. I get my carb fix from fruit.< /p>
I really enjoy fruit now. The taste is sweet, satisfying, and sits well. I love fat-free yogurt with red seedless grapes tossed in, and multigrain toast with Peanut Butter and a sliced banana on top about an hour after my morning Protein shake. Delish.
Enjoy the journey. It's a trip of self discovery, and is amazing what twists and turns take place every day.
BTW...in the past 8 months I've gone from 320 lbs to 193, got rid of type 2 diabetes, high BP and cholesterol, sleep apnea and GERD. BEST GIFT YOUVE EVER GIVEN YOURSELF!
 

Though I said I wasn't going to run today after yesterday's muscle burning hill run I just could not run when it's above freezing here. From running in -30c (about 25 below F) weather last week to 2c (36F) today, I had to get out. Ran 6.24k (about 4 miles) at an easy pace and felt great.
If you're post Bariatric surgery, get active but start slow. Exercise is the second tool we have been granted in this lifestyle do over. The first tool was the surgery. It's not a cure, but a terrific tool if we use it properly. The ability to finally move and become active because we've lost some or a lot of weight us the second tool. Look upon these things as gifts given to us who have struggled all our lives with weight issues. Fur maybe the first time in a long time we have the control to change our lives.
Exercise is the second gift or tool. Make good use of it because it will bestow a ton of bonuses upon you if you do.
Walk before you run. Walk daily for a month, and slowly increase your distance. Once you can walk an hour, start to increase your speed for the same distance. From there add a run segment but very slowly.
Walk 5-7 mins, run 1, repeat for that same distance. After a couple months you'll be running the entire distance.
Remember why your doing it. You're not a professional. No one is paying you to be active or run. You are doing it for your health, for stress reduction, and most of all because you enjoy it. If it's not fun, why are you running?
Two years ago my dad died in hospital. The week before he passed, I was at his side visiting. He had a breathing tube dvd a feeding tube down his throat. He couldn't talk, take care of his bodily functions alone, nor could he do much but sleep. The doctors came to his bed to ask him if he wanted DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), or did he want Heroic Measures taken in the event his heart stopped. My dad told them he wanted quality of life, not quantity and decided to accept the DNR. A week later he died of double pneumonia.
I think about that moment often.
Quality of life over quantity.
What kind of quality did we have when we were 100, 120, 150 lbs it more overweight? I was on 15 pills a day for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, GERD, depression, and herniated discs in my lower back which I've had surgically repaired. Gallstones necessitated the removal of my gallbladder last year.
My quality of life sucked but now I have these two tools that just keep giving back the more I use them. Life has changed since I've become active, since I've had surgery, and since I've dropped over 100 lbs. Join me because if I can do it, anyone can. It just takes time that's all.

FINALLY A BREAK IN THE POLAR VORTEX!
It's 1c (34f) here in Saskatoon, Canada. I ran last week in -32c weather with s windchill of -50c. For my nonCanadian friends, -40c is -40f so that's freakin' cold.
We ran 7k of steep hills last night then I went to a 1.5 hr yoga for runners class. Pretty tired this morning but but by this afternoon, I couldn't resist the warm weather and the sun so I went out for a 4 mile easy run.
I'm now down 127 lbs in 8 months post mini gastric bypass surgery and am 4 lbs from goal of 189 at 6'1".