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As I worked 16 yesterday, I didn't get home until 0045. Up at 0800 and in the gym. Only able to get in upper body this morning. Tomorrow will be legs and extended cardio. Have a great weekend everyone!

I feel your pain there luluc. I have been doing the same over the past month. Still working out, just not with the same intensity. And, eating a little too much. Working on getting better about that though. Good luck and keep at it. It will come back.

Another 50 minutes on elliptical this morning. Working 16 hrs today, unplanned, so no workout tonight. I'll get two in tomorrow and Saturday.

Pretty much my final number. I just don't want to look anorexic. I'm constantly told that my 245 looks more like 225, so I'm happy with that.:regular_smile:

I do cardio 6-7 mornings each week. Days I work are for 55 minutes at least. Days I'm off, I try to get in around 1 to 1.5 hrs. 4 nights a week, I am back at the gym lifting weights using circuit training.

Yesterday was leg circuit training followed by 65 minutes on elliptical. Today, no lifting. 50 minutes on elliptical this morning.

Ah, good, another true fan on here! luluc and I welcome you into our little club. As for yesterdays game, I only got to see the last drive in regulation for the Cards and then our last drive in reg. to tie it up. Missed OT and glad I did.:laugh: Could not believe it when I saw the replay of the blocked punt and the guy didn't even get touched:cursing:. Now, Romo out for about a month, McBriar on I/R I believe, Felix out for 2 wks, Hurd needing surgery and Ratliff hurt. Not looking good for the moment. Ok, rant over. Here was my workout today: Bench: 225 x 8 Asstd chin ups: set @ 90 x 8 Incl. Bench: 135 x 8 BB curls: 75 x 8 Cbl Tri pushdowns: 85 x 8 Mach ab crunches: 85 x 8 db military press: 50 x 8 back ext on roman chr: 75 x 8 BB shrugs: 225 x 8 3 circuits-kicked my ASS! Followed up with 15 minute run on treadmill and 50 minutes on elliptical. Then, off to DD's school to surprise her and had lunch with her. :smile2:

Nice to see I wasn't the only slacker last week.:crying: Just couldn't get the motivation to hit the gym as much as normal. Of course, does only going to the gym for 7 times in a week count as slacking? So, rededicating myself this week. 55 minutes on the elliptical this morning. I work the afternoon shift tomorrow for the holiday (does Columbus Day really count as a holiday? I'll still take the O.T.:eek:). So, I'll hit the gym in the a.m. and do both circuit training and cardio for the day in one swoop.

Why would you give your puppies coffee? Update time- Monday-Upper body circuit training. 3 circuits/9 exercises/7 reps. Followed up with 65 minutes of cardio. Tuesday-lower body in a.m. with 15 minutes of cardio. Was supposed to go back in afternoon for cardio, but kitchen sink went on the fritz over the weekend and had to go home for plumber to fix. Wed-45 minutes cardio in a.m., no lifting. Had to go home in pm due to Tuesdays plumber not being able to fix problem. He sent another guy out of Wed. Damn me for not being mechanically inclined.:wub: Thursday-upper body circuit in a.m. Had in service training Tues-Thurs (including defensive tactics on Thurs) and just did not have the energy to hit gym again for cardio. Fri-working early day shift and then 9 holes of golf afterwards. Depending on what time I get off the course, I may hit the gym for lower body circuit. Otherwise, I'll hit both tomorrow. Great to see everyone is doing so well on their exercise. Keep up the great work!:smile2:

Oh yes, I am tatted up. They just strategically placed me so you couldn't see them. I'll list them off for you. Right shoulder-Timberwolves logo. Right forearm-Cowboys star with "There is only one star" in writing below. Got this one in Dallas last year when I went down for the Cowboys/Vikings game. Figured if I am going to get a Cowboys tat, may as well get it where they will have pride in doing it. Great place called Skin Voice. Hole in the wall, but great guys just down Airport Frwy from Texas Stadium. Left shoulder-Cross (kind of tribal art) Left upper arm (from just below elbow to the bottom of the cross)-Tribal art that has Ceras name above a heart and DW's initials inside all of it. Space for another addition to the family if we are so lucky. Left forearm-The letters "USA" scrolled down with the flag inside the lettering. Right thigh-Tigger dancing a jig. The left arm is one big collaboration. Together they mean: God, family, country. Which is very important to me as you can tell by my auto sig. I have more planned someday, but DW is putting the foot down a little bit. Says she doesn't want to be married to a circus freak. I keep telling her she was too late with that one when she agreed to marry me.

True. But maybe, by saying that, I am actually encouraging kudos to be given. And, thank you. Not only cute, but VERY smart. Way smarter than me. I've been saying since the day she was born that I am the dummest one in our family. And, that includes the dog. :w00t:

Here are a couple of links to the website for PNC's campaign: Stay Healthy Minnesota - Joe and Tammy Padula Stay Healthy Minnesota - Your source for health information Just thought I would share with you all.

Thank you very much. And, you are correct. I don't think they put it in there enough how lucky I feel that she has been there for me. Not once in the past 13 mos. has she complained about me exercising so much. That alone is worth more than words can say. Here is a link to all the photos they took of all the patients they are using for this campaign: http://nielsen-photography.com/PNBariatric/ I was also chosen, with my family, to do a poster for the clinics to put up.

Great to see everyone going gangbusters to start off the new month! As for me, I had a class the last 3 days and was away from work. But, still at the exercise. Tues-65 minutes on elliptical. Wed-ran on the treadmill for 15 minutes for a total of 1.71 miles. Wanted to see if I could get the new SWAT team pt time of 8 minutes in. I did it in 7:45.:w00t:. Followed that with 45 minutes on the elliptical. Thur-65 minutes on elliptical. Today-working early day shift. In for cardio afterwards. Also, thought I would share a little ad campaign I'm involved with up here. The WLS clinic I went through is doing this in partnership with the state of MN. Check out these links: Bariatric Surgery Center - Bariatric Surgery | Park Nicollet Health Services Stay Healthy Minnesota - Joe and Tammy Padula There are a couple of TV commercials as well, but I only have those on my email. Can't find them online. Not looking for any kudos or anything. Just thought I would share with you guys.

Last Friday during work, I started feeling really run down. Kept getting worse as the day wore on. No added cardio Friday night.:thumbup: Saturday, I did nothing except sit around the house with DD until DW came home and then did nothing with her as well. Gotta have one of those days once in awhile. Yesterday, up before church and did 70 minutes on the elliptical. This week is my non lifting week. So, working the early day shift today, will go into the gym after work and do about 65 minutes of cardio. Hopefully, I can mow the backyard after that.

Thanks alex. Much appreciated.

Aint that the truth.

Guilty. But, c'mon, you gotta admit, even you find that booty captivating.:thumbup: And, backacha.

I haven't noticed that one ljm, I guess I haven't paid too much attention to the ads. I'll have to keep looking at them. Thanks for replying though. It's nice to hear from a mod/admin. on this. Edit: I did a google search on KimKims and I would have to agree. Basically along the same lines as the LWL.com ad. Just seems to go against what we talk about on here.

Bigdaddy, like you, I have always lifted weights. I still do. I spent almost my entire first year post op doing circuit training. I do a 6 wk cycle splitting upper and lower body and doing 2 days each. I do 9 upper body and 7 lower body exercises each time. I start off wk 1 doing 3 circuits and 7 reps each exercise. Wk 2, I increase to 8 reps. I increase 1 rep each wk up to 12 reps per exercise per circuit. I don't go overly heavy, but I do enough that by the time I am doing my 3rd circuit of 12 reps, I am at muscle failure (last cycle, bench was 215 lbs) I just got done doing my first 1 mo. cycle of pure strength training. I was able to bench 315 once (all time high was 375 @ a bw of about 365). Now I weight 245. Failed squatting 405 just this morning. Just couldn't get the initial push up after going down slow and steady. It is possible to continue to lift heavy weights and keep most of your strength. Plus, my bf% has dropped from 32% in April 2007 to around 13.5% now. Pretty good. Good luck.

I just took a closer look at this ad on the right hand side when it popped up on one of the arenas on here. We are giving ad space to an herbal supplement that promotes losing 44 lbs in just 3 mos? Doesn't that go against almost everything that we are trying to convey here? Seriously, we talk all the time about how there is no magic pill that will make you slim and fit. That you have to work in order to get the results you want with your body. Then, we have an ad on here that is promoting itself to be a "magic pill" of sorts, a fad diet. It does not make any sense to me. If someone comes on here looking for information about the lapband procedure and sees that ad, it looks to them as if it is a viable alternative to exercise, watching what you eat (it actually says "with no dieting") or even having the procedure done. I know the website either takes on ads to pay for itself or it becomes a subscription only basis, but don't the mods and administrators have some control over the ads being put on here. Can we take that one off of here? It goes against everything I thought this website stood for IMO.

Hey Leslie, keep up the good work. Two a days are hard, but worth the effort. Last night, went back in and ran 15 min/1.56 miles on treadmill followed by 25 minutes on elliptical. This morning, legs strength training. Tried to max out on squats. Was able to do 375 x 2 reps. Failed on 405 x 1:cursing::wink2::cursing::wub:. Went down slow and easy, started to push up and legs just gave out. DAMMIT!!!!!!!! Oh well, I managed just over 150% of my BW twice. Considering I haven't tried to max out on squats since I weighed about 350 lbs over 4 yrs ago, I'll take it.:tongue2: Followed up that with other leg work followed by 25 minutes on elliptical. I'll go back in tonight for about 40 more minutes of cardio. Have a great weekend everyone. GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!

Thank you, Thank you. I know I am, but it's nice to hear ladies say so also.... I missed Tuesday completely due to DW being out of town, traffic being bad due to weather, having to pick up DD from in laws and home for online class.:crying: Oh well, made up for it on Wed. Wednesday, 90 minutes of cardio. No lifting. This morning, 1 hr of strength training for upper body. Last week of strength training. I'll take next week off from lifting altogether and then go back to my circuit training. Followed the lifting with 20 min/2.06 mile run on treadmill. Back tonight for about 35-45 minutes of cardio again.

Friday night was another 55 minutes of cardio. Yesterday morning-35 minutes of cardio followed by 18 holes of golf. Today-Upper body strength training followed by 20 min/2.1 mile run on treadmill.

Atta girl! Got to have priorities.