BethFromVA

PJTP: Sorry for the repeat for those of you who FB, but I'm very proud of myself! Almost didn't do my exercise today but decided to keep closer to home and do a shorter but more intensive workout. We have a little park that is part of our neighborhood, and I took the dogs there to do a walk/run. I was trying to figure out how to copy the Couch to 5K podcasts to my MP3, but being the electronics nitwit that I am, it was a no-go. So I used my phone which has a Walkman (for the radio, use it for all my walks until I get the MP3 working) AND it has a stopwatch (among other things like pedometer) and did a series of walks and runs. The first two series of runs were an enitre lap around the park with a 2-minute walk in between. After that I could only do about half the park at a stretch, but even that was over 1 minute in duration (again, with 2-minute plus-or-minus in between). At some point I did another full run around the park, followed by a few more half-runs. I downloaded my GoWear Fit when I got home and out of 43 minutes of exercise, more than half (23 minutes) was vigorous! And I got in my 5,000 step minimum and then some. YAY!! Oh, here's the park so you get an idea. I labeled a house over to the left so you can guage the size of it:

Is there a thread I'm missing somewhere?? :bored:

Hmmm, what to do. What to do. Eh, play the roulette game. You have a good chance of NOT catching anything either. :bored:

Yeah, not a story to share over coffee... or lunch... or... ever. LOL I couldn't do your job, but I am into the slightly twisted part of life.

I like gross stories. I'm weird that way. :bored: Shaddup, Plain!

PJTP: So... got on the scale this morning, and good news: down to 229 (my lowest so far has been 228.5). However, I could also kick myself in my smaller behind because the last time I was this low was May 14, NINE WEEKS ago. >sigh< How irritating. Yet good. But irritating. :bored:

Yeah, I know, I saw that the other day and thought, WTF?? Only a pinhead democrat representative would say something so God-awful stupid. It's almost like it's a race now to see how fast they can ruin this country. :bored:

YAY!! New guy? :bored: I sure hope so!

Good grief, what the hell has happened to Kansas City?? :bored:

Note: Gnawing your arm off too early after surgery can cause slippage. It is not recommended until safe to do so. :smile:

Excellence and perfection as always, Restless. :smile:

Sometimes it's the doctor not giving good advice for aftercaer, but more often it's the bandster themselves who make horrible choices which can really hurt them. Don't even get me started on the person who had a double-double burger just a few days after surgery! :smile: I just look at it this way myself: We have gotten to the point where surgery is the last straw. I mean, how many people use surgery as a first option? No, we typically consider surgery after years of dieting and exercise. So... we take this path, hoping upon hope that this will be the "trick," and then not to even follow the rules to help keep us from potentially losing our bands or causing our bodies harm...? WHY? I feel if anybody can't commit themselves fully for a few weeks of liquids and mushies, then maybe they're just not ready to do this.

Pretty much sums it up.

Omg, I remember showing my mom your pics earlier in the year when you were 16 pounds shy of 200 pounds lost! WAY TO GO!!!

Whether you're on vacation or not, the rules are in place for a reason. They don't tell you to do liquids because you can't eat food, they tell you to do liquids to keep your stomach from overchurning which can cause your band, which is not yet healed, to slip. I assure you, it only gets harder from here. I sincerely recommend you follow doctor's orders to a tee for your own good. This goes to the other poster who says it's okay because s/he did it too. Don't turn this into "if Susie jumped off a bridge, would you do it to" scenario. Two people doing the wrong thing does not make it less wrong.

Honestly, I really don't like running either. Right now, though, it's a great way for me to guage how well I'm doing. If I can run more/farther this week than I did last week, it's something I can see.

Ebony, glad to hear you had them stumbling! That's the way to do it, especially when they expect you to be emotional or combative. I'm SO PROUD of you!!! PJTP: Just got back from another walk/run and whoo-ee, I certainly did push myself! I walked my farthest walk so far (went with hubby the other day and extended my walk run -- keep adding to it every week), and on top of going further, I chose also to really push the running. Whenever I felt like I wanted to stop, I pushed myself further -- to the next three, the next fence line, whatever. I got home and downloaded my GoWear Fit and it shows I went just over 3 miles and -- get this -- out of my 69 minute workout, 24 of those minutes were vigerous! WOOT WOOT! That's the highest vigerous reading I've had so far.

I'm there with ya. I've been up and down more times than a roller coaster. I've had my GoWear Fit since APRIL and it only shows a 10-pound loss since then. How long have you been stable?

Here's hoping that works for you, Slim. I may try it myself.

Oh I would in a heavenly heartbeat! The standard they are holding you up to is one they themselves can't even do (not surprising as nobody can). It just goes to show that they are singling you out for whatever reason. Bastages!

AWESOME GOAL, EBONY!!! WOOT WOOT! I wish I was that close, but I've had a couple bad months. By "bad" I mean no weight loss, though in the past it would have shown a gain, for sure. Did you ever get a chance to wear your bathing suit this summer? Looking forward to your pics. As for the meeting, I guess you have representation going with you today? Maybe think about it ahead of time and write out some notes and slam them on their requirement for perfection. NO company worth its salt can ever expect "perfection." I believe that is an unattainable expectation of ANY employee, and I'd be curious to know how "perfect" those asses are. :laugh:

PJTP: Who woulda thunk you could expend so many calories washing and detailing a motorcycle? lol I felt like I was slouching yesterday because I didn't go walk or do a traditional workout, but my GoWear Fit showed I did very well.

Never had European butter (that I know of). What's the difference? And where do you find it?

Omg did I make THE yummiest dish for dinner tonight! Today was hubby's birthday, and I wanted to make something neat with some seafood I had too much of for other meals this week. I had some leftover raw shrimp and bay scallops, so I decided to add to that some crab meat and oysters. Made a base sauce from butter, white wine, the oyster juice left over after removing the oysters from the jar, garlic, lime juice with pulp (I wanted to do lemon but hubby likes limes and had two), and dill. Cooked it WAY down over a high heat, then threw in the seafood. Cooked a pot of angel hair pasta about 2/3 of the way done, as was the seafood. Then pulled the pasta out of the pot and added it to the seafood, stirred them both together on a low heat, added fresh parsley and basil, a bit of salt, pepper, and sugar. Served with a bit of shredded parmesan cheese on top. Oh my freakin' God, it was SO GOOD!! I love when stuff comes together in my head and it turns out good!

Yay on the walking! Did about 4.5 miles yesterday myself. Today I washed and detailed my motorcycle and just doing that I "walked" just shy of my 5,000 step minimum. On the car front, you might also consider Craigslist. With eBay it's still a bit iffy, unless you can buy locally. You could end up putting a down-payment on a car that just doesn't measure up and then you're stuck. Hubby bought his motorcycle on Craigslist and got a really great deal from a guy who was tired of the idiots who would call and never show up or offer him nothing for the bike. Hubby made a fair-enough offer that at first the guy didn't accept, but by the time he called us back about it, he offered it for $1000 less than hubby's lowest offer! Here's praying ahead of time for you to have a decent Monday. I'm afraid praying for a good Monday might be too optimistic. :wink2: