Hey you guys I have to say Thank You. You guys really motivated me last night. I have been doing a little bit of floor exercise in the evenings and walking more at work but when I got home last night I really wanted to do something. I did a full workout of stretches and floor exercises last night. I have been sitting still at 50 for too long know. I have become content and scared to do anything more. I have not reached my end of the year goal so know it will become my new Valentines Day Goal and I will reach it.

I will lose 12 pounds by Feb 15. I can do it and I will. I will exercise everyday, no matter how much time it is I will do it.:banana :banana :banana

I need you guys to ask me everyday, did you exercise or what did you do. Thanks

WHAT STOCKY NOOOOO well, I'm glad I went to the track. So how far did we walk? 2.1 at the pond so I did 3 miles OK I'll take that.:rolleyes :Banane04:

2.1 miles for 3 laps

3.5 miles for 5 laps

I have not walked enough this weekend so that means I will be walking today. I walked the Point Saturday.....3 miles wooohoooo that always makes me happy.

Mon

Suitland Track (strive for 3 miles):whoo:

Tuesday

Suitland Track (pray for 3 miles):pray:

Thurs- 4 miles at the pond :confused:

Sunday- 4 miles at the pond

Today - 3 miles at the pond

Tomorrow(tuesday)- taking the day off -no walking

Wed- Will do 4 miles

Thursday Will do 4 miles

Friday -off

Saturday- 4 miles

Sunday- off

April 15 - Did 45 minutes on arc trainer & treadmill & then walked around a theme park for 7 hours, practiced Dance Dance Revolution for 45 minutes

April 16 - Dance Dance Revolution tournament for 1 hour (I LOST to my stinking 15-year-old brother)

April 17 - 20 minutes on treadmill, 15 on arc trainer, 15 on recumbant bike. Hiked Mt. Ogden for 30 minutes

Didn't do it.....washed clothes.....:confused:

You go Stocky...get it off.....see you tonight at TOPS

Puddinpie you are awesome, keep dancing.

Stocky,

Thanks for coming to the TOPs meeting... (and the after party :heh: ) Hopefully, you'll be back next week!!! Remember, we can car pool too!

Thanks for visiting TOPS Angie and Stocky. Sorry it wasn't a full meeting but you get the jist of it. We haven't had real good programs lately but as the summer approaches they pick up. The support is always there.

I sorry!!!

Thank you Ms. Angie for coming last night and contgrats again on ur surgery today! Hope it is uneventful! See ya on the lighter side!!!!

:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Go Angie, Go Angie, Go Angie, Go......!!!!

I did 14 miles yesterday on a (my pace) bike ride into town and back home. Felt great. 1 week post op.

I did 14 miles yesterday on a (my pace) bike ride into town and back home. Felt great. 1 week post op.

Go Melinda! That was GREAT!!! I

Thurs- 4 miles at the pond

Sunday- 4 miles at the pond

Today - 3 miles at the pond

Tomorrow(tuesday)- taking the day off -no walking

Wed- Will do 4 miles - Did my 4 miles

Thursday Will do 4 miles - Got lazy did nothing

Friday -off

Saturday- 4 miles - Raining did 2.5 miles at 2% incline (was harder to do than the 4 miles) :faint:

Sunday- off - Going to brunch with family- Soooo Doing 4 miles after at the pond:clap2:

Today, walked 3.5 miles on treadmill and did 6.5 miles on the bike. Trying to switch it up a bit.

Weekend exercise .....laps around the grocery store...he he he

lift fork or spoon, breathing, a few leg lift and arm exercises.

Today walk 30 miles ......I wish.

I dont want to be smug since I've been totally good when it comes to exercise. Im very lucky that I was not too terribly far gone when I had my band and that I'm relatively young, pretty athletic and have 50% of my weight gone and am now only about 20kg overweight. But I've been running for the past 8 weeks or so and am getting so into it.

Two weeks ago my darling husband bought me a fantastic NordicTrack treadmill to supplement my outdoor running so I've been running about 5kms five or six days a week, a mix of outdoor and treadmill (most of the time). I can keep up about a 7.8km an hour pace now for 40 minutes or so. I did the Performance program on my treadmill last night though and it really whipped my ass. I've actually got a very upset tummy today, it was way too hard and I pushed myself to a heart rate of about 185 which is stupid. So rest day today.

I've also been doing resistance training with some very strong resistance bands which for some insane reason I like way more than free weights. Three times a week or so.

I started out slowly about 2 months before I got banded with some treadmill/elliptical and weights in the gym, now I'm seeing real results six months down the track and have the motivation to ditch my gym membership and do it alone. Having a treadmill at home means I can utilise the time I have in the afternoon and early evening to exercise rather than having to go to the gym in the morning when Eliza could go in the creche and therefore end up not doing many other things I needed to be doing - like housework, shopping, going to tutes/lectures at uni, etc.

This is the only time in my life that I've started out slowly and realistically (babying a bad ankle) and actually worked at it for long enough and consistently enough to get results. That's 2-3 times a week for a couple of months and the reward is that when you get to the point where you can handle quite intense exercise five days or more a week, that's when the weight simply pours off you.

I'm loving it now.