OK... I have to tell you it's been a great day. Today was my first day back at the gym since my surgery. I've been walking but I haven't worked out like I should have been when I was cleared nearly 4 weeks ago. Anyway, I got there today...

So, I did 35 minutes on the elliptical not wanting to push it since it's my first time at the gym in 4 months. I felt great! I couldn't believe my heart rate wasn't skyrocketing like it used to. And during my cool down, my heart rate came down so much quicker than it used to. I also didn't look like a beet about to give birth :eek:

After my workout I went to the stretch station and went to grab my heel behind me so I could stretch my quad. WELL, I was able to grab my toe and didn't have to deal with all the silly maneuvering of grabbing my heel or ankle for the quad stretch like I used to do when my legs were bigger. I was so happy I wanted to cry but instead I just gave a huge smile to myself.

I love my band and I love ME!

Yay, Dani!!!!!

God knows we don't want to look like beets giving birth!! LOL! :]

Congrats! and keep up the great work!

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! Beets giving birth I love that, and I can relate!

Hey girls:

I had my LP on March 06'

I hate excercising.. but I found this JAZZERCISE class. You do Pilates,aerobics and weights at the same time. I love it. Hey just to think to go to the gym and on top of aerobics doing weights ...was too much for me.

What do you snck on?? Im hungry!!!!

What is a NSV?? I always see it but don't know what it is.:help:

Thanks,Audree

Non Scale Victory

Hey Maro,

Your class sounds like FUN! Rock on!

A great snack that lasts me for several hours is a half piece of whole wheat toast or a few slices of apple with fresh almond butter. If you have a Whole Foods near you they grind it up right there and there are no added sugars. It's a stick to your ribs kind of food! I'm not diabetic but I've been trying to stick to foods with a low glycemic index. I've found it really helps with the cravings for crap foods and it keeps my energy up too.

Cool Dani:

I ate like a little porker all this past month. I'm even tempted to go on a liquid diet!!!!!

I'm going out to the grocery store ...any sugessiots besides apples??

Yeah!!! I was thinking what do you girls do after really messing up???

(Lol ....shocks maybe I'm the only little piggy......

Sure, sometimes I take sliced turkey or ham and put some low fat cheese in it and roll it up like a cigar. It's low fat and high in Protein.

I also do yogurt and when I need to do carbs or get some crunch, I'll have a handful of Kashi Go Lean Crunch if I want sweet, or a handful of Goldfish if I want salty. sugar-free Jello is always in my fridge too

Yeah!!! I was thinking what do you girls do after really messing up???

(Lol ....shocks maybe I'm the only little piggy......

Oh, I'm sure we've all had our little piggy moments. I'm thrilled that the holidays are over so I can get away from constantly being surrounded by food - and good but bad for you food. I'm really happy with how I came through it... I weigh myself on Mondays and I had gained 1.5 pounds after my vacation. Grrr - I just ate super low carb and high Protein, drank lots of Water and I lost the weight in two days. AND, I got back on track and am not craving the crap that comes with eating the crap!

This band was a gift and I just remember that... it's ok to mess up once in a while - we're human. But recognize it and move on. There are size 10 jeans waiting for us!

I started at a 250lbs size 20, 40DDD bra /Now 170lbs size 13 jeans because 14 is too big and 12 are a NO WAY MISS Mcbutt!!!! lol.

Water, and high protein diet for me...that always does the trick.

Anybody would think that because I'm in the medical field I should be a slender size 4....we all are heavy at the hospital!!!

I'm 5'5" medium frame....do you think that 135lbs would be too much to lose??

Dani, that is fantastic news. Good for you. I die on the elepitical machine. I can't even do 5 minutes. Good job.

haha ,I always look like a beet about to give birth! any sort of effort and I turn bright red! even when i was a size 11!

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that is awesome!!! i pass out at about the 8 minute mark on the elliptical!