This thread is an exercise challenge for January 2007 bandsters.

List what you did today? Whats your challenge? Whats your exercise goal?

Members:

Babygotback - Banded 1/05/07

Tulip - Banded 1/08/07

Debbie - Banded 1/08/07

Inner Me - Banded 1/12/07

rms78645 - Banded 1/12/07

Sula - Banded 1/15/07

Sunshine2 - Banded 1/18/07

Nicknack34461 - Banded 1/19/07

Emerald1773 - Banded 1/19/07

Juno610 - Banded 1/22/07

Shues138 - Banded 1/26/07

Jeanettej505 - Banded 1/26/07

Bandida - Banded 1/26/07

gigi8 - Banded 1/30/07

mfw1941 - Banded 1/31/07

thatgirl - Banded 1/31/07

I'm in the mindset already. I wasn't looking quite so far out as my 1 year anniversary, but what the hey! I am having a tough morning as I'm not seeing the scale moving and I feel like I've made the changes necessary to see some shift...so now I'm obsessed again with the gol-darn scale.

I do need to kick up the exercise but I'm swamped at work and doing some things to get ready for a hot tub!! So I'm not getting the elipital time. Next week should smooth out!!

But I'm going to be a bit further sighted!! I do so want to achieve some more weight loss on a consistent basis. I don't need another fill so I just need to get with it.

Tonya, gosh, if you can find some exercise with brace and crutch, then I should find something I can do too. I guess with upper arms mostly. I have a small tear in ligament in left knee, and my doc wants me off of it as much as possible for another 3 weeks. I'm trying to avoid surgery.

Anyone have any chair exercises they want to tell me about?

Yes stay off your knee for sure!!!! You need to let it heal. I had two completely severed legaments (My ACL AND LCL), I also had my MCL torn, but not completely severed. I also had my cartialidge thrown into my joint and my meniscus needed to be repaired (had to drill holes in my knee for this one). So, it is NOT a fun surgery. I'm 7 weeks out and still on crutches - but I was actually on crutches 2 weeks before I had the surgery, so I've been unable to walk since August 7th, SUCKS.

So, I would take it easy, you maybe could do some arm lifts (work the biceps, triceps shoulders). But I would check with doc first, trust me, you do not want this surgery. I hate to scare you, but the therapy is pure hell, its the worse pain I've ever had to endure - and I have a high pain tolerance (had both of my kids natural - very rarely need pain meds). So, exercise could be put on hold for you until your body is ready, you don't want to push it.

Yesterday, I did the recumbant bike, some resistant leg lifts (ankle weights).

Goal for today is do 15 min on bike - maybe 20, and then do some upper body workout.

My therapyst said if all goes well, in about 2 weeks, I might be able to get on the elliptical machine - Yay!