HI all,

I went to see the exercise physiologist yesterday and he tole me some great things. First, he said that biking was THE BEST cardio ever. Better than walking. No stress on joints at all. He said that if he could get everyone who starts on WLS journey to get a bike and ride it everyday they(the WLS clinic I go to) would have the number one success rate in the country. So I guess that is a NSV for me, since that is my favorite thing to do...

Second he talked with me about strength training. I was a little concerned about adding weight and adding weight as the smaller weight became too easy, but he set me straight on a few things.

1) Testosterone is what builds massive, huge muscles. Women do not have that kind of testosterone in their bodies, so it would be impossible to buile huge muscles.

2) If you can do more that 12 reps in a set of weights then you need to add a bit more weight.

These were a few things that I didn't realize and thought I would share with you.

Deanna

<p>My trainer said that at most you can expect to gain 1# of muscle per month from moderate weight training. Also, that it takes about 2 months before you stop retaining so much water for muscle repair. So what I'm hearing is that after 2 months of training I can expect to see some weight loss from my efforts. My goal weight is 150, but he said realistically I would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 160 after 1 year, but I'd be looking GOOD ! :confused: