I've spent the last two days outside landscaping my front yard. It's been pretty physical work - raking, shoveling etc. I felt great both days with lots of energy. I felt certain that I was drinking enough water and eating enough calories.

Last night my fingers started cramping and were very painful. Today, I woke up feeling exhausted and I'm definitely taking the day off to rest. I dropped two pounds on the scale over the past two days. I checked my food log and I had eaten over 1200 calories and over 80 grams of protein. Then I checked my exercise calorie expenditure and it was over 1100 calories.

So the moral of my story is BE CAREFUL. As I've lost weight, I've felt so much more energy and that's allowed me to be very active. Now I know how easy it is to overdo.

Thank you for saying this. I raked up the yard the other day. The next day I couldn't even move. I know that I overdo things now because of my energy level. I have to be more careful from now on. I didn't like how I felt the following day.

I ripped down my mom's 18 foot deck this past week, carried the pieces to the burn pile and dug up all the foundation anchors. I totally get overdoing it....my shoulders are ornery and I stepped in a dead possum that died under there, jumped back and fell on my butt and hurt myself. LOL

But on the other hand..."overdoing it" isn't a crime. It gives us a good metabolic shake up. As long as we're not causing actual injury...some good hard physical labor is just not a bad thing. Stengthens your bones, busts a ton of calories, and makes you feel like Xena Warrior Princess. Our muscles feel ALIVE! And freaking sore! LOL

Look at us, we're unstoppable! Feel the burn. It's ok to!

Stay hydrated, folks:)

what ever calories you consume in a day, if you burn what you consumed , and more you will lose weight.

if you eat more calories than you burn you will gain weight.

I'm not exactly sure if that's exactly correct for gastric bypass surgery like i had. I'm a newbee