That's 21-30-51 EXERCISE Challenge 4 12/08 Bandsters! (oops!)

Good Mon Morn Dec 08 Bandsters!

Can u believe only 30...less or more days for all of us to be banded & begin a new chapter in our lives?! It will be interesting to see the different pre-op plans, doctor requirements and more across the country!

So the challenge...thought we all could start to exercise together today!

Challenge: to exercise each day up to our Banding Dates...so it will fall anywhere from 21 days to 30 to up 51 days from now, to cover the month of Dec Band Surgeries.

I am challenging myself to exercise 30 min+ for 30 days prior to my surgery. Anyone up for it? Thought we could log in our times/description of/how we're doing on the board, and ask Fla Pete to make a special siggie for those who are succesful! (I use SparkPeople.com to log in all!)

(Lil extra story) At my local support group, I have met an incredible woman who is a bandster, who is in a wheelchair, with MS & knees waiting for operations. In just 2 months she looks wonderfully changed from being banded this year. Part of her story to share is that she can ONLY WALK under Water (aqua exercise) and yet she does it weekly to get healthy. She shared how important it was to do this Bfore surgery, and prep our bodies, with also a routine to get back into after surgery. She has been featured in a magazine, I will try to get a link, but her testimony has literally personally challenged me to MOVE! So, thank you for being a monthful of bravehearts to walk together with into a new chapter of our lives and 2BFine in 2009!:eek:

Edited November 12, 200817 yr by roseyyyd1

Thank -you, FPete, Trina & Bandtastic, anyone else who has gotten out there to walk & move! Perhaps we will do another one after everyone is banded and healed, ready to start moving again!

I just wanted to share, I have not been as faithful as I would have like to been, to walk everyday, but I did get in 90min+ per week, and when I went to Home Depot yesterday(large store to get around in) I could actually feel the difference in my back and legs, stronger and energetic! So we are allll walking into surgery with ready hearts to get healthy and then walking the lbs right off!:cursing:

hi all just wanted to put my 2 cents in. i joined the gym and workout 5 days a wk. i try and go on the wk. ends but, cant always go. i workout for 1.5hrs.

what i do.

treadmill 35-45mins

spuats 15x2sets

bike 5 mins

eliptical 5-7mins

butt machine 15x2sets

thigh machine (inner & outer) 15x5sets

use to do the weights stop until after surgery.

before this i never excerised except the fork to my mouth. but, i must say it feels great. i look at it as my time for me, helping me get better. and im not a little person either. it was hard when i started but, i dont give up. its better now, i see those twinkies in there and i dont care im not there for them.

when i started at the gym i was 432 that was a mouthful. now im 394 an proud, working my way down to a smaller and healthier women.

what ever everyone has to do to drop them lbs do it. if the gym is not for you right now workout at home or where ever. any movement is good movement. im pround of the steps we all have made in getting healthier. see u all at the finish line