So, I’ve officially lost 50lbs. I am at 214, down from 264. This my friends, is fucking sweet.
The only thing I need to do better is exercise – my weight loss has slowed a bit since I started school. While I walk everywhere, take the stairs, and am trying that quitting smoking thing again, along with all the physical activity I do in class I haven’t been doing ‘extra’ exercise.
In fact, I think the class work has taking the place of my former regular walks in helping maintain and encourage the weight loss. Every week I’m giving at least one hour of massage in class, along with practice, and doing Makka Ho stretches in Shiatsu, along with all the moving, kneeling and such we do there. Plus, the teacher can be a total bastard about getting us to do sit ups and push ups – a good thing, IMO.
The first day of that class, he had us do sit ups, and I realzed how hard it was for me, which was weird. Sit ups were kind of my thing. When I had a trainer, I used to do approximately 150 sit ups a session. (We did a variety of styles, and broke ‘em up). However, that day in class I realized I hadn’t done a sit up, or properly used my abdominal muscles, since my surgery. It *hurt*, and was kind of embarrassing.
So, I’ve got to get in gear and get my butt into regular exercise again. I’m just so tired all the time, lol, what with school and such. But I’m doing well, so thats a good thing.
Woot! I wondered how your LAP surgery had gone. 50 lbs is as awesome as sharks with frickin’ laser beams! And I’m really impressed that you’re trying to run again. Hell, even I don’t run anymore
Do you still catch flack from your FA friends? I was telling people about that, and a few of them had run into something similar.
if you’re interested, I have some suggestions to counteract the ‘normal’ weight gain from quitting smoking (and things to make it easier).
You should consult your doctors, but it sounds like what you are missing *now* is cardio..
But hey…. honey you look fantastic. you have made amazing strides and the upswing in confidence I see in you is simply stunning.
You are beautiful, powerful and strong.
You can do anything you choose.
XO
~Nix
PS: I want a massage