Re: - Tips from an old-timer

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Hi , What do you weigh now? How long has it been since your surgery? mary turnage wrote: Sherri; When I had surgery I weighed 400 plus lbs and I was really worried about the exercise because I did not like exercising I started out walking short walks 15 to 20 minutes at a time. I would do 10 out and 10 back or less depending on the mood.Before I knew it I was walking 3.5 miles in about 30 to 35 minutes. The best way is to find something that works for you and take it slooooow at first then work up into it. You can also buy a pedometer and get at least 10,000 steps per day in (including your walking if you choose to walk) this will make you want to get more tomorrow than

you did today just to see if you can do it. It becomes fun and not just a chore if you are trying to beat your steps each day some days I would only beat it by 1 step but hey I beat it. I hope this helps you. You can do it. Tsherri phillips wrote: Hi Martha, Thanks for the encouraging words. I'm only a week and 2 days into this lifestyle so I need all the encouragement I can get. Well, I guess you could say a year and a half and a week and 2 days since 1-1/2 years ago I started the program and dropped out because my doctor said people with poor impulse control were not good candidates for the surgery. That would be me. But then I guess it would be a lot of us. So I'm back - and now I have to lose 20% of my weight since I gained during my sabbatical and now it's gonna be that much harder. I am determined and I am using all the tools I can get my hands on - FitDay.com, support from this website, etc. Thanks again for the encouragement. I really need it right now. Now if I could just get into exercising. Anyone have any tricks or advice for an old couch potatoe?nursefera2 wrote: Hi everyone,I'm 3.5 years out, and I go to meetings and groups 3 x a month. Somaybe I can share some experience here. Lilka recently wrote that she'd been the same weight for a week andwasn't losing weight. After surgery your body loses weight gradually and it's not unusualfor it to stop losing for a week or two. Back in the day, we defined aplateau as 6 weeks--SIX WEEKS--of not losing any

weight at all. Evenduring these times, if you take your measurements you may find thatyour weight is redistributing itself as you exercise and build muscle.Muscle weighs more than fat, so that may be what's going on.The simple fact is that, in order to lose weight, we have to take infewer calories than we use up. This may mean that someone else who isbigger than you, or more active, or younger, or whatever, loses weightfaster than you. Don't compare yourself to others. If you are eatingthe right way, and doing everything you're supposed to do, you WILLlose weight. It may not happen as fast as you would like. Well if youhadn't had the surgery, where would you be? Fatter. And you have to befearlessly honest with yourself. If you're trying to get away with"just one snack", "just one piece of cake", "just a few crackers", itwill show on the scale. I see people who have had great progress go negative in one way

oranother because they aren't satisfied with their results. I hear otherpeople saying they don't want the surgery because they can't affordplastic surgery afterward. Kaiser does this for your health, not soyou can look like Kate Moss. If you can look better, that's a plus,but it ain't guaranteed.Martha Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Celebrate Earth Day everyday! Discover 10 things you can do to help slow climate change. Yahoo! Earth Day

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