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Monday Workout Madness! -  Ok, will kick it off for the week. 1 hour of P90x Disk 1 workout (Chest/Shoulders I think is name) where you do pull-ups, Chin-ups and such. 8 minutes (out of the 15) of Ab ...

Thursday Workouts! -  Ok, looks like this needs to get kicked off!! Did P90x this morning for an hour, Arms & Shoulders then AbRipperX for 15 minutes Then Krav Maga for an hour on my lunch break...

USMC Mud Run (NC) Race Report - Ok, a FIRST for me!!!  This was a 5k, cross country, through the woods, over some HUGE hills near Pilot Mountain (Mt. Pilot for Andy Griffin fans) with 20 obstacles thrown in! T...

Setting new goals -  So, on my original visit with the Psych and my Doctor / NUT, I was told I would lose from 30-40%, so for 355 pound guy, that would put me from 210-245lbs. I secretly wanted to ...

Pushups (Situps) Daily or every other day? -  I have found that I suck at pushups and situps!! Not that I was every "good" at them but I used to not actually care, I KNEW at 355 lbs that was not something I did. But at ...

Calling all Jocks -  Ok, so I don't think I have EVER wore a jock strap/cup... or maybe once in 8th or 9th grade. But during Krav Maga class yesterday I took a grazing blow to my little friends and...

Strained my GLUTE muscle!? -  Ok, I am trying not to laugh either, yeah I strained my left butt/hip muscle!!   Friday, Day 2 of the C25K program, I felt it start hurting early in the run, and slowed a bit, ...

Wow...my first day of Krav Maga -  Ok... I am OUT of shape.  Apparently 40-50 minutes on the treadmill at 3.5mph does virtually nothing to actually compare to "hard work!!"   :) So today I tried my first Krav Ma...

WLS photos up -  I finally got around to editing and putting together my WLS journey photos!! From 355, to 299, to 255!!! They should be in my profile now...not sure how to really "Drag and ...

1000-1200 Calories Long Term? -  Just wanted to run this by the group at large, especially those that have been around a while and are at your "goal" weight. We had our final mtg with Nutrition folks in the pr...

Taste... everything is bland? -  The only thing I "like" the taste of at the moment is Sugar Free popcicles, but everything else seems to be really bland / has no "taste?" I can taste I guess but it is not rea...

Food "lodged" behind breastbone? -  I am getting this sensation more in the last day or two, where when I eat something it almost feels as if it is getting stuck going down?/ It actually 'hurts' somewhat, makes m...

So there IS life after surgery! -  If you had asked me, I am not sure I would have been able to give a positive answer!! I am actually feeling pretty good at the moment, took my pain meds at 9am and got a ton of...

On my mark, getting set..... -  Ready to go baby go!!! Got my surgery date, Wed, 9/21!!  So I start the 3 week pre-diet this coming Wednesday. A few more appts and hurdles (final approval from insur) and t...

Newbie -  Just a quick post, I have been lurking a couple weeks now I guess! Attended the seminar in June, my first Dr appt is on Monday (8/1) and thinking late September for a surgery d...

Exercise / Protein / etc. to maintain lean mass? -  I am eyeballing a RNY surgery date in late September, early October.  One of my primary goals is to make SURE that I lose as little lean/muscle weight as possible during the FAT l...