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  • When i started down the path, my wife who hit the ground running after her Lapband did TKB, and i lost it all by just diet and some running, after i gained the 'sympathy' weight when she had our second kid (~1yr post LB for her) and then got on at my current place of Employment, I had no idea what to do exercise wise. But…
  • My biggest issues is not logging, if I dont log I stray from the path. If i log i focus. Started doing Stronglifts when I got on with StarTrac. lifting for about a year I didnt see much gains. Switched up to a KettleBell workout back in February and I've seen the most change from starting on that. Now it's just doing as…
  • Alot of the hunger, is boredom and in the head, i've had many days when i just started drinking my water, and doing something else... and it went away. It's a constant head game with hunger though. The way I see it is the Surgery is just an implanted tool that we have to fall back on. It wont do everything for us. As i put…
  • 7 years out here, I dont think it ever really ends :) Just got to use the tools you've been given and power through it. Started @ 300, 260 by time of surgery, ->185 w/out working out just diet -> to 240 when my 2nd daughter was born thanks to Sympathy eating ->195 after getting on with StarTrac and having no excuse to work…
  • Eating back calories is when you're slated for 1200, you burn off 500, and then you eat it all back (cause it's like.. bonus right?). My wife ran at 1200 Calories and had no loss with exercise, we bumped up her Calories some using another formula for how many calories she should have and she started losing weight again.…
  • I prefer the StarTrac/Stairmaster ones, but then working for them, I think i may be biased. :wink:
  • Look for a local running store, not just any sporting goods store. hunker down with the right shoe, you could need a more 'stability' style shoe. I'm in Southern California but I know that Roadrunner sports is across the US. thats where I went they give you a full on fitting for your shoes to compensate for ankle roll etc.
  • My wife and I are both 5 years out from 'Banding, and we log every day ftmp unless our schedules/smartphones die ;)
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 is being announced today, Galaxy S3 and the Note2 are pretty spiff as well, and if you use a Fitbit it can bluetooth sync with it as well, but thats just my .02c.
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