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I forgot to add. My bariatric surgeon told me that only 3-5% of morbidly obese people are able to lose their weight without surgical intervention. You know what this FORMERLY morbidly obese person who lost weight by exericising and cutting the crap from my diet says to that? Kiss my *kitten* Dr. N! So glad I did NOT get…

I was a "fill" RN for a bariatric surgeon for a year and from that experience, I would not recommend a lap band. I saw way too many issues with slipped bands, was called in for emergent unfills (for people that got something "stuck") literally every day that I was on call. The band is a tool, and far too many people that I…

Name: Andrea Where you live: Washington State Time CF'ing: 3-4x a week . Started in December. Nutrition Plan: Paleo for the last week, before I was trying to eat clean, but with Paleo I cut the sugar completely, the grains, the dairy and the legumes. Trying to quit my coffee too. Started in September with a personal…

bump....anyone else like to be my friend on here? :-)

Don't be! I do what I can do and I don't feel bad about it. I'm still doing knee push ups instead of regulation ones, I'm still doing range of motion instead of Knees to Elbows. I'm still doing jumping pull ups, instead of a regular one. I can barely jump up on a 10" box, let alone a 2 foot one, but that's ok! I'm still…

CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program that many police academies and military use. Its an intense workout that combines weightlifting and cardio. Today's workout was 2 rounds of 21 Burpees, 21 Kettlebell snatches, 21 knees to elbows, 21 sit ups, and 21 push ups, and we do them for time, or as fast as we can.…

Definitely Dave's Killer Bread! Best bread ever!

Muscle absolutely does NOT weigh more than fat. A lb. of muscle and a lb. of fat are exactly the same weight. Muscle is just denser, thus smaller looking, where as fat is all fluffy looking and takes up more space. Think of a lb. of feathers on the scale with a lb. of iron. There's less iron taking making up that lb. than…

I have lost 10 inches off my hips (that is nearly a flipping FOOT!) and I can attribute it to CrossFit for the last 5 months 2-4 days a week. I'm in so much better shape than I was when I started. Have lost 35 lbs. (but realistically I have lost 71 # of fat and gained 37# of muscle). I wouldn't trade those CrossFit WOD's…

Are you tracking your food and if so, what's your ratio of carb intake to protein? You probably need more protein than you are consuming.