Monday 20 June 2011

You want me to WHAT????? EXERCISE!!!!

So I'm an avid follower of Lap Band Gal. Before I got my band I stayed up till 2AM reading her blog. I share her stories with my friends and her before and after pics with my husband. She is my lap band porn. LOL Sounds somewhat stalkerish but I assure you it's purely inspiration. So to get to the point she is constantly stuffing exercise down my throat. "It's workout Wed what are you doing." ... The sun is shinning what exercise are you doing .... etc ... etc... etc...! I was hoping she would say It's raining doughnuts what exercise are you doing? I think I would have really been motivated by that. I loathed exercise thus getting to the point where I needed WLS. So being an avid "follower" I decided to heed her advice and start exercising *GASP* I started walking with a friend, moved up to a fast (old lady mall walker) pace and now I'm jogging and walking. I signed up for the Race for Life (breast cancer awareness) 5K. This is my first race ever. Today I had a mile pace of 12 mins and burned 284 calories in 25min. My goal is to be able to run 1 mile without stopping. So thanks Lap Band Gal for annoying me with the reminders to exercise.  Oh by the way - it helped me get to a weight loss goal too. So in the words of my mentor: What are you doing for exercise?

6 comments:

  1. I love Lap Band Gal! She's inspired so many people, myself included. :)

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  2. You made me smile today :) Thanks for the shout out. Coincidentally, today's scheduled blog post is on....EXERCISE. LOL Great minds think alike. I may need to go add a link to your blog post today. Thanks again! HUGS!

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  3. Yay, Lapbandgal has been a big inspiration, teacher, and more to me as well. I've read her entire blog from front to back more than once. I learn so much each time because I've gotten further in my own journey so I relate more and more. I appreciate how she documented her journey for all of us who have come after her.

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  4. Oh, and I'm so glad you've started to exercise! That will really move things along!

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  5. SO very glad - absolutely luvs me some LBG. She really makes you WANT to be more like her. She's my #1 inspiration with my band and I follow her around like she's a religious sheppard or something. : ) I have really come around when I have seen what exercise can do for me and my effort. Great job!

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  6. Good to hear about the race....not sure that is something I could ever do, but who knows it could happen.....You Go! Oh and LBG is the reason I started blogging and a big inspiration....

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