Keep at it dear! 😘

Much ❤️
SN

thank you, suzienudie!!! you`re support is greatly appreciated!!

Hi Wes. First, congratulations on your renewed commitment to health and fitness! I wish you all the success in the world.

Second, I have a question about your regimen. You wrote: "Every time i tried talking a walk that was longer than 5 minutes, and i was out of breath trying to do any activity as simple as putting the garbage out.... I am doing so much better now. i can breath normally again, i can walk to my hearts content with no pain, and i can go to the gym and weight train 6 days a week."

I recall from comments in another forum that you don't particularly care for aerobic exercise. Do you think that surgery alone is the reason you breathe easier these days, or the weight loss, or that fact that you're more active than you used to be, even if you haven't made a commitment to aerobics, or what? 

The reason I ask is that I have a good friend who's more than a few pounds overweight (like 50) and gets winded very easily. (He can't walk two blocks without having to pause and catch his breath.) He thinks he just needs to lose a little weight and he will be fine, but I'm wondering if it might be more serious than that.

P.S. Remember, paragraphs are your friend, lol. Simply hit the return key every few sentences. It's much easier to read several smaller blocks of type than one big block, especially on a portable device. Your loyal followers will thank you! 

hey tj, when i said that about running out of breath, i meant it to mean after my surgery. for the first 4 to 6 weeks, as my heart healed after the surgery, i could only walk short distances before i lost my breath, i never got the pain that started me on my path to open heart surgery. i`d have to sit down for a few minutes and catch my breath before i could continue to walk.

by the end of 2 months i was going for hour long walks with no loss of breath at all. once i was able to walk around, after the heart surgery, i was twice as active as i was before the surgery. not too long afterwards, the hospital had its cardiac patients come to the hospital`s gym for cardio. we had to do 5 cardio sessions at the hospital. after that we were left to our own devices. they did ask us what we were going to do for exercise after our 5 cardio sessions were completed. i told them a new gym opened on the route of my hour long daily walks, and told them i`d call the gym.

i kept my word and called the gym. i was invited to come down and take a tour. they show me cardio exercises that were similar to the ones i was doing at the hospital. when i left the gym that day, i had a form to fill out, so i knew i was in. i just had to find a way to pay for it. the rest you already know from reading the first blog entry. with love from Wes!! hugs!!! 

Muchas gracias for sharing your story brother

thank you for reading it, luckylemon!! it is nice to meet you, too!! i love meeting new people and making friends!! with love from Wes!! hugs!!! 

getting back to my story about buying more meal replacement shakes and cleanse for life. after about 2 weeks of doing them, i didn`t seem to be losing weight as quickly as i was during the challenge. so i have 2 of the containers that were left of the meal replacement shakes to my niece, and finished off the cleanse for life. i stayed at 272 pounds for a few months, then gradually, i started putting on a pound here a few pounds there, until i hit 285. i sat there for the longest time.

then one day after priding myself on getting 10,000 steps in a day, i managed a few days were i got 15,000 steps in per day, i was talking to one of the personal trainers at my gym, and she asked if my fitbit also covered calories burnt. i said yes, and mentioned i was trying to lose weight. she asked what i ate. i told her, and added i was eating 4 meals a day. she did a calculation and determined i was eating more calories than i was burning. she suggested i drop one meal each day, and suggested no carbs for my last meal. i did as she suggested, and after 3 weeks i lost 11 pounds!! i am 2 pounds off from my weight at the end of the challenge on Jan. 6th. i am 30 pounds from my goal weight!!! YES!!!!!