Some New Recipes

One of my new favorite recipes is a vegetable soup. I go to my new Farmers Market and get green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, onions, celery, carrots and any other vegetables you can think of. cut them all up in small pieces and add tomato sauce and tomato paste. Make a big pot. You can add big box of liquid Chicken broth. Boil for a long time. What I do is take the soup into my Magic Bullet mix it with my protein shake and put a bowl of this into the microwave for 3 minutes. Put some spices on it like some hot sauce, garlic and pepper and a way you go. Fills you up and the only calories you have is the protein shake. If you use the IsoPure 210 calories for 2 scoops and no fat or carbs.

Another one if the Rosemary Salmon. Take some rosemary and mix it with olive oil let stand for a few days. Then take the Salmon and cover it with the rosemary olive oil. Sprinkle some bread crumbs on and bake at 350 until done. Make some aspargus or another veggie and you are good to go. The Salmon is flaky and will go down very easy won't be a problem with the band.

Running for My Life

Over the last two years I have run two 18 miles races and 2 Marathons. I ran the San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon and the Disney Marathon. I also ran a Marathon relay in Asbury Park New Jersey, the New Jersey Half Marathon. The two 18 miles races were both ran at Long Beach Island New Jersey. Just think after my surgery I started walking 30 minutes and got myself up to running a marathon. I was once 346 pounds could not walk up stairs without loosing my breath and now I run everyday and can't even think of going without running or doing some physical activity in a day. This could be you. Take the leap research the surgery find a great doctor like I did and take the plunge. My heath is great, my energy level is at a ll time high. I am 51 years old and I feel better today then I did at 37.

Since Last Post

Since July 2008 I have lost over 100 pounds. I went from 345 pounds to 212 at my lowest weight. I am now around 237 and feeling really great. The one thing I can say is that if you get the LAP Band or the new Realize Band make sure you maintain the band. What I mean by that is to get it adjusted as many times as you need. Since getting the band in December 2007 I have gotten the band adjusted over 10 times. That is one of the main reason why I lost the weight I did. Also maintain your vitamin intake and your protein shakes. Eat small meals and supplement with the protein shakes.