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Daddyof4 I just got your surgery date added to our calendar. Welcome and I hope you enjoy our group. Lillesaday I also put you on the calenday and Welcome to our May bandster group. I hope you both enjoy the group!

Great Manda I'm so happy for you!!!!! keep up the great work.

Well it sounds like every one is doing pretty well with their workouts! I have been pushing myself at the gym this week. I do the treadmill and ellipitcal for 30 min a piece. I usally do them both at about 3.5 so I decided that when a commerical would come on tv, that I would up it to 4.5 and let me tell you I have muscles in my rear end that are really noticing that little push. So I callenge you ladies to give your self a little push in your workout also! Let me know how it goes for you and what you are doing.

So how is every one work outs been going? whymom have you been getting to the pool? lalaj have you been doing your pilates and yoga?

Ok I'm in! how about increasing the entensity of our work out or extend the time of our workout. how about some other ideals, what do you suggest?

whymomwhy that sounds great! when do you want me to start asking your about the pool? Starting today or monday and how many a days do you plan to work out? I plan on keeping up with my workout. Monday - Thursday doing 1 hr a day like I have been doing but I still would at least like to do 30 minutes on the weekend. Maybe just taking a leasurly walk. If I garden during the day that is great exercise but if I don't than I need to start doing something. keep me to this please ladies!

Whymomwhy I was thinking the same thing but I was hoping we would all be ready to meet at the wl seminar. I think that they have it either in the spring or the fall in los vegas every year. I thought that would be a blast.

I so much love what you said here! This was the whole reason I started this group, so we would have the support we all need and to give help to each other. I believe that in a way we are all tied together as one big family now.

Well I didn't get a fill. I told the dr that I have been having problems with getting sickl. So she would not do the fill. I have to stay away from all types of breads, pastas, corn and I want to say that there is one more but don't have the sheet handy to look at it. So if I can go the next two weeks with out getting sick than I will get a fill if not I have to go in and have a swallow study done. What ever that is. So please say a little pray for me. I so want this to work for me.

Well ladies I go in tomorrow to get my first fill. I'm excited and can't wait to get it. I have been at the same weight for about three weeks now. no gains and no loss so I guess that is good. But I'm ready to see the scale go down again. all together I have lost 29lbs and I so bad wanted to have 30 off before my first fill. So did any one get their next appointment schulded or do you just call the dr when you stop losing? I will let every one know how things went for me when I get home tomorrow night.

Ok Natalie Ok Natalie I going to hold you to working out at least once over the weekend!

MandaElaine, You are making me laugh! I can feel mine also. I just hope mine never gets to the point that it sticks out. I went to a meeting right after surgery and there was a lady there that hers stuck out. She had a big knot in the middle of her stomach. That I thought was gross. Feeling it is fine but I don't want to see it

I'm still going to the gym. I meet with a trainer and he gave me a work out to do. I do 30 minutes of cardio and than I do 30 minutes of strenght training. After surgery I started on the treadmll since I'm use to walking. Now I've moved on to the ellipitcal, When I can do this a a certain pace and not feel winded I'm moving to a differnt machine I can't think of what it is called but it is like the elliptical. My strenght training I was only doing 15 to 20 lbs because of the limit the Dr. put on me. But I'm now doing 25-30lbs. So I'm pushing my self harder now that restriction is removed from me. And I can tell also, I walk out of the gym now looking like I just got out of the shower and forgot to dry off. So have you changed any thing in your work out?

keep the great work up ladies! you all encourage me to stick to the diet! Have a great day !!

Sleepyone Please let us all know what the dr. says. I also hope that he can help with the gas and while you are there ask him about constipation because that usally sooner than we all want it. See what he recommends for you, just in case. Take it from me and Daisy it is not good! And no I don't have a fetish with the scale or the measureing tape. I don't weigh but once a week and I don't measure but once a month. I want to have that excitment. So I figure saturday for the scale and it also gives me incentive when I see the scale drop to stick to the diet a little better on the weekends. When I'm discouraged I seem to eat more. And I have my husband measure me or my mom and I think once a month is enough. Natalie I'm so excited for you! Don't it feel good to drop clothes size! My problem is I have so many differnt size clothes from dieting all the time that I won't need to buy any for a while. I think I will make that a reward for my self, Thanks! Whymomwhy I hope you keep losing the weight and never see a stand still on this journey. Keep up the good work! May blooming bandsters group is for all May banders. Please feel free to post any time you want. We would love to help you on your journey, as well as get extra support.

Hello every one! Before surgery I had told my husband that I wanted to weigh, measure and take a picture as close to the 2nd of each month, since that is the day I was banded. Well I weighed, measured and failed to get the picture taken. But I have not lost any weight in a few weeks now but I have not gained either. But I'm excited the most about the measurements. So are you ready to hear what there are? I lost 2 1/2 inches in my breast ( I'm hoping that is more from the fat on my back or under my arms than my breast please!) I lost 1 inch from my waist and 3 inches from my hips. I'm so glad I decided to measure. The scale might have stopped showing the lbs coming off but the measuring tape picked up where it left off for me. So are you excited about some thing and would like to share it! Please tell us, we would love to hear what it is!

Hello Brwnangel I noticed you added this a couple of days ago and no one has answered you. I think maybe you should call and check with you dr.'s office. My dr used glue on me, so I can't help much.

Your stomach is still swelling from surgery. I also felt like I might have made a big mistake at first also I could hardly get 8oz of liquid down in a day for probably 2-3 weeks. And I was use to always drinking. I carried a drink with me at all times before surgery. Still I don't drink as much as before. Now I worry about getting enough fluids in. We will all adjust over time.

Great idea sleepyone! I tried a new recipe out today. I can't remeber who told me about it, but instead of mayo in your tuna add light cream cheese. I tried this today and was very good. I think the next time I'm at the store I'm going to buy flavored cream cheese and also try it with canned chicken also. great for a lunch served with wheat thins.

Well ladies at least I know that three of us are following our dr. rules and really are wanting to lose the weight. come on, I know that there are others out there that want to lose weight. Please share with us your plans. We are here to help each other not to judge. Lets start helping!

I just added pbmls223, Apeabody88 and Kpetersen1965 to our may bandster surgery list. Is your surgery date posted? if not please let me know what day you had surgery and I will get it posted. Thanks Debbie

Call your insurance co they will help you find a Dr. in your area.

I want to do this with you! I have been wanting to do this forever. I bet it is lots of fun! I love dancing, I need to find a zumba class around here and a place to teach me belly dance also.

You are fine! I think every one is just differnt. I'm like you, I eat every 4 to 5 hours and I eat the amount my nutrient told me to eat. I have never been hungry and some times I can not eat all of my food. I was banded on May 2. I also worried about how I was going to feel when they put liquid in my band. But my surgery was 4 weeks ago and I don't get a fill until June 27. I have notice that I'm getting hungry now right around my 3 1/2 hrs instead of my 5th hour. So I think by the time I get my fill it will be needed. We will all have to sit back and find out. But I'm sure our Dr's know what they are doing. just follow your dr instructions and you will be fine.