Terry Poperszky

Humor, try a little. As to whether you thought my comments were necessary, that is meaningless. I thought for myself and made my own choice. Have a nice day...

The quote at the bottom of your signature should be attributed to Yoda, who was a character in the movie Star Wars.

They do two different things. A HRM measures your heart rate over a specific period time. I use a Garmin model that also will measure steps, cadence, elevation, record tracks and give me a fairly accurate estimate of calories burned. My wife likes to kid me that "if I don't have my garmin on, then the exercise doesn't count. I can track my exertion levels on the same course to give me objective evidence that my fitness level is improving. I have a record of every ride and hike I have taken in the last couple of years. The body monitors on the other hand are supposed to be worn all day long and to give you an idea of how active you are. I wouldn't know how accurate tehy are since they don't measure heart rate and so they don't take into account how hard what you doing is. I actually see the body monitors working together with a good HRM to give you both big picture and detailed picture of your activity.

Talk to your surgeon, tell him the symptoms, tell him you are very concerned. Then ask for the options.

I packed my normal breakfast of a Protein shake and a some steel cut oats, and drank my shake when I got to my desk. a couple of hours later I was hungry again and pulled my oatmeal out. Then Mistress Band spoke, "I'm not eating that stuff, get me some more protein!" So down to the cafeteria for a couple for eggs and hash browns, threw 3/4 of the hash browns away, and Mistress Band is now one happy camper. When I woke up this morning, I was feeling pretty lethargic, I knew I had been doing a lot of physical labor on 1300 calories a day with the constant snow fall here, but I thought I had been allowing for that. My body disagreed, and a real part of my journey is learning to listen to my band and my body. Food for thought.

Ummm.... same reason only eat 1/2 cup per meal, I don't like pain and throwing up. I sip water because Mistress Band gets out the stiletto heels if I don't

my pre-op diet was 800 - 960 based on a 40 BMI. Once banded I tried to work my way up to 1200. My NUT said that not to focus calories, but portion control. With that said she also told me based on my body type that I should be in a 1300 - 1500 range, and to add a 4th 1/2 cup meal to the 3 that I was already doing. I have been shooting for the 1300 figure, and doing pretty well on that.

Ditto what Missy said. Banded on 1/7/13 and I have lost 30 pounds and feel great. the LB isn't for everyone, but it is for me.

If you are allergic to the shakes, don't suffer in silence go back to your Dr. and tell him. I am sure you aren't first, and you are going to be using added protein for awhile after your surgery.

You lost 6 pounds in the first 5 days and you think "It makes me wonder if everything is going to be a failure. I do everything I'm supposed to do and nothing happens."??? Maam, I don't know you, but I am not sure what you expected but I would really examine your mindset going into this surgery. The band is a tool, but it isn't a miracle cure for being fat. This is going to be a long, hard journey.

And what day are you on? Most diet have high weight loss early on because you are changing the amount of sodium which then dumps a bunch of water. And different people loose differently, this may sound strange, but I only usually only loose weight every other day, very seldom 2 days in a row.

Welcome and congrats. By the way, pre-op diet was worse than post-op recovery. I was banded on the 7th of January and I am loving every minute of it.

It seems like every Dr. has a different pre-op diet (tell us what yours is), and weight loss is highly individual. I lost 14 pounds pre-op.

A co-worker approached me the other day selling for his daughter. I simply stared at him and said, "you know I just had weight loss surgery and as of today I have lost 30 pounds, and you are trying to sell me Girl Scout cookies?" The conversation ended there.

Way to go, you deserve all the NSVs you have been getting!

Ok, should not have clicked on that link while I was eating Breakfast. Waste of a perfectly good meal.

I couldn't agree more. One of the things that I am having to do is relearn what hunger actually is.

B-52, I think that some of the problem is that the Calories in vs. out is not instantaneous as we expect a math problem to be. When we step on the scale, we aren't measuring fat, we are measuring total body weight and we can't see what is really happening. So we start looking for reasons for why this isn't happening. Personally, if my body was going to go into starvation mode, this last month would have sent it there big time. But I have kept moving, logged my food and except for one week where nothing moved, I have watched the scale go down every other day.

Your journey starts. Take it one day at a time, follow your Dr.'s instructions and you will do fine.

See a Dr. Urgent care or ER.

Focus on the surgery date, keep telling yourself that the pre-op diet is not forever, but only for a limited time. You will be surprised how much easier it becomes when you have a goal in front of you.

Willow as I start spin class and then road biking I have already come to the conclusion that I am going to have to start getting my calories in liquid form during and after exercise. I got behind last night, and Mistress Band was really firm about how fast she would let me get calories in today and my body wasn't happy about it. Funny thing is, I still wasn't stomach hungry, but boy I sure could tell that I had crossed a line. I had a second Protein shake on the way home from work, and I am currently eating eggs florentine to get even more protein. This is going to work, I am just going to have to fine tune it. BTW, in biking the ultra sports are the guys who race. I will can easily burn 6-700 calories an hour in my work outs. They will burn over a 1000. Last year I attended a race that they went up at 12 miles an hour, which frankly I didn't think was humanly possible because of the steep grade. That day, they did 135 miles, in 100+ temps and 3000 foot elevation gains. And that was the easiest day of a 6 day race.

All it takes is one little phrase: "I think I need to speak to the Dr."

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Well, I think I have answered my own question. After 90 minutes of heavy physical labor clearing snow my body is screaming for nourishment and I simply can't get enough past Mistress Band quickly enough. I will catch up eventually, but I do not think I can do this on a regular basis. So, I will need to wait until more of my weight is off before attempting a century.