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I have done it a couple if times. We do it as a group at my job. We meet on Mondays for one run then do the other two on our own. As we are a group if bigger woman, we do each week twice... Making it an 18 week program. We have a "goal" run scheduled in October so start in June. Last year we had over 80 runners from our workplace and 40 of them were from our group. Many were first time 5kers. It has been an awesome experience. I ran my first two years ago and was so proud to reach my goal of running the whole time and coming in with a time under 45 minutes. Now that I am banded (a whole week today!) I am going to be leading this years couch to 10k group.
My suggestion - find a 5k to run in the next couple months and make that your goal. Good luck!

I have done it a couple if times. We do it as a group at my job. We meet on Mondays for one run then do the other two on our own. As we are a group if bigger woman, we do each week twice... Making it an 18 week program. We have a "goal" run scheduled in October so start in June. Last year we had over 80 runners from our workplace and 40 of them were from our group. Many were first time 5kers. It has been an awesome experience. I ran my first two years ago and was so proud to reach my goal of running the whole time and coming in with a time under 45 minutes. Now that I am banded (a whole week today!) I am going to be leading this years couch to 10k group.
My suggestion - find a 5k to run in the next couple months and make that your goal. Good luck!

Oh my goodness! I thought I would DIE the first 60 seconds. My time is so slow too. I am thrilled with low 14's! Speed walkers pass me. Lol. But it's all good. Moving our bodies.

I'm just saying when we don't tell other people we did use the band I believe we're just propagating those myths that we took the easy way out as if we were just too lazy to stick to a diet.
In other words when someone else is trying to decide if they should consider WLS if we all acted like all we had to do was watch what we ate and exercise more; then aren't we part of the problem and stigma they're going to feel?

Yes! I got hiccups for the first time last night! Awful! If that is the least if our problems we are in great shape. I've read some pretty scary things. Feel blessed that is is going so well for me. And you too! Keep me posted on your progress. Would love to hear how the running goes.

Awesome! I heard it's a great app! How are you feeling 6 days post op?? I was banded Monday and I'm feeling pretty good!

No calming juice for me! I was totally freaking as they rolled me into the operating room. Close to jumping off the stretcher and heading for the nearest exit! But everyone was great and I was asleep before I knew it. When I woke up I was ticked because I had been having the nicest dream. Lol. So glad the surgical part is over and that you came through ok!

No calming juice for me! I was totally freaking as they rolled me into the operating room. Close to jumping off the stretcher and heading for the nearest exit! But everyone was great and I was asleep before I knew it. When I woke up I was ticked because I had been having the nicest dream. Lol. So glad the surgical part is over and that you came through ok!

They do offer a "discount if you say your a non smoker and another one for health sceening and heath coaching.
Thank you, at true results they financed me. only got 5 months left then Im all done.
I believe if I had not done something I would have only gotten bigger and bigger

You are right, it doesn't make health sense. But it does make premium sense. If your company chooses not to cover elective surgery they will pay lower premiums. Sad but true. A lot of companies are on on board with keeping their employees healthy and offering programs that do so like charging those who smoke or have a high BMI more in premiums; enticing them to stop smoking or lose weight. By keeping their employees healthy, they go to the doctors less, resulting in fewer claims being submitted. Unfortunately, there are a lot of employers that choose to see the bottom line NOW rather than in the future health of their employees. Kudos to you for making this happen through self pay. I don't know if I would've been able to do it!

I work for a health insurance company, in the authorization dept in fact. It totally depends on the plan. Also, please remember that your employer chooses the plan that you have. Customer Service should be most knowledgeable and I would hope, most helpful. It saddens me that there are plans out there that still deem this as elective surgery. :-(

No calming juice for me! I was totally freaking as they rolled me into the operating room. Close to jumping off the stretcher and heading for the nearest exit! But everyone was great and I was asleep before I knew it. When I woke up I was ticked because I had been having the nicest dream. Lol. So glad the surgical part is over and that you came through ok!