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Hey Elle - I was wondering the same thing sometime ago and started the thread linked below. There are some great answers and real inspiring bandster. Based on what I was doing pre-band and my surgeon, I am a week post op and have started 20 min on the treadmill at the gym everyday. Good luck and I look forward to watching you on this journey. http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f81/exercise-after-surgery-when-what-51623/

Thank for the info Amanda - but I still have my steri-strips. They are peeling back, but still on. I'm not rushing them.

Hey all. Trinity - sorry to hear you are in b-hell. This is my second week of full liquids. While I am cool with the different Soups I have been trying, I am dreaming of a steak. I am a Texan thru and thru - we love our red meat. But all in all it is going pretty well. Sorry to hear the gas is still so bad for everyone. Mine seems to have subsided now, but it took a full 6 days or so. Here is crazy side effect I have found. The band seems to have made chocolate and anything flavored as such taste a little nasty to me. My favorite "treat" at this point is some homemade apple sauce DH made me. Yeah, I am braggin' a little - he rocks! I am finally getting the Water I was craving. Have any of you discovered the Special K Protein Water? Mixed berry is my fav. It has 5 Protein and 5 Fiber. With that addition, I am getting about 48 oz. of water on top of the other liquids and soups. Oh, and I have dropped about 12 lbs. thus far. Talk to yall tomorrow!!

It is really funny how different everyone reacts. I am struggling to get Water in me. I feel it going down. adding to that frustration is the act that I LOVE water. Pre-banding I was drinking something like 80 oz./day. Yesterday I managed 24! To try to solve this little issue I had DH pick up those tiny bottles, Ozarka 8 oz. The thinking is that it is easy to measure, extremely portable and an easy goal. I am setting my sights on drinking one bottle every 2 hours. I will let you know how it goes. Trinity, no fill date in sight. Doc wants to see how weight loss goes first.

Hey, hey March 4thers. Hope everyone is well and making great strides in recovery. Like all of you I have some belly soreness on the port side but not the port site. They told me that they incision on my upper left side was where most of the "work" came from and therefore will be the most sore. It is way better today. I bent down to tie my shoes today for a short walk. Just to the mail box and back but it felt wonderful. I did get the gas thing. Lots of belching going on in So. Texas right now. And so far my favorite liquid on the full liquid stage is Ensure Plus in strawberry. 8 oz. in 30 minutes for Breakfast. How soon are your follow ups? I see my doc on March 20th next (2 weeks.) Later all - will check in later.

Thanks Lulu - and everyone else. I am on liquids today. Surgery is at 7:30 am tomorrow and doc requires an overnight. I am way excited at this point. We have a small office and they all know about tomorrow. They are all so sweet. They planned their lunches so that nothing had to heated today - no smells to make me long for. I know I have 2 weeks of just walking after tomorrow. I can't wait to rejoin the ranks of the running. All of you are doing so well. And yeah to the folks who have joined while I was ill - you guys ROCK! Well, you guys have a great week and I will see you on the other side!

Ok- are all of you ready for tomorrow? I am. All liquids today. Everyone at work is being super supportive - they all brought food don't don't have to heat so it won't smell so good in here. I know I am blessed. How is everyone today? Really want to hear from you if you are still up and around. I have to be at the hospital in the morning at 5:30 - my surgery is at 7:30. I also wanted to ask - are all of you overnight stays or day surgery? When my sister did hers she was home that night. My doc requires an overnight.

Well, Feb has been crazy for me. I have basically been sick since the 8th. click below for my funny take on the whole thing. Mortals in Training: You can't make this stuff up! I am hoping to get back on the horse later this week, but like Mindy said to me - I am going to take it slow. I basically will be back at week 1 when it happens. And I have my surgery next week. So - walking is really where I will be for a while. But all of you are so encouraging! I love keep track of each other. See you around.

Hey guys - can't wait!!! 6 more days. I have been missing for like weeks because if it was a virus in Texas it found me. Two different ones - first the big with the flu like stuff then a stomach virus that landed me in the ER. Everyone around me is asking what I have done to deserve this. Thankfully I am back to being healthy and still on track for March 4. Pre-op day is Feb 28th. WHOoo HOO!

Hey all. Thanks for answering these questions. I really appreciate all of the feedback. As of today I am 13 days away from surgery and have a pretty good plan in place. Thanks to all!!

Howdy all. I fell off the planet and back into Flu-ville, TX! Took me to my knees, 2 doc visits and 1 week of work lost. Not to mention any kind of activity, other than lots of sleeping and TV. Yeah to the many success since my last visit. And wow to the snow. Here in Texas, we really think you guys fake those kind of pictures. I am afraid I will be stuck in week 2 forever. I may try it next Tuesday. But all of your successes are so encouraging!! Keep it ups guys!

No solutions as I am not banded yet but I have similar issues. I want to watch the responses you get. Like you were thinking going into the band, I am hoping the limited amounts of food will help me with this issue. Mine seems to orbit certain foods. For years cheese cake and ice cream (but, no other milk products) have caused me problems. I now think of those foods as food intolerances. I stay away. Also, in my nutritional visit, the gal talked abut stomach dumping. The way I understand it, in some folks, when you get too much grease or sugar from some foods, your stomach kind of hits the reject button, but the long way around. When she described it, I knew exactly what she was talking about. Violent cramps, and then diarrhea until the offending food was gone - for me this lasts about 3 hours. Thanks for asking this one!

Stranger - glad you are feeling better and super glad you logged fewer lbs! Welcome ting - your found a great thread. These guys have funny stories, and offer great support and inspiration! I seem to be playing tag with this silly cold, I had to skip yesterday's gym trip and I am sitting out today for rest. I may try tomorrow depending on how today goes. I had a cool NSV of sorts yesterday. I visited my PCP for a re-up on my cholesterol meds and something for this cough. Our Ins is a PPO, so he doesn't know a thing about my banding adventure. So, I finally told him about it. For some history, I know him - he is not just my doc. His wife helped found our local Habitat, she still helps me with fund raising, and I have worked with their daughter on a HFH project. Let's just say I was nervous. He was positively giddy! Can't wait to observe the whole process. Wanted to know why I chose LB over GBS. Apparently, I will be his first patient to go the LB route. And here I thought he was going to give me some big "don't do it" speech. That was a big relief.

Wombat - I have not done it in a while, but both are awesome! Pilates literally kicked my butt the first time. My lower abs - the hard ones to work - were throbbing!!! But it also felt really good in the end. Yeah - I am excited about LB day - only 26 days left! On that note, I posted a question I would love to hear from all of you on, too. Here is a link (I think!) http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f81/exercise-after-surgery-when-what-51623/ Headed to the gym in the am and planning on some treadmill work. Good night all!

I am sure I will get the answer to this from my surgeon, but I wanted to ask here as well. Here is my mini survey: How soon did you start exercising after surgery? What kinds of activities? Were you active prior to surgery? Trying to make some plans. Thanks for the feedback.

Hey Mindy! Good to hear from you. I think I suggested earlier this week that we all attempt another race on March 1st - the race is actually in Houston - the Conoco Rodeo run. It would be flat (your hill stories scared the snot out of me) but it is almost always rainy. However, I will be in Houston that weekend for something else if anyone is game. Lulu - the knee - ouch! Hope it gets better soon. And yeah - I am surprised you didn't hear my Giants fan from there. He was hoarse on Monday. I was telling a friend of mine (who is opposed to me being banded but ok well) what WE have all been up to. She was so inspired, she ran day 1 week 1 yesterday! YEAH! Your inspiration is reaching beyond the boards. Well done. And Whoysa - what can I say? I live for your posts!

Hello all - I have been a little off path with C25K, but I have been to the gym. I slowed way down for some reason. I have basically gone back to week one. Sorry for being such a slacker! But all of you are SOOO inspiring. Thanks for reporting your amazing efforts!

Hey - welcome to March 4th CTMan! Right there with you on the pre-surgery exercise. Everyone either says they did and were glad or they wish they had. I walk/ran 2 miles this morning. WHen I had my first consultation, they told me my 6 Diest Cokes/day would be an issue. I went cold turkey 2 days later. I tried one about 2 months after quitting and now I can't stand them. I don't even like most carbonated drinks now. Here is a funny thing - I sometimes accidentally order one when eating out. My DH justs laughs as I fumble with the waiter to fix it. Good luck with the Dr. Pepper. I started drinking coffee for the caffeine - that was brutal. But it is way more fashionable!

SarahKC - I would see my OBGYN (and not just for B12 but I will be checking in on that one!!!) As someone who has suffered with a cystic ovary and one huge fibroid tumor for years, I would seek the girly doc for this one. I have landed in the ER twice with those kinds of symptoms that turned out to be ruptured cysts. Had to do CT scans and such. Even had a surgery once to clean up the rouge ovary and another to remove the tumor. The good news is that while really painful and frustrating, it is not life threatening. And they can fix with birth control pills (if you can take them, I can't) I also tend to have a very constipated feeling, but no actual problem in that department with those symptoms. In fact, quite the opposite usually. My bad ER episodes have been about 5 years apart. The last was just this past Oct. So, the next time, I will let them have the darn thing. Hope this helps.

Alright Mom!! That is awesome. You have to let us know how it goes. Hopefully you will be a Marcher also. Rose City - I have only been in Vic for 3 years now. Don't know the folks you mentioned. Guys - we are all really close to only 1 month until surgery. How exciting! I have been working on my exercise - trying to get going to make recovery easier. In some of the other threads I am on, folks who have already been banded have said this is really smart. We have a month to get done what we can. What are doing to prepare?

Hey there. I am March 4th, too! 1 month and 1 day to go!!

For me it is SparkPeople all the way. User friendly and has a wealth of resources.

Hi all - I am in Feb Challenge on Sparkpeople, may as well keep track with all of you well. Love the tracking over there, but the boards over here. My plan: C25K - the three workouts/week and work in some additional workouts, maybe alternating swimming and elliptical on non-run days.

YEAH MINDY AND STRANGER!!!! You guys rock! Love the pic. And Mindy - with your time - there is all kinds of room for improvement. I can see the post now - you will be the expert in the group telling a bunch of newbies: "Yeah - the first 5K I did was hilly, I walked most of and I completed it in 50 minutes. But look where I am now. One year later and I ran the same 5K, same course, and I cut my time almost in half." Has anyone picked up Runner's world? I subscribed last year and love every issue. Always motivational and lots to learn. On another front - DH (6'2 270 lbs. carries it up top - way broad chest, great legs, big belly) who has always supported my LB endeavor has suddenly decided he needs to go ahead and lose some weight as well. I think our PCP may have had something to say about it. Never the less, I have a gym partner now. And since he loves South Beach - we have filled our house with great proteins and veggies - no more starches. YEAH!!

Mindy and Stranger - I am so jealous but I am on the recovery side of this mess so I am glad I am sitting out. I am going to try to get a few walking miles in at the gym today. Catch you in the next race. Speaking of that - are either of you thinking about the one on March 1 in Austin? I could do that and then that Tuesday after is LB day. Whosya - WOW! Now I really am jealous. For prospective - you have been running how long? This is definitely a work up to it goal. I just went back through our thread here to make sure I did not already ask Whosya about how long he has been running (that was the one I missed.) Man, we are a funny bunch and have covered a lot of ground. Sports bras, video games, running shoes, Ipods, workout music, etc. As someone on the verge of being banded, I have read a ton through all of the threads and I see your names all the time. What an encouraging group!! I am really glad I met all of you. And no - I am not crying but that did sound pretty sappy.