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I am 5 weeks post op and about to have my first fill Jan 6th. I am back in the gym weightlifting and feel like I need more protein. I have tried to eat chicken, pork, turkey and eat slow and chew chew chew but keep getting stuck. I have eaten some refried beans and of some chili but a diet of mashed potatoes and grits is too much carbs. Any suggestions other than a "meat smoothie?" I am drinking protein drinks when I have them.

To make myself go at 5am even on days when I didnt feel like it I said to myself "If you go to the gym today you can goof off and do a very light workout". When I got there I would end up doing the same intensity workout as always. The problem with getting up at 4:30 am everyday was you get used to it and going to bed early. Like being on European time. When we went out with friends and came home really late...like 4am. I would get jetlag without even going anywhere.

Over the years I typically have done something like this: Mon - chest: bench, incline bench, decline bench, pec deck, flys or cables Tues - back: pulldowns, close grip pulldowns and about 6 different Hammerstrenght plate loaded back machines, dumbell rows Wed - shoulders: vertical rows, seated military press, shrugs, foward, plus 4 or 5 various shoulder machines Thurs - legs: leg press or squats, power squat machine,leg extensions, leg curls, calf raises, donkey kick machine Friday - core: hanging leg raises, roman chair, torso twist machine, back and side extensions, medicine ball in roman chair to partner Sat - arms: close grip bench, tricep machine, tricep pushdowns skull crushers, cable tricep curls. Bicep curl machine, curl bar, dumbell curls, cable curls Sunday - off Everyday also includes 3 sets of some ab exercise. My workout partner and I had about 20 we used. We also did 30 min of cardio every day. We would get to the gym at 5am everyday except sat when we went later. We kept this up for years until one day (A day where I had done the above shoulder workout with 3 sets of seated miltary press with 145lbs) I was called by my cardiologist after routine tests and told I had a serious heart prob caused by a virus. A week later I was in the best heart hospital in NY getting a defibrilator installed. Now amazingly 13 months later my heart is almost back to normal and I am cleared to lift weights again. In the meantime I gained weight which I have now lost 30 # of thanks to being banded. I dont want to build back all the muscle .There is no need to lift the kind of weight i used to(at 45 years old I came in 3rd in our gym's weight lifting contest) but it sure feels great to be back. I thought I would never be able to feel a good workout again. The moral of this long story is go to the damn gym if you can. You never know when you won't be able to.

I get my first fill Jan 6th. In the meantime my daughter is going for the World Christmas Cookie Baking Record ...ugh!:laugh:

Well I am back lifting weights. I lifted as part of work outs almost continuously since HS football but then had to stop a year ago for health reasons. I am now cleared to go back to weight training and have been for one week. Two observations: 1. I have lost 30 lbs and its amazing what a difference that little bit of weight makes you knees, feet, legs etc. i am now back to running on the treadmill instead of just stairmasters and eliptical for cardio. 2. It takes months and years of work to create muscle fibers but they will swell up very quickly after resuming work outs....(hence "getting pumped"). I have found over the years that I gain weight when this happens because the muscles retain Water. Do not be discouraged the diet is still working. Instead of lifting heavy I know wear a heart rate montior on my chest that displays heart rate on the wristwatch. I am lifting hi rep low weights right now keeping my heart rate where i want it. I will switch it up and go heavy or go for super slow reps or supersets in a few weeks.

I have been doing cardio all week at the gym. One more week and I can start weights again the doc says. Cardio gets boring when you can't find your ipod :wink:

My second day back in the gym after banding 11/25 B:thumbup:urned 550 calories on the eliptical in 30 min. My cardiologist just said my heart has recovered almost all the way and I am cleared to lift weights again after the bariatric surgeon oks. Maybe next month. yay.

Good luck to you. I am 7 days post op and feeling back to normal almost. Two good tips are get up and move as much as you can afterwards and buy the Gas X strips you will need them.

When the people I work with said "How can you take time off at a time like this??!!" I told them I was having surgery but did not say what kind. They know I have already had my gall bladder out too. Right now they seem to have decided I had a vascectomy lol.http://www.lapbandtalk.com/images/smilies/modern/blink.gif

I am day 4 and just did a half hour on the treadmill at the gym. It seemed to help. No running just a nice fast walk.

Boy was I glad to read this. I got banded Nov 25th and I look pregnant too!....and I am a guy!

I think you guys have inspired me to start lifting again. Right now I am 3 days post surgery but soon. I have done a lot of weights over the years but now will focus on lighter weights and cardio. The days of big powersquat sets are over. My job entails just talking on a cell phone and pointing at things a lot anyway. Maybe tomorrow I will just visit the gym for a light treadmill walk.

I am post op day 3 and still have a swollen sore abdomen. My wife who is a med/surg nurse says to keep walking. I do notice that it seems the people who went right to exercise after surgery have fewer complaints on here. With that....my daughter and I are going to go outside for a walk....

Well...I am all banded. Things went well. They kept me in intensive care overnight due to my heart condition. I could not walk because I was hooked to O2 sensor, heart monitor, IV, Cpap machine, leg inflatable things. so I just got out of bed and walked back and forth the 2 ft I enough cable to do. Today I just went for a walk on the beach. I have lots of gas rumbling around and some pain. I have eaten a little broth and some Jello. I havent been hungry at all. The only bad part was when they made me drink barium for the xray. I drank the whole can to the bottom but then found it was all goop at the bottom. They forgot to shake it up! I had to drink a second can! That was uncomfortable. I will stay home today and watch the Detroit Lions lose on TV and I will stay away from work until next Tues. Keep up the good work O.G. and everybody.

Well....heading for the hospital in one hour to get banded...here goes nothing!

I figure once I tell people I can't untell them and I have no control over who THEY tell. The last thing I want is the pros and cons of this surgury to be the topic of Thanksgiving dinner conversation lol. Because I will have just gotten out of ICU the day before (they are keeping me in there because of my heart) I will stay home on Thanksgiving but my DW and kids will go. I will watch the Detroit Lions get beat on TV.

I am getting banded two days before Thanksgiving and getting out of the hospital the day before. We usually eat at my mom's and then eat an entire Thanksgiving dinner AGAIN at my wife's mom's the same day! I am not going to even go. My mom will worry. I probably will tell her cause she can always tell when I am lying anyway. As long as I don't end up on the prayer chain at church. My mother in law can just think I have "stomach issues" which is kinda true. Our daughter came home from college last weekend to cook me a whole Thankgiving dinner with everything before the pre op diet began. What a last meal!

It is very good to hear that things went well. Especially since I go in 3 days! The pre-op diet sure makes you hungry. In preparation I bought a whole lot of Gas X strips. Yesterday I gave one to the dog ..ugh he needed it.

Hi all, I am scheduled for banding on 11/25. It's good to see a Long Island/NY group.

Yes OG I started the pre-op diet yesterday. Of course it ended up being an insane 14 hour work day. By the time I got home I was so hungry I was lookin at the dog funny. We get banded so we dont feel this hungry. Next Tues can't come soon enough for me. I hope by now it's over and it has all gone well for you.

Good luck tomorrow Old Goat!

I am new in this room but getting banded on 11/25. I am 52. I started the pre op diet today. I decided to do this back in August. It's been a long road to get here...but then you all know that. Good luck to everybody.

This past weekend my daughter took time from architecture school and came home to cook me a full Thanksgiving dinner before I start the pre surgery diet. That was very sweet. Tomorrow I start the liquid diet. (raises glass to all fellow soon to be banders)http://www.lapbandtalk.com/images/smilies/modern/crying.gif

Kijo I go on Nov 25th also. No turkey for us!! Its actually a great time because nobody does much work on the Friday after Thanksgiving around here. Then the weekend. I can get a few days of to recover without the usual stress.

They know I already had my gall bladder out. Maybe I can tell them it grew back....