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I like what Indiogirl said... and I have always had that mentality too.. the band is just a tool... we still have to make good choices.. I know I do protein before I do anything else.. I had my surgery on May 19th and since then I have lost 34.4 lbs since the surgery and a total of 48.5 since May 4th, two weeks before my surgery... I have very few carbs, which to my surprise, I don't miss as much as I thought I would.

I had my first fill at just under 4 wks, only because of the date of my surgeon's fill clinic... and I went back a month later for my second fill but had to go back a week later to have him take out some because I was too tight... I will probably get my 3rd fill in about 2 wks. I have the AP Standard, which I believe is a 10CC band but at this point I only had 2 1/2 CC's in my band.. but I have been losing on average close to 3 lbs a week, sometimes more.

don't worry about the initial weight loss. I know for me, once they did my first fill, the weight started coming off a lot faster....so just start with the work outs and that will definately help but once they do your first fill, you will definately see a difference...remember, PROTEIN! LOL

I am about 3 months post op and I live in Florida, but I LOVE to work out in the pool. I take a water aerobics class every Saturday morning and I work out usually twice on my own in the pool weather permitting. I do aerobic things like walking, jogging in place, etc to get the heart rate up and I do a lot of toning excercises, like crunches, leg lifts to the front, back and side all in the water. I can do squats and lunges in the water and I couldn't do these excercises on land, at least not yet... but I can in the water... plus the water is great resistance which helps w/toning... I would suggest that you try to find a water aerobics class nearby... I know that a lot of LA Fitness locations have pools and offer water aerobics... I take my class in the city pool and it is only $3 a class, so I am very lucky....