Ok so some of my friends on the banded in Sept thread wanted to help support each other in exercising. :thumbup: Of course others are welcome if you want to join a support thread for exercising!

I think some of the idea is to be able to state goals (no matter how small) and have encouragement when achieving those goals. Of course other talk about excercise woes and ideas are welcome.

I'll start, I was banded on Sept 27 2010. I'm from Ohio. Before band I was walking about 5 miles per week at a rate of 3 miles/hour. and going to yoga once a week.

I have a short term goal of walking 7 miles per week by Thanksgiving. Maybe upping the speed a bit but I'll work on that later. Also I'd like to do 20 minutes of yoga/ stretching 3 more times a week by Thanksgiving.

This morning I walked a slow .6 miles- still moving slow after surgery.:thumbup:

Neenee, sorry if I worried you, that was not my intention. Your surgery may have been done a bit different than mine or my doctor may be really conservative. I suspect the hernia repair and the way my port is "attached" has something to do with the long activity restriction for me. I've been doing power and incline walking to make up for not being able to do the other activities.

I'm not crazy to attempt P90X at this point! I did try a couple P90X routines before surgery and I hurt so bad even though I could hardly do any of it. I just got Power 90, which is the previous version and used to work up to P90X.

Keep up your good work and let us know how it goes on Thursday.

I hope I didnt mess up anything running. I hear P90X is a beast. Im no gonna mess with that yet. I am still jogging with C25K and be picking up pace even more. I am nervous about port since I dont feel it as much as I did on touching my stomach 2 wks ago. Cant wait till next Thurs for my fill.

they have p90 no x that is a little milder but still challenging im doing that my goal is to do it 3 days a week and walk/elliptical 2 days a week i just started last saturday.... im hoping the excercise will kick up the weight loss i go for first fill thursday

Can someone please tell me what is

C25k, P90X. Before my surgery I was not into exercising.

I know under in time I will have to do more then the thread mill and the bike.

Yesterday I did 30mins on the thread mill and 10mins on the bike. By the

beginning of December I would Like to be doing 45mins on the thread mill and 15mins on the bike.

C25k is Couch to 5k. It's a 9-week program to build-up to being able to jog/run a 5k. It works by doing walking and jogging intervals with the jogging time gradually increasing.

P90X is a set of DVDs for a 90-day intense workout. It is too difficult for me at this point so I ordered Power 90, which is the ealier version. P90X = Power 90 Extreme. They are a mix of cardio, plyometric and resitance routines by Beachbody. My Power 90 DVDs should show up today or tomorrow.

Rambunctious, Thanks! I'm going to try and get a couple

of the DVD'S from beachbody.

you runners are an inspiration, I can't imagine it, my husband jogs and I hope to someday too.

Anyway so I waled my regular 1 mile each of monday and tuesday, yesterday I had to do some field work and walked 1.6 miles, so I feel I will definitely get my 7 miles this week.

Great job everyone else on excercising.

Zen I haven't heard in from you lately, are you going to do that charity walk - how have you been doing?

Lisa

I was banded 9/15. Love this thread! I am holding myself accountable to working out as much as I can. Before I got surgery I did a boot camp program to try to get into as much shape as possible before I had the surgery. I LOVED it (not during, but after each class I was exhilarated).

Anyway - I started again Monday going to the gym 4-5 times a week.

This week I did 30-40 minutes on the cross training level on the elliptical and then did the adductor and abductor machines for my legs for about 10 mins each day. Let me tell you my legs are sore! But I love it.

I have plateaued the last couple weeks. I saw the dr for my two week check up on the 30th and since then I have only lost about 5 lbs. I have a fill Tuesday and am so excited to get it going again.

It is exciting reading everyone's posts. I was not much of an exerciser but am plugging away on the treadmill. My port sticks out a bit and is still tender, so I don't think I could do much ab work right now. I found a 20 min resistance band workout on Sparkpeople, maybe I could do some of that and leave out the ab work. You guys have some great ideas though, and working up to a 5K would definitely be a goal, even if I walked the entire route. I am still really tired, but not working out does not make me less tired, so I might as well work out, right??

You guys are doing so great! Good for you :blushing:

I am not. I walked on my treadmill today for the first time since my last post. This is my biggest post-banding challenge for sure.

One time is better than none. Congratulate yourself for getting back to it and acknowledging this is a trouble area for you.

You guys are doing so great! Good for you :huh2:

I am not. I walked on my treadmill today for the first time since my last post. This is my biggest post-banding challenge for sure.

You go girl. It's a start. I have mine in the living room right in front of the TV, so I can't miss it. I know you will walk today too!!

Thanks for the support! MissJoany, I think you're right-- I will walk again today.

Hi all, went out of town last weekend - ate too much, but the food choices were good anyway.

I didn't get the 7 miles in last week but close- 6. part of my goal is to actually walk like a mile each day - where hikes are extra- but I'm going to use my hike to say how many miles I walked. so I didn't walk every day but I did walk- LOL.

you all are doing great- recognizing that you are trying, pat yourself on the back, and encourage yourself,- it's practice not perfection-

Last week went great - 2 miles on the weight loss program on the elliptical, 4 days a week.

Tonight is the 2nd night this week, will do two more this week.

My Fridays have been packed as of late. I need to find a way to get more exercise in though.

Today is the first day I walked on the tread mill this week.

I'm still doing 35mins, but I'm walking at a faster pace.

I start 10mins low, move up 2 speeds I do 15mins, end up back to low for 10mins.