5K done today in 1.00 exactly (jogged a lot of it, but my husband walked it and he is slower and less fit)......10K next...then the 10 miler..I can do it...I know I can...even if it kills me.

Goodbye 92 lbs so far...13lbs away from "normal" bmi. (1/9/10 surgery date)

Goodbye 24 and 2x/3x..hello 12's (and two dresses that are 10's) and hello to the new medium running outfit from Dick's Sporting Goods that I bought myself for finishing the 5K.

Onward...onward....it's not easy...but I got/get my fills...stay relatively restricted but still can eat most things that I want just very little of it, and I work out and eat relatively healthy( I figure the few bites I can eat should be healthy)...no longer diabetic and many of my symptoms of my PCOS are dwindling.

In other words, I am thrilled and love my band!

Do you think the weight loss is due to the band or all the exercising you are doing?

WEIGH TO GO !!!!!!!

5K done today in 1.00 exactly (jogged a lot of it, but my husband walked it and he is slower and less fit)......10K next...then the 10 miler..I can do it...I know I can...even if it kills me.

Goodbye 92 lbs so far...13lbs away from "normal" bmi. (1/9/10 surgery date)

Goodbye 24 and 2x/3x..hello 12's (and two dresses that are 10's) and hello to the new medium running outfit from Dick's Sporting Goods that I bought myself for finishing the 5K.

Onward...onward....it's not easy...but I got/get my fills...stay relatively restricted but still can eat most things that I want just very little of it, and I work out and eat relatively healthy( I figure the few bites I can eat should be healthy)...no longer diabetic and many of my symptoms of my PCOS are dwindling.

In other words, I am thrilled and love my band!

the band but I wouldn't have lost this much without combining both but there are a lot of times I don't get to exercise (I am a super busy 7th grade special ed teacher working on my 2nd masters/rank)...sometimes I may only go once or twice a week and I only walk the treadmill/jog or use the elliptical for 30 minutes...so its mostly my band and the foods I am choosing(although the Oreo ice cream I am eating while I type doesn't help much) The average (according to my dr) weight loss for a year out is 40lbs...I have doubled it due to the exercise and food choices(though the girl scouts are killing me this week:)

OMG you ARE busy!! My friend is making me go to the gym with her next week. (Yuck)

OMG you ARE busy!! My friend is making me go to the gym with her next week. (Yuck)

and even though I may get there twice that week...I have been trying to make up for it some weeks..3-4 times...but never more than 30 minutes(I am far too lazy) but exercise nonetheless has been my key....I have to exercise otherwise I often stay the same(or I can't eat my icecream:( I'd rather exercise:) when I do want it.

Thanks for posting this. I was feeling a little down but this is sooooo uplifting. I am 5 weeks out and I need all of the encouragement I can get.

Congrats!

You mean all I have to do to eat ice cream is exercise for 30 minutes two or three times a week?

Big congrats to you.

Love hearing your success story. I was just banded 2-18 and have gotten a little scared reading some of these posts. So "THANK YOU" much for your story, because in a year from now I want to be where you are and I WILL BE.

Thanks again,

Cid

5K done today in 1.00 exactly (jogged a lot of it, but my husband walked it and he is slower and less fit)......10K next...then the 10 miler..I can do it...I know I can...even if it kills me.

Goodbye 92 lbs so far...13lbs away from "normal" bmi. (1/9/10 surgery date)

Goodbye 24 and 2x/3x..hello 12's (and two dresses that are 10's) and hello to the new medium running outfit from Dick's Sporting Goods that I bought myself for finishing the 5K.

Onward...onward....it's not easy...but I got/get my fills...stay relatively restricted but still can eat most things that I want just very little of it, and I work out and eat relatively healthy( I figure the few bites I can eat should be healthy)...no longer diabetic and many of my symptoms of my PCOS are dwindling.

In other words, I am thrilled and love my band!

OOPPSS,

One more thing.

Can you tell me when you started exercising after the surgery and what kind did you do??

Have you always been a runner or did you start running after getting some of the weight off.

Thanks,

Cid

Big congrats to you.

Love hearing your success story. I was just banded 2-18 and have gotten a little scared reading some of these posts. So "THANK YOU" much for your story, because in a year from now I want to be where you are and I WILL BE.

Thanks again,

Cid

5K done today in 1.00 exactly (jogged a lot of it, but my husband walked it and he is slower and less fit)......10K next...then the 10 miler..I can do it...I know I can...even if it kills me.

Goodbye 92 lbs so far...13lbs away from "normal" bmi. (1/9/10 surgery date)

Goodbye 24 and 2x/3x..hello 12's (and two dresses that are 10's) and hello to the new medium running outfit from Dick's Sporting Goods that I bought myself for finishing the 5K.

Onward...onward....it's not easy...but I got/get my fills...stay relatively restricted but still can eat most things that I want just very little of it, and I work out and eat relatively healthy( I figure the few bites I can eat should be healthy)...no longer diabetic and many of my symptoms of my PCOS are dwindling.

In other words, I am thrilled and love my band!

BRAVO TO YOU!

Very inspirational!!! Thank you!

You mean all I have to do to eat ice cream is exercise for 30 minutes two or three times a week?

lol...love the sarcasm...but I promise you...it's not the only thing.

I don't eat it every day but when I want it..I eat it.

I am restricted and eat very small portions of good food......and I exercise(isn't this the way its supposed to be?)

I just also happen to love ice cream but I do practice willpower;)

OOPPSS,

One more thing.

Can you tell me when you started exercising after the surgery and what kind did you do??

Have you always been a runner or did you start running after getting some of the weight off.

Thanks,

Cid

I was walking around the track at the Y a week after surgery and on the elliptical 2 weeks after. I have never been a "runner" and still don't claim to be. I did the Couch to 5K program(google it) and I walk/jog/walk jog. I am only doing probably 15 min miles. My time was officially 49 minutes for the 5K(I would have been faster if not for my snail hubby) I didn't want to lose him in the crowd of 10 thousand.

I have dreams that I am running. One day it will be a reality.

lol...love the sarcasm...but I promise you...it's not the only thing.

I don't eat it every day but when I want it..I eat it.

I am restricted and eat very small portions of good food......and I exercise(isn't this the way its supposed to be?)

I just also happen to love ice cream but I do practice willpower;)

Ice cream is my nemesis.