I am new and am early in the process of getting banded. Your input on any part of the process would be greatly appreciated.Please share What would you do differently?'

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I am new and am early in the process of getting banded. Your input on any part of the process would be greatly appreciated.Please share What would you do differently?'

HEY MY NAME IS LOVELY, I HAVE 2 MORE DAYS TILL I GET THE BAND. mY SUGGESTION IS THAT U START U NEW CHANGE NOW START UR GOOD EATIN HABITS AND JOIN A GYM AND EXCERISE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK BECAUSE ONCE U GET IN THE HABIT OF DOING THINGS NOW IT WILL BE EASIER LATER

I can't think of much I would change. My PCP suggested I undergo WLS to mitigate problems with

diabetes and sleep apnea, and suggested Cedars-Sinai hospital. It's in Beverly Hills, about 150 miles

from where I live and a horrific drive, but It was worth it. I didn't know it at the time, but it's a Center

of Excellence, accredited by the American College of Surgeons and probably the best place in

southern California to have Lap band surgery done. To date I haven't had a single significant problem.

No pain except for the incisions and port and that was minor.

Absolutely nothing.

I gave up dieting and ate what I wanted in moderation, three meals a day with portion control provided by my band. I ignored all the current "wisdom" (fads more like it) about calorie counting, carb counting, high Protein, calorie cycling, five meals a day insanity. I gave up nothing, but I rebalanced my diet. I still eat junk, just less of it.

I began running. I did loads of cardio and a little body weight type strength training at bootcamp, I do body pump when I feel like it, a spin class if I fancy, whatever I feel like doing. I ignored all the current "wisdom" about strength training versus cardio, that running wastes your muscles and makes you skinny fat (pigs arse!), that you should only do interval training, that the elliptical will burn seventeen gajillion calories in only a minute, that you should only train in the fat burning heart rate zone. I'm just more active. Sometimes its more intense than others - occasionally I truly feel like sprinting!

I particularly ignored all the hype and, pardon the french, bullshit to do with Protein shakes, bars, supplements, having this bar before a workout and that shake exactly seventeen minutes and forty seconds after, not one second more or less or it wont work.

Wow - when I type it like that, I just eat and exercise like a normal person. Whodathunk it?