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:) hellooos!

I am currently on my 6 months diet for my insurance to approve me to get the band so YAY and GOODLUCK FOR ME lol.

I've been reading threads and I see alot of peoples talking about how they eat and what they eat to lose the weight but I never really see anything additional about exercise.

My question to you all is, do you exercise often? If so what type of exercises do you do? Or do you pretty much leave it up to the types of foods and portions you eat to lose?

Just a curious future bander :)

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Omg!! lol!! by all means do exercise =) I do a work out video Sweating to the oldies #2 it's about one hours I do it 5 times a week and maybe one 20 min walk a week. =)

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<img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> hellooos!

I am currently on my 6 months diet for my insurance to approve me to get the band so YAY and GOODLUCK FOR ME lol.

I've been reading threads and I see alot of peoples talking about how they eat and what they eat to lose the weight but I never really see anything additional about exercise.

My question to you all is' date=' do you exercise often? If so what type of exercises do you do? Or do you pretty much leave it up to the types of foods and portions you eat to lose?

Just a curious future bander <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote']

Every day 20 min for now. 2 weeks post op. have you seen any of banded Wendy's or gherlinBGone's YouTube videos.

Both are essential!

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I will check the youtubers out now! I have been doing basic cardio and 30 min walks lol but I just found it interesting how I didnt really see anything about workouts lol.

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I am in the same boat you are JSahi. I have to diet 6 months before surgery also.

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Congrats, I hope all goes well for you! I just started. I got one month down of the 6.

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Working out will be necessary. There are threads solely about exercise. Even if you lose all the weight you want, a sedentary lifestyle is never good for anyone. Trust me, you will hit plateaus and will have no choice but to start working out. Nothing magic about the band. Still gotta do the hard work.

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Daily exercise, I also do weight lifitng 3 days a week. For maintaining the weight loss it is key.

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all i can do is walk.

so i do it as often and as far as i can

i guess do what you can with what you have

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Early on I swam and did Water aerobics since I had a really bad knee problem. 2 years out I'm doing 5 to 7 miles a day walk

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