My surgery is scheduled to be done the morning of April 17th 2012 with Dr. Ortiz...at the Obesity Control Center......

Well here I am 8 days before surgery, 8 pounds off with 3 more to go to be able to meet my required weight loss! I found that an hour or two after dinner I am hungry again. What I found helps is to take a metamucil pill at 3 pm ish....that staves off hunger. I will have to remember to ask Dr. Ortiz what I should do when hunger strikes (especially in evenings) after surgery.

I have a whole list of questions to ask Dr. Ortiz before I have surgery. It seems so many of you are stuck on losing only 50 or so pounds...that would not make me happy as I really need to lose 80 to 100. I am 5'8 1/2 and weighed 230 when I started my preop.

Does any one know how soon you can start to exercise/golf after surgery???

My surgery is scheduled to be done the morning of April 17th 2012 with Dr. Ortiz...at the Obesity Control Center......

Well here I am 8 days before surgery' date=' 8 pounds off with 3 more to go to be able to meet my required weight loss! I found that an hour or two after dinner I am hungry again. What I found helps is to take a metamucil pill at 3 pm ish....that staves off hunger. I will have to remember to ask Dr. Ortiz what I should do when hunger strikes (especially in evenings) after surgery.

I have a whole list of questions to ask Dr. Ortiz before I have surgery. It seems so many of you are stuck on losing only 50 or so pounds...that would not make me happy as I really need to lose 80 to 100. I am 5'8 1/2 and weighed 230 when I started my preop.

Does any one know how soon you can start to exercise/golf after surgery???[/quote']

You can start to walk right after surgery, walk walk walk, as for other exercise I think that varies on each individual, I had my surgery march 8 , no way can I do more then walk, I have noticed this week that I feel stronger(very tender mid section), so I am going to try more, as for golf, I am a golfer was told no golfing, vacuuming, washing floors for 3 months after surgery, that is 1 of the reasons I decided to have surgery in march, be ready for golf season. I am down 31 lbs , 16 "I am at stall right now , but that is ok, it happens, especially now that I am on solid foods, body going wow she is feeding me again,lol. As for wondering abouting hunger pains after surgery, do not think you will have this issue anymore, since my surgery I have had none, other then first thing in morning, lunch, supper, in between not hungry at all.

I like you have 75 lbs to loose and I know that will be off by August , only 44 lbs to go, the other thing to remember is the scale is sometimes not our friend, measure yourself once you get home and keep checking once a week, those inches are just as important as the weight loss, follow the program , watch what you eat and you will lose np.

Gl, looking forward to hearing about your journey.

I had my surgery on march 3rd and I started at the gym on 1st. So I think its up to your body and how it heals. I am down 33lbs but I have alot more to go I definitely am not a light weight lol!

I had my surgery on march 3rd and I started at the gym on 1st. So I think its up to your body and how it heals. I am down 33lbs but I have alot more to go I definitely am not a light weight lol!

What kind of exercise are you doing at the gym, I started doing the 4 lb bells for my batwings, trying tone those up, then hopefully do the wii for yoga

30min cardio then 30min weight lifting. I do arms one day then legs the next day my goal is to get in 5-6 days a week but I am working up to that lol!

thanks for the great info you guys!! I guess i will have to cancel my golf games for the first and second week of march!! I will plan on walking as much as possible!! 7 more days!!

thanks for the great info you guys!! I guess i will have to cancel my golf games for the first and second week of march!! I will plan on walking as much as possible!! 7 more days!!

...ooops i ment may

...ooops i ment may

I thought that is what u meant getting close

I wouldn't necessarily cancel golf for May. I was back at the gym at the beginning of my 3rd week post surgery and even doing stuff where I was laying on my stomach. My dr basically said there are no restrictions, just do what's comfortable. I also enjoy golfing, and think had the weather been permitting I could have golfed in my 3rd weeks post op. I think the biggest thing that might hold you back is that you may get tired easier and not be able to finish all 18 holes. The reality is you don't have to worry about your stomach except when it comes to food. The rest is just the healing of the incision sites.