Hi,

I am wondering, since being banded have any of you developed really bad leg cramps? You know, the wake you up out of sleep, can't kick off the covers, muscles totally locked up so you can't even walk on it kind of cramps? I just started having these, and man do they HURT!! My calf is sore for a few days after, it feels like I got mule-kicked or something!

I am starting to wonder if I'm lacking something in my diet to cause this? If it keeps up I'll call my doctor and ask about it, but thought I'd throw it out here first and see if anyone else has had this happen.

Thanks, in advance, for any replies!

Hi

Most definitely, as suggested by the other members -calcium -magnesium (incidentally,magnesium contibutes to alleviating carb cravings too) -potassium and plenty of Water.

However, calcium must be supplemented by vitiman D to gain full benefit.

Concerning, the leg cramps - I used to suffer from this and it was agony. A Dr Ali a respected medical advisor in the UK's Daily Mail news paper explained fully why leg cramps occur and it is partly because of lack of oxygen in the muscles and calcium and Vit D help to produce this.

Hope your cramps have gone for good

Best wishes

"Laine":)

I have those too and I have found if I point my toe when they start, the pain will stop.

I commented to someone else last week that my mother read in Dear Abby that putting a couple bars of soap under her fitted sheet in bed helps with leg cramps also. My mother has been doing this now for years and swears by it. I don't know what it is about the soap but MOM is a believer.

I know this sounds silly, but trust me it works though I don't know why. Put a bar of hotel soap between your sheet and mattress. It MUST be hotel soap, any kind will do. Put it around the area where your calves normally area. My dad tried this but he put it on his bedside table and it didn't work - LOL. I am pretty sure I read this in Ann Landers or Dear Abby several years ago, I tried it, I used to have the kind of cramps that wake you up screaming, but no more. Actually I wrote to Dear Abby and asked for a reprint of the article and they said it was not them. But anyway, try it. Good luck.

This is hilarious...but I looked it up (on Urban Legends Reference Pages) and they say that many people swear by this. Had never heard it before, but hey, it's s'thing to remember. And the article said it was in an Ann Landers column. Gotta love this site (LBT). I learn s'thing new everyday.

I have just had a go on a Power Plate trainer and my legs feel as though they have been given a new lease of life.

I did not have cramps when I went on the plate just a bit of stiffness after being to the gym.

The stiffness has disappeared,

This got me thinking that if I woke in the night with leg cramps and stood on the powerplate the cramps would not have a chance!!!

Expensive just for cramps £200 but it also exercises your bottom, legs . arms, everything.

Just thought I would let you all know.

Best wishes

laine