DH and I are waiting and working for approval to be banded in March. Anyone else?:ranger:

Ok ladies! February is only 2 days away.

I'm committing myself to stop the "Last Supper" syndrome and, starting Friday after work, going to the gym to exercise @ least 3 days a week.

If you can't get to or don't belong to a gym, how about starting walking? We can get pedometers and target for so many steps a week.

:frown:

I'm not sure about what a good number is to target for, do if anyone knows what a good goal is,

please chime in!

So......do I have any joiners/challengers? :biggrin::party:

Count me in! Gotta end this "last supper" syndrome, too! I have/had a 8-10 can of Dr. Pepper a day habit and as of yesterday I have replaced 2 of those with bottles of Water and am going to progress until I am off ALL sodas. I can't gain 20 pounds before I even get my band.

With my crazy schedule and 4 kids, I may not be able to jump right on a new exercise program tho. I will figure out something to get some sqeezed in. Um, maybe plug in the treadmill I have sitting in the garage?

I'm in!

Yeah.........:tongue:

I'll start our list & whoever else wants to join in can too! I'll have to see if we can do some sorta thing thru Ticker website to track our steps! If anyone else knows how you're more than welcome to create something that we can use/copy!

Athena's Marchers Exercisers:

O2BThinAgain

Mom007

I am hoping to be banded in February. I had my last psych eval on Jan 23rd, and her report has been sent to my clinic, so I am hoping that it will get sent in soon and the insurance will approve me fast!!!

Count me in too! (for the exercise)

Athena's Marchers Exercisers

O2BThinAgain

Mom007

egorsgirl1

ajoneen-Amanda

I broke out the pedometer and visited this site

http://www.beactiveforlife.org/Walking/setting_reasonable_goals.htm I see that I have to wear the pedometer for a week then set a goal. So I'm starting with 2000 steps and going from there.

I plugged in the treadmill but it must not have like sitting for so long idle. The motor made a strange sound then started a burning smell. So I'm in the market for a new exercise machine. I'm looking at elliptical and treadmills.

I get moments of "last supper syndrome" I'm not proud of them. I am also realistic that I will have moments with the band where I will eat badly. I just know that with the new tool the times will not be excessive and I will be accountable when the scale does not drop.

Holy Mackeral! You've lost 23 pounds already AND you haven't been banded yet!?!? Good job.....

I've got the pedometer out, but I haven't been able to get to the gym this week. Striving for tomorrow evening, as my son has something at school this evening that we need to attend.

I've been doing well fighting the "last supper" syndrome these past few days! I did go golfing on Sunday also. It was cart path only, so we did a lot of walking! Guess I should have put the pedometer on then!

I'm already part of the February Excercise challege on the OH board. I'm working on at least 1000 minutes of excercise this month; 175 completed so far.

Being banded 3/4 at Tampa General with Dr. Murr...pre/op 2/28...Good Luck to all!!

I had my first appt on 12/27 wit surgeon and paperwork was sent to BC/BS of Ct on 01/31 I got my approval on 2/7 and my surgery is scheduled for 3/12. I could have had it earlier but I just came out of the hospital with a bronchial infection and was out of work for two weeks and I don't have any time since I'm fairly new at work. They also wanted to give my body time to heal. I'm so excited. I start my preop diet on 3/2

sharon:)

Dr. Tischler

Ct.

Hartford Hospital

I finished the last of my insurance required Dr/Nut/Excercise appointments last week and the final paperwork is being submitted to Aetna tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers and toes that they will approve quickly but the patient coordinator says Aetna is the slowest company to respond so it may be 3 to 4 weeks before I get an answer. If they take too long, it might be April before I can be banded.

OH my God I hear you...I've had the "last supper" since October...trying to get some control over my eating so I won't be so shocked when I am on the preop.....

sharon:)

I started doing a liquid lunch today, to prepare for my pre-op diet, which I start next Tuesday (02/26). I've been reading about which Protein to use. I've tried soy in the past, but I didn't lose anything. I don't think my system liked soy, so I'm using whey. I bought the Designer Whey powder, which I tried for the first time today. It's not bad! They also have fruit drink Protein Powder, which I bought, to add to Water in between meals. It's supposed to help keep ya full. I had one this morning about 10:00 & had my lunch drink around 12:30. We'll see how it works!

I did get to the gym yesterday & had a great workout. Going again Wednesday evening. I forgot my pedometer though. I need to find it!

Has anyone tried any other shakes? I don't want to do Slimfast, as I think it's overpriced & I've never had luck using it, even when I used it faithfully. I need low-carb & low-sugar. I saw another one that I'd like to try, called Syntrax nectar. Has anyone heard of or tried it?

:scared2:I have been approved for surgery have to call tomorrow to see what i have to do next. Looks like I'll be banded in march for sure. Now I'm really scared.

That's awesome! Whew-whoa!