You can really tell you are out of shape when....

[xtightend 0]

....you leave you house on Long Island (elevation about 5' above sea level) and go to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado (elevation 14,000' plus). I was really huffing and puffing up there. Good think I am supposed to get banded next month. There has to be a lot less of me before I take up mountain climbing.http://www.lapbandtalk.com/images/smilies/modern/blink.gif

[gottaloseit 0]

Shoot I don't need a mountain to tell me I'm out of shape. I can't even walk up a flight of stairs without huffing and puffing. I'd die on the mountain IF I made it to the top. Come to think of it I'm breathing hard just sitting here typing this reply lol

[xtightend 0]

I forgot to mention...there is a road all the way to the top of Pike's Peak. We drove up there in a rented Nissan Altima lol. I got out of breath walking from the car to the gift shop!!

[gottaloseit 0]

Haha lol. I thought you climbed, I was thinking shoot I wish I could walk without feeling winded. But that's OK your get it together. It's always harder to breath at high elevations anyway when your used to being near sea level.

[wnt2lose 0]

Those mountains are very special to me! I was on top of the mountain when I decided I needed a change.

If you go north to Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park you can go up Trail Ridge Road to the top of the mountain. It was the summer of 2007, I had just about died walking up the steps to the top from the welcome center and it was then that I knew I needed a change. It was so beautiful and I felt like I was literally on top of the world, but I couldn't enjoy it because I was huffing and puffing so bad. Here I am a little over a year past, and I am 100lbs less than when I was on that mountain.

I owe my new life to that vacation to the mountains and I can't wait to go back and enjoy it in my new body! Next time I want to run up those steps!

Good luck with your upcoming band date!