Hello everyone. On the Lap-Band website they are offering access to a program called Lean for Life by Lindora. It's part of their My Lap-Band TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Change) by Lindora area. Apparently, you get a free 10-week program including support through the Lap-Band site.

Has anyone heard of this program and/or used it??

If so, what are your thoughts? Does it work?

I e-mailed my surgeon's office this morning, but have yet to receive a reply.

Any info. is greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks

My doctor told me about it on a recent visit. All you need to get signed up is your surgery date, the doctor didn'thave to do anything to activate it.

It looks really interesting to me. It also includes two nurse phone calls during the 10 weeks. I'm starting on Monday. Why don't you do it too and we can support each other? Maybe we can get other Bandsters to do it too?

Britt

I am interested. I have my surgery next week on tuesday the 14th.

Hello. You are correct - signing up is all you have to do to get started. However, once you sign up your program is active. You can put it on hold 1 time during the entire 10 weeks and it cannot be on hold for more than 14 days.

What I did was register and set everything up. Then I downloaded their book (chapter by chapter) and printed it out so I could read it before I actually started the program.

Anyhew - I wasn't able to start when I had planned on it and am heading up north at the end of next week to visit family and attend a birthday party. SO, I have decided to not bother starting until I return on the 27th. In fact, it probably won't be until the following week so that I have some time to prepare. I'm also gonna try to get the hubby to join me, which may be interesting.

Luckily, I'm not doing too bad food wise as it is. However, I do think that the Lindora program will really help me to kick my efforts up a notch.

I've been exercising either 4 or 5 days a week at the gym (40 min. on the treadmill and some ab woke) and was excited because I thought I was getting healthier, etc... Then this past Saturday rolled around. OMG - the hubby & I got out our tennis stuff and headed to the courts. I thoght I was gonna die. It was so much more exhausting than I EVER remember it being. Then came Sunday....I was and still am sore in places thatI didn't even know I had muscles.!!! It's just insane.

So, I think that once I get back from PA and get meals planned for at least one week - then I'll begin my 10 week trek (I'm thinking May 4th).

In the meantime, if anyone has tried the program yet, please let me know as I'm anxious to hear people's experiences with it.

Thanks again!