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Hey guys I was banded on Oct. 23rd and I was wondering how long after sugery before you can start excersizing. I was told that I should wait until the full 21 days but I'm wondering if I can go sooner, like tomorrow and walk on the treadmill maybe on a slight incline, no abs of course, lol. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Jbarnes I just read ur post and was shoked that you are eating solids already and asking why u shoud wait an hour before you drink after eating. I was banded on the 23rd and when I was at the OCC those are the things that Dr Miranda and also Dr. Ortiz stressed to me. Before I had the surgery I read the post on this forum and everyone also cautioned that those two things are eating no nos I know its hard I slipped up and had a tiny piece of salmon yesterday, the size of a quarter, and I was sooo scared that I might have stretches my pouch or made my band slip. Ok so what's the point of me writing all this......YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LIFESTYLE CHANGE Its gonnna be really hard but you can not eaat the way you used to you have to change ur old habits or else what was the point oh having this drastic surgery. You don't want to be one of those people who post on here that they haven't lost any weight.....do you?

Auggiewe were banded the same day, I wonder if I saw you at theOCC, I'm gglad ur doing good. I started the drinkable yougert yesterday but I'm still hungry and gassy and bloated, do you feel this way. - havelost afewpounds but have a lot of discomfort. Keep up the good work. -Odette

Hi DisasterWalking, your posts were really helpful to me. Thanx, I'm glad tohear that everything went ok. I will be leaving soon for tj and ihope my experience will go as smoothly.

Hey I'm going in on the 22nd so you will be gone when I get there but I'm also going alone. I was scared to go alone as well, not because of anything that might happen at the hospital or with the surgery, the posts on this board made me feel confident that everything would be ok, noone seemed to have a bad experience. I just didn't want to be by myself. Unfortunately noone could get off work to go with me I read a post by DesasterWalking and it kind of put my mind at ease, she went alone and everything worked out fine. It might be helpful to you as well. Good luck, I'm sure you will be ok. -Odette

Thanx Holly and Karin, You guys u guys r soo great I love this forum it is so helpful, especially to newbies like myself. I have tried adding salad greens to my diet, the only porblem with that is that I don't like too many vegetables. I have less that two weeks until the surgery and still have quite a bit to lose. I have read different posts and have seen that a lot of people have difficulty with the pre-op diet. I am just praying that even if I dont lose all that I have to lose I will still be able to get the surgery.

Thanx Charelle, I used the slimfast optima shakes as well and I mixed in some metamucil b/c I didn't want to drink it by itself but I was still hungry. Then I ended up eating three of the lean cuisines, 'cuz I wasn't full and was very discouraged. I will try again, harder this time. Thanx again for ur comments they are very helpful.

Thanx Karin I appreciate ur help, I think u r right I'm being a little hard on myself, I just don't want to fail at this. I need to pick myself up and try again. I have not read any of Dr. Oz's books, they should be helpful.

Hey whats up all my lap band people, I get banded on the 22nd, go me. I'm a newbie and I'm basically doing the pre-op diet right now. Unfortunately I'm failing miserably. I would love some advice from anyone that might be able to help. I tried option one for about a day and that didn't work, then I switched to option three and that worked for about a day also. I don't know if it is will power that I lack or something but this is not working. I feel like the surgery is right aroung the corner and I am nowhere near my goal. Please Help!!!

Hey Angie what's up, I have been reading ur blog and some of ur posts, I joined recently and u helped me with my pics. I have not commented or posted much, but when I read this it moved me to tears. I know exactly what you are going through, its tough to go through somthing so traumatic at such a young age and even more difficult when those who are supposed to advocate for u don't. My mother didn't advocate for my sister and she tried to commit suicide. I say all of this to let u know that ur not alone keep fighting.