About a month after my surgery I went to Europe with my family for vacation. Needless to say I was well enough to eat and drink damn near anything I wanted and gain some weight back. When I returned home and went to get my first fill my doctor was less than cordial with me and the weight that I put on. In other words he made me feel guilty as hell and with good reason. Up until that point in time I was letting the "power of the band" lose the weight for me instead of taking matters into my own hands and get down to business. Sure you can lose weight by the mere fact that the volume of food you eat is now cut down to a 1/4 of what it once was. Luckily a good friend of mine and his wife had joined a gym just before I had left to go to Europe and invited me to work out with them. I think I made up about every excuse I could think of so I wouldn't have to join, but in the end it was something that I had to do for myself. This friend of mine is really an inspiration to keep me going to the gym even when I don't want to. I am working out 5 to 6 days a week. I will start off on the treadmill for about 45 minutes with some incline and I am up to about 2 1/4 miles, I'm breaking a pretty good sweat. After the cardio we adjourn downstairs to lift weights for about 45 minutes give or take depending on how busy it is. The weight circuit consists of chest, shoulders, back, arms, and legs. 3 sets of whatever suits me on that day and there you have it. On the days that I don't lift weights I will hit the treadmill for 45 or 50 minutes. I am about 2 lbs away from 1) dropping 50 lbs total, and 2) weighing less than 300 lbs in I can't remember how long. I have to keep doing this for myself since no one else will. It sounds strange writing it down but that is what motivates me to keep going everyday. These milestones are still far far away from the place that I need to be, but this is the closest I have ever been, EVER. I really and truly hope that I have the will power to keep rolling with it because like I said, no one is going to do it for me.

We are all doing it with you. Your work out story sounds like mine. I just started moving again. You are inspirational we only have ourselves to do it for NO ONE is going to do it for us, That's for sure. Best wishes. imaluckydog

Wow, you are on the ball! You're getting me fired up and I haven't even been banded yet. Please keep posting - I want to hear more. Thumbs Up!

Isn't exercise great! I never knew I would like it so much. I belly dance, do water aerobics, treadmill and eliptical.

I am having a ball and the benefit is 56lbs gone in 3 months. I am very happy.

Keep up the good work! you are doing wonderful!

Wow, you are on the ball! You're getting me fired up and I haven't even been banded yet. Please keep posting - I want to hear more. Thumbs Up!

Hey Thanks! I appreciate hearing from other people and am surprised how addicting the blogging is turning out to be. I will do my best to post a blog every now and then. Good luck to you in the future with your surgery if that is something you decide to go through with. If you have any questions this site has been a big help for me and I would be more than happy to chat it up with you.

Cheers!

Isn't exercise great! I never knew I would like it so much. I belly dance' date=' do water aerobics, treadmill and eliptical.

I am having a ball and the benefit is 56lbs gone in 3 months. I am very happy.

Keep up the good work! you are doing wonderful!

Thank you for the nice message. I don't know if I can say that I am in love with working out, but it really is a lot more fun than I ever made it out to be in my head. The whole being soar thing is almost like a badge of courage that I wear around with me that reminds me that I am doing what I need to. I think you may have me beat with the weight loss over the first 3 months. Keep up the awesome work!:thumbup:

Mike; you're doing great! Keep it up.

At the begining I thought that just by eatting less that I would be doing well, but as I thought about it, exercise is what I also needed to help me lose weight.

Because we have choosen the band, our weight loss can be slow. I want to use this time to tone up and not have to much hanging around (if you know what I mean) when I get to my goal weight.

I did water aerobics for 2 years and it worked. It helped me get into a workout routine, toned my upper body and it let me ease back into exercise with out pain.

I've moved on to land now and work out for an hour twice a week doing Zumba. This has been the best land exercise I've have every found!