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I have been doing the couch to 5k for about 3 1/2 weeks. I can't say I love it because that would be saying I love exericise and I don't think that will ever happen. However I do thik it is a great program. What I like is you can stay on the "week" until you are ready to move on. I had to repeat one and I am repeating week 2. However there is a 5k in my town in september and I WILL be running in that! Good luck to you!

WOW! Good Job.

On that topic I think I will go today for the firt time in a few years! I will cover my belly and my face.

I had trouble drinking anything after and eventually could not keep even water down. I ended up having to have another surgery because my original was to tight and had to get a bigger one. So if you get where you can hold water down call doctor. However I think the other pain and stuff is pretty normal. Good luck!

I had one yesterday with chicken and pasta and could only eat half. I am learning that pasta and rice are a no no for me along with bread so it might be hard to find one that will work. Some people do fine with those things so either way good luck to you!

Yummmmmy!

Store your food in small plastic bags like ziplock. Then bring a glass bowl like a pyrex dish and transfer from bag to dish. If you sit the food out in the morning after a couple of hours it will be easy enough to get out of the bag.

I had lapband Sept 30th and on Oct 2 had to have a revision because I could not even keep water down. Doctor had to put a larger band in because he said even empty the first one was just to tight (really sucks because I am self pay). I had two fill before yesterday and when I went in yesterday before he did another fill he had me do a swallow xray, sorry cant spell the correct name for it. He has me do one after each fill anyway and said I had NO restriction. Well I could have told him that lol. Any way he gave me a full cc and another swallow test and again no restriction so he gave me another full cc and still no restriction. You could tell he was puzzled but said he wouldn’t give me another one for a couple of week because he didn't want it to be to tight. Why after 3.5 cc would I not have any restriction? After my 2nd fill I could tell a little difference for a couple of weeks but didn't last long. I am wondering if he should have left the smaller band in but after only 4 days of that I was so dehydrated I could not go on like that. I guess we will see how this goes but I am out over 40k (have not paid all of that yet and don't know if I ever will be able to) and getting VERY discouraged.

Sounds normal to me! People just kept telling me to allow myself to heal before my fist fill and practice taking small bites and eating slow. It is hard until you get restriction (just started feeling it this weekend) but its worth it. I know I kept feeling like if I could do by myself I wouldn't have got the band. Good Luck!!

Soup like tomato soup does nothing for me as far as feeling full. I try to eat less but it is just me doing it not the band. I also eat cream of chicken soup for the first couple of days because it has protein. I have had three fills and was worried that even this last one did not do much good but once I tried to eat more solid food I realized that I had restriction. I was getting very discouraged but feeling a lot better now. I bet you will be able to tell a diffrence once you are eating solid food. Just be careful and eat very very slow. Good Luck!

Good News I am feeling some restriction! It seems like in the morning I can pretty much just handle liquids or a protine shake, soup or somthing very thin for lunch and dinner I can handel food that is a little more solid. I will have to work even harder on eating slower and taking smaller bits but I am pretty happy right now. Pretty exicted! Cazzy- My doctor did write off his amount of the bill but the hopsital and others did not. I have great health insurance but it does not cover WLS or complications due to WLS. The collections lady at the hopsital said that if I did not have health insurance I could apply for a grant from the hospital to help with the bill but because I do have insurance even though it doent cover this I am not eligible to apply. Makes no sense to me. I guess they will get what I can afford and I am just not going to worry about it!

I did drink tea and ate soup for lunch today. And all went down fine. Did not feel like I had any restriction but maybe because there was no solid food in the soup. Last night I didn't have chicken noodle soup or anything with veggies but did have crackers so maybe that was it? I hope I start feeling some restriction soon.

I did try to eat cream of chicken soup last night with a couple of crackers in it and I could keep even two bits down. I am just supposed to be on liquids for 24 hours but was thinking the soup was a liquid. May the barium swallow was not correct and I do have restriction? I just want to scream because I feel like I can't even do lapband right.

Wondering if you are better after your 2nd fill? I was banded Oct 2 and I feel your pain! My second fill help a very little bit but I get my nest one on 02/02. I know it will do the trick. I also have started doing low carb. I know I can't do that long term but I need the scale to move. Anyway Good luck!!

I need to read #7 every day. Somedays more than once!

So Glad I am not the only one! Wish I could eat two chicken nuggets and be full the rest of the time. Oh well maybe after my next fill.

I started it in November and really it.December has been so busy and I was sick so starting over January 1st. I do suggest walking on days your are not doing the program. Luck to everyone!