Elevation and restriction

DeLarla · July 18, 2005

Holy cow! That's all I gotta say. We went to the mountains in Utah this weekend, elevation 11,000 feet. After riding in the blazing heat for 6 hours, then hiking up the hills and all over the resort with our luggage, all I could manage all night were a few raisins. I tried dinner at 9:00 p.m. but could hardly get down Soup.

I need to move to high ground! I totally forgot what the band is all about, now I need a port really bad because that was the best restriction ever.

La_madam · July 18, 2005

Isint it great..I get that whenever I go up to the cabin in Big bear..

Strange how altitude, flying, humidity, barametric pressure affects our bands

Vera · July 18, 2005

I lost in Yosemite 5,000/7,000 feet, didn't even think about food.

11K too cool

At work all I do is test in Azimuth and Elevation, antenna test terms.

live2canoe · July 18, 2005

I already live at 6,000 ft.

Hmmmm does that mean at sea level I'd be wide open? Come to think of it - I have been to sea level a few times since being banded, and it did seem like I had less restriction.

I'll have to take a trek up to Leadville (11,000 ft +) and see what happens.

giveyouthemoon · July 18, 2005

Yay, I'm going to Colorado Springs next weekend. Flying AND high elevation! Whoo hoo, you mean I might actually have restriction and not this "see food eat food" thing I'm doing now??

Wow....imagine the possibilities.....

DeLarla · July 19, 2005

Vera, you crack me up cause I have no idea what the heck you're talking about. And now I'm intrigued at the idea of "less restriction at sea level." Things that make you go hmmmmm....

I'm off to 6,000 feet elevation this weekend. That's still not 11,000, but I'm going to see if I feel a difference.

I really need to get serious about getting my new port because that restriction was so awesome. I ordered a full meal, with salad. Chris ordered a full meal with Soup. I traded in my entire meal just for his appetizer soup, which wasn't even easy going down. I brought my entire meal, plus salad up to my room and ended up throwing away a baby-back rib dinner! ME, throwing away ribs? Elevation rocks!

Angeleyes · July 19, 2005

So what part of Utah were you in?

DeLarla · July 19, 2005

We were at a ski resort in Brianhead, UT, which is up the mountain from Cedar City. Boy, I sure wish we could travel more and more and more. I'm one of those that can't wait to retire and buy a Winnebago! Wanna come?

Angeleyes · July 19, 2005

It sound great, I was in the Uintah Mountians on a camping trip east of Salt Lake City. Weekends are great aren't they. I plan on returning to the Mountians for the next two weekends for camping trips and then going into Salt Lake City for shopping on the third weekend. I would like to retire too but I don't have enough money to live the life style I like without the pay check.

vinesqueen · July 21, 2005

Whenever my DH comes to visit me at school he has amazing restriction. I'm considering whether I should get a fill before I go back to school. I have almost a month to decide though.

I just spent a miserable 5 days in NY. The heat was terrible, and my band hates the heat.