Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Pre-op weigh in and class.

Well today was my pre-op weigh in and class.  Guess what the scale said.....?????? 248!! One more pound gone!  I had some blood work and peed in a cup and off to the class I went.  Hubs came with me and we were the only ones there so it was nice to have the one on one with the nurse.  They said I have the option to stay the night the day of surgery or not, I will wait and see how I feel then.
I was hoping to jog/walk a 5k in August (about 4-5 weeks post-op), but the nurse said I probably shouldn't be jogging, but walking would be okay.  What do you ladies think?  How long after surgery will I be able to get back into my work-out mode?

Speaking of working out, I do a 30 min work-out on my elliptical that burns about 500 calories.  I could probably go a little longer if I really wanted.  I tried jogging a full mile yesterday outside and I couldn't, not even CLOSE!  I would jog for a few min and then have to walk and just kept doing  that the whole mile.  How can I do a work-out on the elliptical that burns WAY more calories, but can't jog a mile?  It's weird to me. Guess I will just stick to the walking and elliptical since I can't jog the 5k anyway.

I am now getting even MORE excited for surgery.  Today kind of solidified the deal and I just can't wait for July20th to roll around!! It will be here before I know it!

3 comments:

Steph said...

Congrats on the pound gone FOREVER and I'm glad your so excited about the surgery. It will be here before you know it!!!

-Grace- said...

I would walk it. I did a 5k a little over a month post-op and could not imagine jogging the entire thing. My doc said walking only for the 1st 6 wks post-op.

Bonnie said...

It is weird how different exercises can make you feel. I have problems with walking/running right now because of shin splints, so I love the elliptical. I'm getting banded on July 9th so I'll be sure to post as much detail as possible for ya. It's cool that there are a few of us getting banded this month.