HomePatient EducationLife After WLSExercise after Weight Loss Surgery gwhqadmin June 28, 2009 Life After WLS 12 Comments 12 Responses Pam September 11, 2009 I found water aeorbic and love it. It is low impact for my bad knees, but you really get a workout. Try it you’ll love it. Michelle April 23, 2010 Good article! I’m almost 2 months post-op and have lost 51 pounds…now I feel well enough to start a regular exercise regime! I’ll start SLOW, though…my body’s not used to working out! Nicole September 29, 2010 Michelle I am thinking about getting the band…I have pcos and I am having a hard time getting my weight off. What do you mean by “now you feel well enough to exercise”. For the past two months did you feel really bad? How long did it take you to get back on your feet after you had it done? I hope to hear from you đŸ™‚ Ellen November 29, 2010 My GSD is 12/22. I am anxious to get started but feel daunted because I haven’t been able to exercise. I am not able to walk for long. I am hoping it won’t be too late after the surgery. I know how important it is. There is no one around to encourage me. anthony July 22, 2011 I had the lap band two years ago this April. I started my weight loss will be 3 years this September. From 328 to 197 pounds. With out exercise i would not be where i am at! I go to Golds gym 4 days a week with 3-4 spin classes and weight training. I have done bike tours of 35 miles, 42 and 70 miles. I am signed up for 75 and 100 miles. My first exercise for the first year was just walking everyday! Yely March 14, 2012 So It’s been 1 year since I had my GBS I have lost 150lbs but I have been lazy and have not done any real exercis. But it’s time to start I have been walking 32min a day every day and zumba for wii 20 min a day 4 times a week it’s fun. To those people that want to know for me the surgery was not painful I was in pain the 1st 2 days then just sour by the 4th day I was off the pain meds. If I had to do the surgery aging I will do it. I FEEL THE BEST I HAD IN ALL MY LIFE. Dee April 14, 2012 Does this site ever get updated????…Anyhow…My surgery was 3/1/2010..(today is 4/14/12..Im two yrs out..My first year I didnt exercise much. I had to learn & teach myself about FOOD. I had to get a grip on my relationship with it, which I never had before. I had to learn how to become friends with it. Not to ‘regret’ it. I learn all about food and its properties, and what it was doing to by body. I learn what ‘super-foods’ were. I had to teach myself to eat breakfast. I had to be very selfish my first year out. My family was taken aback at first, but now their on board and happy, we ALL eat well, even my husband!..now that I have that knowledge and am comfortable with it, food and I are friends. Now I have started to concentrate on my exercise regime. I have been doing cardio and strength training. I went from 235 lbs to a healthy 115 lbs. (Im 5′ 3″) and actually have muscles..lol Dee April 14, 2012 P.S…I forgot to say this..before surgery, my doctor and I made sure I had a Dietician, nutritionist, psychologist, psychiatrist, and a life coach in place. I promise you, without those wonderful people I could NOT have gotten through this alone. At every turn they were there for me and all my questions, fears and concerns. Im part of a wls support group in my community. Its all connected and very relative. WLS is a rollercoast of emotions, fear being my worst obstacle. They were and are very important to how successful I have become and will continue to be. They have taught me so much! Micki September 27, 2012 I had my surgery on Sept 5, 2012 and I as of today I have lost 28 lbs so far. I weighed myself yesterday and I am still in the same spot. I am not a motivated to exercise or walk for that matter. I’m struggling with eating the right foods. My surgery was gastric sleeve. I need encouragement….. Jennifer October 9, 2012 I had my surgery on Sept 27, 2012 and as of Oct 8, 2012 I have lost 25 lbs. I had the gastric sleeve surgery. I find it hard to motivate myself to exercise but when I decided to do this surgery I also decided I would do what is necessary to lose the weight. I do manage to walk every day. I have a lot of great people cheering me on between family and friends. Jeanette October 21, 2012 I weight 269 and I don’t have the money and I have to pay $3,000,but i want this surgery because i been over weight all my life Vanessa November 3, 2012 Hi Jeanette, I weigh the exact amount and I so badly want the surgery. I have no insurance and I am unemployed so I don’t have the money. I have lost 42 pounds on my own but its such a horrible journey. The ups and downs on the scale drive me crazy. I wish there was a way for me to have the surgery. I want to become a productive citizen again.
Pam September 11, 2009 I found water aeorbic and love it. It is low impact for my bad knees, but you really get a workout. Try it you’ll love it.
Michelle April 23, 2010 Good article! I’m almost 2 months post-op and have lost 51 pounds…now I feel well enough to start a regular exercise regime! I’ll start SLOW, though…my body’s not used to working out!
Nicole September 29, 2010 Michelle I am thinking about getting the band…I have pcos and I am having a hard time getting my weight off. What do you mean by “now you feel well enough to exercise”. For the past two months did you feel really bad? How long did it take you to get back on your feet after you had it done? I hope to hear from you đŸ™‚
Ellen November 29, 2010 My GSD is 12/22. I am anxious to get started but feel daunted because I haven’t been able to exercise. I am not able to walk for long. I am hoping it won’t be too late after the surgery. I know how important it is. There is no one around to encourage me.
anthony July 22, 2011 I had the lap band two years ago this April. I started my weight loss will be 3 years this September. From 328 to 197 pounds. With out exercise i would not be where i am at! I go to Golds gym 4 days a week with 3-4 spin classes and weight training. I have done bike tours of 35 miles, 42 and 70 miles. I am signed up for 75 and 100 miles. My first exercise for the first year was just walking everyday!
Yely March 14, 2012 So It’s been 1 year since I had my GBS I have lost 150lbs but I have been lazy and have not done any real exercis. But it’s time to start I have been walking 32min a day every day and zumba for wii 20 min a day 4 times a week it’s fun. To those people that want to know for me the surgery was not painful I was in pain the 1st 2 days then just sour by the 4th day I was off the pain meds. If I had to do the surgery aging I will do it. I FEEL THE BEST I HAD IN ALL MY LIFE.
Dee April 14, 2012 Does this site ever get updated????…Anyhow…My surgery was 3/1/2010..(today is 4/14/12..Im two yrs out..My first year I didnt exercise much. I had to learn & teach myself about FOOD. I had to get a grip on my relationship with it, which I never had before. I had to learn how to become friends with it. Not to ‘regret’ it. I learn all about food and its properties, and what it was doing to by body. I learn what ‘super-foods’ were. I had to teach myself to eat breakfast. I had to be very selfish my first year out. My family was taken aback at first, but now their on board and happy, we ALL eat well, even my husband!..now that I have that knowledge and am comfortable with it, food and I are friends. Now I have started to concentrate on my exercise regime. I have been doing cardio and strength training. I went from 235 lbs to a healthy 115 lbs. (Im 5′ 3″) and actually have muscles..lol
Dee April 14, 2012 P.S…I forgot to say this..before surgery, my doctor and I made sure I had a Dietician, nutritionist, psychologist, psychiatrist, and a life coach in place. I promise you, without those wonderful people I could NOT have gotten through this alone. At every turn they were there for me and all my questions, fears and concerns. Im part of a wls support group in my community. Its all connected and very relative. WLS is a rollercoast of emotions, fear being my worst obstacle. They were and are very important to how successful I have become and will continue to be. They have taught me so much!
Micki September 27, 2012 I had my surgery on Sept 5, 2012 and I as of today I have lost 28 lbs so far. I weighed myself yesterday and I am still in the same spot. I am not a motivated to exercise or walk for that matter. I’m struggling with eating the right foods. My surgery was gastric sleeve. I need encouragement…..
Jennifer October 9, 2012 I had my surgery on Sept 27, 2012 and as of Oct 8, 2012 I have lost 25 lbs. I had the gastric sleeve surgery. I find it hard to motivate myself to exercise but when I decided to do this surgery I also decided I would do what is necessary to lose the weight. I do manage to walk every day. I have a lot of great people cheering me on between family and friends.
Jeanette October 21, 2012 I weight 269 and I don’t have the money and I have to pay $3,000,but i want this surgery because i been over weight all my life
Vanessa November 3, 2012 Hi Jeanette, I weigh the exact amount and I so badly want the surgery. I have no insurance and I am unemployed so I don’t have the money. I have lost 42 pounds on my own but its such a horrible journey. The ups and downs on the scale drive me crazy. I wish there was a way for me to have the surgery. I want to become a productive citizen again.
