Exercise

[lesles]

Hi Everyone,

Well it is time to start moving now that I'm banded and nearing 4 weeks post op. I will have all summer to really focus on exercising and setting up a routine that I can maintain when I go back to teaching in the fall. I have a 7 month old girl that is now old enough to take to the gym for childcare.

Do you exercise? What type of exercise are people doing and what is the duration? How many days per week? Is there more weigh loss success with the commitment to both diet and exercise. Yes, I know the benefits but would love to hear motivational stories.

Leslie

[Lindsay]

Hi Everyone,

Well it is time to start moving now that I'm banded and nearing 4 weeks post op. I will have all summer to really focus on exercising and setting up a routine that I can maintain when I go back to teaching in the fall. I have a 7 month old girl that is now old enough to take to the gym for childcare.

Do you exercise? What type of exercise are people doing and what is the duration? How many days per week? Is there more weigh loss success with the commitment to both diet and exercise. Yes, I know the benefits but would love to hear motivational stories.

Leslie

bc of time restrictions on my end too, i cycle 8miles a day and that's all for now.

i wish i had the extra motivation to start weight traning again, but i'm lazy.

lol.

don't focus on 'time' - just do what you like to start out.

[Dolittle]

Hi Everyone,

Well it is time to start moving now that I'm banded and nearing 4 weeks post op. I will have all summer to really focus on exercising and setting up a routine that I can maintain when I go back to teaching in the fall. I have a 7 month old girl that is now old enough to take to the gym for childcare.

Do you exercise? What type of exercise are people doing and what is the duration? How many days per week? Is there more weigh loss success with the commitment to both diet and exercise. Yes, I know the benefits but would love to hear motivational stories.

Leslie

Exercise is a great helper. Any is better than none. If you ask 99% of the successful old timers, you'll find they had some sort of daily exercise to help with their weight loss.

[Smiley]

I was allowed to start exercising this week as I am still recovering from my TT and Arm Lift. Prior to these two surgeries I was doing the elliptical 3 or 4 days a week for 30 minutes and some days would throw in some weights depending on time. On Friday I did a spin class for an hour. The elliptical is really good for your knees as it low impact, but be warned, you have to build up to it. You can't just hop on and expect to go for 30 minutes or so. Start out doing 5 minutes a day and build up as you will really feel it in the front of your thighs.

If I don't get up and exercise on Monday morning, I am pretty much out of the exercise loop for the rest of the week. Occasionally I will allow myself to take a Wed. or Thur. off, but not too often. At this point the key it to get up and get moving regardless of what you do - just do something that you enjoy and can stick with. Some gyms offer a couple of free personal training sessions which I would recommend you taking advantage of to learn how to use the machines properly.

Have Fun!

[my_friend_amber]

Hi Everyone,

Well it is time to start moving now that I'm banded and nearing 4 weeks post op. I will have all summer to really focus on exercising and setting up a routine that I can maintain when I go back to teaching in the fall. I have a 7 month old girl that is now old enough to take to the gym for childcare.

Do you exercise? What type of exercise are people doing and what is the duration? How many days per week? Is there more weigh loss success with the commitment to both diet and exercise. Yes, I know the benefits but would love to hear motivational stories.

Leslie

I had a hard time when I first started working out after surgery because it was the first time I'd tried to work out since my days as a high school athlete. The problem was that I only learned how to work out like an athlete and had no idea how to work out like a fat person. I would just murder myself in the gym for 2 days then be a useless pile of noodely arms and legs for a week and a half and then do it all over again. Finally, about 2 months ago I decided I had to quit that crap because it wasn't getting me anywhere.

I now have committed to working out for a minimum of 30 minutes a day for six days a week (Sundays are just for rest, God, and family to me - I need the break!). I will do elliptical machines on Monday, Wednesdays, and Friday, typically on variable resistance for 30 minutes, then I usually do at least 10 minutes of light weight, high repitition weight lifting (very important in helping skin to bounce back and giving the body lean muscle to burn those calories!) On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, I do what I call "my walk/jog." When I first started it was all I could do to get in 30 straight minutes of walking, but I now will walk for 3 minutes 45 seconds and jog for 1 minute 15 seconds. I keep moving up the jogging time in that ratio (I started wiht 4:30 walk and :30 jog) and eventually hope to be able to run for 30 solid minutes again.

Also, on Saturdays I will go at a lot harder intensity because I know I have a whole day of rest the next day to recuperate on. Another thing I like to do is, if I have any energy left over, I like to literally go "play" with my husband - last Saturday we went to these cliffs and climbed up and down them for as long as I could stand it, which only amounted to about 30 minutes, but that is some great and fun exercise! Finally, for me, it's super important to stretch every time I work out - my leg muscles especially will get big build ups of lactic acid and I will be sore for 2 days if I don't spend 5 minutes stretching out my major muscle groups.

I hope this helps at all! Happy working out, friends!!