Fitness & Exercise

Hi All, I've been banded for 3 weeks already. I've been going to the gym for two weeks already. I go five days a week for one hour. I do the bicycle for 30 minutes, I walk for 15 minutes and I jog for 15 minutes with no problems. The problem is that if i try to run fast the part where i have the port starts hurting alot and i was wondering if that's going to be forever. I guess this question is for those who have been banded for a longer time than I have. I used to play soccer and I'm itching to start playing again. Any advice or comments will be gladly appreciated. Keep up the good work everyone....and losing weight.

Hi all -- I've never been good at exercising (Hate it, plus leftover gym class trauma). Now I have to do it to work with my band so here I am. I know there are some runners out there, and i'd like to ask for your advice. I have never run before but want to try it because: 1. running burns many more calories/hour than walking and other exercise that I can do. (I don't swim.) 2. I don't have to buy special equipment except sneakers. 3. It looks/sounds cool. But I am really scared: what if I get hurt? That's the big one. But also: What if I hate it? What if I suck at it? What if I can't do it because I am too fat? Should I try running or just go with something e…

I have struggled with my weight all my life. Before I got pregnant I was going to the gym and killing myself eating healthy food while others around me were eating Krispy Kremes. The weight lost was almost non-existant. I got my band on 8/9/07, a week later I was exercising. For the first time in my life I could see a weight loss difference after exercising. Man that was AWSOME!!!!! It made me feel so good, it made me want to go exercise just so I could jump on the scale and see it working. My weight loss is at a plateau and I am dying for my first fill, but I just wanted to share my excitement with the rest of you all. I can't wait for my fill so I can see those …

I am so anxious to start working out. I have been walking some, but not nearly enough. I had surgery on August 28th, I am still sore when I bend over so I'm sure stretching is out of the question. Ideas would be very helpful. I am worried that the longer I wait the better chance I have of getting saggy!

I got one of the Tanita scales that measures body fat and Water, etc. I know, I know those things aren't accurate....so I thought I would just use it to trend my BF, y'know? I mean, it is pretty consistent from day to day, so whatever it IS measuring, it's measuring consistently. Ok, so I've been using this scale for about a month. And according to this scale it says my BF is going UP, my water is going down and my weight is going down. What this tells me is that I'm depleting muscle!!! WTF??? I'm doing it all by the BOOK!! :help: Any words of wisdom out there??

Hi everyone - can anybody tell me what exercises to do for my flabby upper arms? I do have 5 lb. weights that I kind of use but I really don't know what the heck I'm doing. I was just banded on August 1, 2007 so I am new to this - any help would be greatly appreciated! Sweetpea51:help:

Ok. on the advice of those here, I started the Cool Running "Couch to 5k" program today. :whoo: But I know to keep myself motivated, I'm going to have to keep it fun. I took two suggestions that I noted from other threads here: 1. Bought new exercise clothes -- specifically shoes. And since they were having a BOGO sale, I had to buy another pair too. :rolleyes 2. Music -- I knew there was a reason to keep that Awesome 80's CD around. Nothing like trite tunes with a beat (anyone remember the Go-GO's??) to keep up the motivation. No need to think about it, just keep moving! Any other suggestions out there to make exercise fun? frog.

Okay all, I am here to lose at LEAST ten pounds this month and strive for a solid 100 miles a week biking. Of course my hour strength training three days a week too. I can do this!!!!

I was banded at the end of June this year, and met a good friend online at this site...(she was banded in July). We've both been commenting on how we know we should exercise, yet neither one of us had started yet. She came up with a great idea, that I'd like to pass along to everyone. I live in Upstate NY, and she lives in Long Island. She calculated the mileage from my town to hers, and we're now on an exercise competition to see who could do that distance first. We're both walkers and/or exercise bikers so it's pretty even. We just started this on 9/1, and so far I've had the competitive ambition to walk 2 to 2.5 miles every day. This is exactly the kick in th…

Dog walking problem-Help! My 95 pound dog pulls only when other dogs are around-its a problem being 2 weeks out of surgery. Last week I walked him ( 1 1/2 weeks post op), and he pulled as we passed another dog enering my building, it really hurt! Tonight was worse! I hope I didn't tare my stitched-I don't want band slippage! Imput please.

hi i just want to know how soon can exercise after lap band surgery..and what sort of exercises can i do?? do you follow a schedule of exercises you can do as weeks pass? i will have my surgery done late next month and i want to prepare myself for whats ahead..i have been fat all my life and feel that this is the time for me to think about my health..:huggie:

ok, i need a place to post what i have (or have not) done... anyone please feel free to join in. Interval training elliptical / upper body 43 mins just elliptical 10 mins ball workout crunches tricepts 5 mins i need to work on crunches again. i am going to try to get some in tonight.

Okay here is my perdicament. I have finally decided to take up exercising seriously and I have a membership to our local YMCA which I just love. Okay my problem is at first I was thinking that as long as I was doing cardio I was doing good. I was loving the elliptical machine. So along comes a guy into my life that is big into working out and tells me no no..I need to just do the treadmill and walk and burn the fat. Keep my heart rate at a certain rate..about 119 and don't go over. So thats what I've been doing..and switching working out my arms and legs on the machines..(abs every time ). I dunno I just don't get it I guess. I figured if I was actually increasing my hear…

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I am confessing to falling off the exercise wagon. I quit smoking 7 days ago and that first week I was pretty depressed. I just didn't CARE about going to the gym. Not at all. I was just giving myself lots of permission to do anything I wanted....except smoke. Ok...so that worked. I'm still smoke free. Well, now it's time to get back at it. Enough rest. EXCEPT that Saturday I had a massage and the masseuse was doing some wierd quad stretches on me and has apparently hurt my lower back quite badly. I have a weak back anyway. It WAS getting so much better with exercise and now, today, I can barely walk. It's gonna take another 2-3 days before I can get to the …

I'd like to participate in a marathon in April 2008 (8 months from now!) but I have no idea how best to prepare. Any advice out there? I'm planning to start hitting the gym treadmill every day but any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

as of this morning, i am at 224.6 miles in my August challenge. my goal was 220. i wasnt sure if i was going to make it or not, i am still kind of sick with bronchitis and an upper resp infection, but i just took it one mile at a time this morning and i made it. 2 more days to see how much farther i can go.

<sigh> I've been swimming for exercise for the past few weeks, and I've noticed as my endurance increases and I do more, my lungs / chest have been hurting when I breathe (after the exercise). It's a bronchial / airway thing and I've really had it all my life (again, after I have exercised in the past). I remember feeling it in my teens and 20's, but since I've never been an exercise guru or stuck with exercising for more than a few months at a time, I never paid much attention to it. I've been trying to figure out what it is and the only thing that I can find on the internet that seems to match is exercise-induced asthma. I'm not wheezing (yet), but I am tak…

Exercise is generally a foreign term to me. I tried the gym but it was too much for my body right now.. I do walk away the pounds, and walking my dog.. Anyway, since I've been losing weight, I am a top heavy person, HUGE stomach.. but now my stomach sides, the 'love handles' which have always poked out bad, especially when sitting (and toppling over my pants).. seems to be getting worse with the weight loss. When I'm standing up, it looks pretty good from the weight loss, but when I sit down it seems 'squishier' and more loose.. Anyone know any ab/love handle specific exercises that are not too intense for someone still 100lbs overweight? I want to be able to do t…

I read several posts within another thread on bicycling and it has me interested in taking it up as an exercise regime especially when we go camping on weekends. I know most skinny tired racing bikes would not hold up to 400 lbs and the ones I have seen on the internet for "Big People" are way out of my price range. Would a Schwinn Heavy Duty handle this kind of weight? Any other affordable bikes out there? :help:

Well this former couch potato is going to attempt the San Antonio marathon on November 11th - I just registered this morning! I have been running for the past 10 weeks or so, and am gradually increasing my distance. When I started I couldn't run for more than a minute without stopping - I ran 10 miles this morning with no stops! I run in a 5k race every 2 weeks, and I have registered for a couple of 10ks, a half-marathon, and a 25k between now and race day. I am far from fast, but boy, am I enjoying it! With this exercise, I am losing about 3/4 pounds per day and my intake is about 800 calories - mostly Protein. If I can do it - anyone can do it!

Stupid question for the experienced bandsters- but has anyone had issues with the port or slippage with crunches/sit ups? I am NOT exercising yet aside from walking- going to wait until about 6 weeks out to start. I can't help but wonder if it will feel strange/hurt/cause slippage when I do start. Anyone?

I posted this is the main forum yesterday and no one answered me, so I'm trying again here. I just recently took up power yoga and am concerned that some of the moves could increase the risk of slippage because they can cause your internal organs to shift. Has anyone heard anything about this or know if yoga is safe with the band? Thanks!

I was confused on what I should be doing for cardio, but I think I understand now. I've been at the gym for about 4 months now. At the beginning I was told not to go above a heart rate of 125...just slow and steady. Then after awhile I was told "I should bump up my cardio"...then told to add interval training....I was getting confused!! You might be too. I found this article that I thought was very good at explaining it ALL! High Intensity Interval Training

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I've seen examples of a few bandsters who turn to exercise and go crazy with it. Maybe it's replacing over eating with another crutch, and in this case it's exercise The Addiction Transfer thread ( http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f15/addiction-transfer-37273/ ) spurred this in my head. So for those of you who are like the above, I'm wondering what your view toward it was before hand. Did you enjoy it? Did you hate it? When did you start working out more and more? I guess I'm trying to see if there's a correlation between those who turn to exercise, and see if I may fall into that category down the road?

I recently bought a Bowflex Ultimate. Cool, right? What in the world do I DO with it? I haven't the slightest idea how to put it together let alone what I am supposed to do with it. Help?

Hi- For years I had been an avid hiker, but for the last 10 years I have been too fat to hike. I figured I would try it again. I went out this morning for what was supposed to be an hours walk-well, guess who got really lost? I took about three hours to get off the mountain. But I did it!!!!!! :whoo:It was hard. My calorie monitor watch says I burned about 1700 calories. Now that's a workout. Now I want to go back ASAP to find out where I messed up!

I'm debating on whether to purchase a stationary bike or an elliptical trainer in order to get some exercise in while at home during the day with my kids. Anyone have any thoughts or feedback as to which would be more beneficial?

hi everyone: I used to exercise all the time and I had lost 150lbs on my own doing it. i loved it when I was into it but then of course I stopped it all together and gained all my weight back my question is as follows: at my current weight of 239 lbs, I do not exercise because I leave the gym limping. I have knee pain every day and therefore am not exercising because of course, i have that as an excuse. for people that were really big, now that you are exercising and you lost enough weight to do so, do you find that the knee pain went away enough to let you get your cardio done? thanks

Hi All, I am starting a walking program and I was wondering if anyone out there would like to join in. I figured it would be more fun and successful if I had a friend to do it with so if you are interested please let me know.I am thinking of doing a beginners program to get you walking 60 minutes in 12 weeks.

Hi All, I'm very interested in jogging. I've tried a little bit here and there and don't get too far. I'm wondering if there is a weight where it's just unhealthy to jog. I'm 5'4" and weight 290. Am I just too heavy right now to jog? I'm fortunate enough to have healthy joints and would like to keep them that way. I currently walk 2-3 miles every day without any problems. I would appreciate any thoughts on this topic. Hilari

One of my biggest problem areas and concerns is the fat on the back of my arms. It is so frustrating because I am self conscious when wearing sleeveless shirts and most shirts with sleeves don't fit.... I have been exercising consistently for about 6 weeks now and have seen some improvement. I have lost a little over an inch in each arm, but its not enough by far.... Any exercise tips out there that would target the arm flab??

Hi Everyone! I was reading how jumping rope is a great inexpensive cardio. Since i have been slacking I thought i would give it a try - i knew deep down in the corner of a closet there would be the jump rope i bought centuries ago. So i try it. Not having much luck since i think my loft may not be the right space... so off to the garage I go.. crack the door a bit and try. Holy Schmoley! I remember being able to jump rope. I think... Now i could get barely past 4 or 5 before screwing it all up. I know i have significant dork-tendencies but now i feel like i should google the proper way to jump rope since i obviously dont know what i am doing! Anyone else have any…

I was wondering when's a good time to start exercising after getting banded? I just got banded 8 days ago. And i want to exercise soon while i'm on summer break, before school starts and i'm all busy. I'd like to join a gym maybe. Or start walking very soon. My port is still swelled. i'm not in major pain. and i hadn't tested my endurance.. but i was wondering what everyone's advice on this?

Hi all, I know there is an exercise accountability thread already started, but I wanted to start one also. I am going to start one every month. So new thread for every month. This one will start as of today. Anyone can post their exercise for the day here. Now lets get these pounds dropping!!!!! Watch out the rest of July....here we come!!!! :clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:

Power Plate has anyone seen this? i saw this recently on the news (I am in Houston and this was developed here by NASA- so maybe that's why it was on the news here?) they interviewed people who were using it and they said it was incredible... i think they said 15 min. on the PowerPlate was the equivalent to a 45 min. traditional workout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it states that if you have an implanted medical device, then you cannot use it, but our Port is not listed. I am definitely gonna ask my doc next time i see him if this would be ok. just thought i would fish around and see if anyone here has actually used a Power Plate. ???

Anyone have any experience with this, or have any thoughts on it? I just found out that there's a fitness center 2 blocks from my office that features only this machine. Would it be a waste of time and/or money? Of course, I would continue doing the exercise I'm currently doing, and this would be added as supplemental exercise...IF I decide it's something I want to try. ROM - The Four Minute CrossTrainer

How long after surgery did you feel comfortable riding a bike? I mean regular one - not at the gym.

Is anyone here running the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Houston on October 6th (Saturday)? I am a beginning runner and would like to partner with somone who is also a beginner or an experienced runner who would be willing to help me train. My plan is to do a 8-week program. Nina

I've skipped the gym the last two days which, I think, is a first. The most I've ever skipped before is one. Anyway, I'm peeing ALL the time and losing Water like crazy...... you think it could be glycogen or water needed for muscle repair leaving my body already??? I'm hoping it's FAT leaving my body...but afraid to hope! LOL I'm preparing myself for a re-gain of this weight when I go back to the gym. We'll see!

:car:hi everyone, well I have been reading my notebook that I was given and well it is eye opening reading for usre. Always finding out something else you are required to do after surgery. I will be given a perscription to go to the on site PT classes and have someone hover over me as I work out and it is free but I have my oun gym here at home. I ahve the treadmill, a gazell low impact glider that is wonderful for I can even get to the troubled inner thighs. I do pilates and a few other things all in my own home it is not like I live close to the clinic that I am going to and I just can't get there every day what to do what to do it will work out I am sure of that, maybe…

I'm 340 lbs and in really bad shape. It hurts to walk or do pretty much any activity. Just going to the mall for an hour or two can put me in bed for a week. Any suggestions from people who have been where I am?

I made it thru the "walk away the pounds" video.. 30 minutes and I didn't stop one time...that is huge for me...I have never been able to exercise and I would always stop after just a few minutes...I am very proud to have been able to make it all the way thru...

As I have ankle and knee problems, I am unable to walk long/hard enough to bring my heart rate up. I am allowed to bicycle, but it's so hot where I live right now. I've thought about joining a water aerobics class and wanted to know if any of you have taken one and what your thoughts are? I'm concerned that since they are often geared toward senior citizens that it won't be very active (i.e. yoga under water).

I just started a bootcamp at my gym last week. I go on Tues/Thur/Sat. I also workout on Mon/Fri.. taking Wed/Sun off. I weighed myself this morning and I'm up 1.5 lbs :confused: I am super bummed aboout this... I've been eating right doing what I am suppose to do... Any advise? :help: (I've had one fill so far, I'm at 1.6 cc's (It's been 4wks) and go for a second one in 3 wks or so..)

Someone had posted on the boards one time that you can't do crunches because it could flip the port. Did anyone else ever hear of this?

Hey Y'all I'm finally motivated (kinda) and ready to start working out. I've stared swimming (when I can) roller blading and I might even get on the dreaded treadmill. I just thought i'd ask what excersise people had found to be most effective. Also maybe you could share w/ me how you keep up the motivation to work out every day. I'm sure the answer will be that loosing weight is enough motivation but, if it doesn't happen over night for me I loose intrest. I'm hoping to change that w/ some much needed help. Look forward to hearing from every one. Day of surgery 1/24/07 252lbs As of today 7/18/07 198lbs :whoo:

I've been doing yoga for years and have just begun to get into some serious poses and wonder how and if the band will affect my flow. My Yoga instructor suggested I should be concerned once Im banded if I were to do any inversions or complicated poses because she said your organs shift in some positions. So Im wondering would the band prevent me from getting really seriously into Yoga? When I asked my Dr. he said he didnt know. Does anyone here have a serious commited daily practice? and has the band had any ill effects on thier flow? Do they feel limited in any ways by the band? Any advice or opinions greatly appreciated as well as if anyone is interested I'…

Hello all, I'm a pre-bander without a date, but my nutritionist says I should be exercising at least 6 days a week. So I've started walking, and have been trying to find some kind of exercise tapes or programs to get into at home when the weather is no good. Any suggestions?