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Ok lol. I was like "this is not a plus size girl who's plus size?" I get it now.

Hopefully I get sleeved the week of thanksgiving and am too sore to eat much for Christmas lol.

Ok lol. I was like "this is not a plus size girl who's plus size?" I get it now.

Ok lol. I was like "this is not a plus size girl who's plus size?" I get it now.

lol yea, it's so hard for me to slowly get out of that plus size frame of mind. It's all I knew and although I have much more to go . Most of my "plus sized clothing don't fit". So I know there is progress my mind just had to catch up.

I bought the pack. I don't like the chocolate splendor, it was way too sweet for me. I do like the strawberry mixed with Water. I already drank both of those. Haven't tried the others yet.

Didn't know there was a starter kit. unjury can be expensive. Many people just buy whey Protein shakes or powders from local stores, like Walmart. It's cheaper that way. However, Unjury does taste really good.

I bought it. It has 2 samples of each flavor as well as a sport bottle to drink from. I thought it was worth it because I'm pretty picky in regards to Protein shakes. I have only tried the chocolate splendor and liked it!

I was lucky my surgeons office gave me samples of several flavors of unjury. I considered buying the starter pack but I passed on it.
In the end I bought big containers of chocolate Splendor, chicken Soup and Unflavored.

Hi everyone, very interested in this topic. I need to get moving but have ongoing joint and muscle problems. Need a knee replacement. Can't do the walking or biking.
I did find zumba type videos on youtube for people in chairs. I am about to start them at home. I was surprised at how many there were. I just have to go slow and be careful, don't need more damage done.
And I want to go to the aqua-exercise that is gentle on the joints. problem is I work full-time a little further away from where it is and of course it is at 9:00 in the morning when I start work at 8. I have so many doctor appointment all of the time and am on FMLA, not sure how I will work this in. But I need to get moving.

My mobility was extremely limited pre-op so I got an exercise peddler and peddled with my hands while I watched TV. I aimed for at least 60 minutes a day (usually in chunks of 10-30 minutes).
Now that I am more mobile and the weather is better (I was sleeved in April), I try to get in the pool everyday. I am fortunate enough to have a pool at home.

I used to LOVE swimming but the gym that has a pool increased their monthly rate to almost $50. So that was a no go anymore. Maybe I can swim in the summer at my apartment's pool. I really totally want a lap pool when I buy a house lol.

OMG CHAIR ZUMBA SOUNDS FUN!

I have a couple of herniated discs as well. Just start with your physical therapy exercises on the ball and do what you can and work from there. As your body gets used to the exercises, it does get easier as long as you are mindful NOT to do too much too fast. Your back will let you know if you do! I started out just sitting on the ball and rocking back and forth, doing the pelvic tilts, leg rotations and the modified leg lifts and doing laps around the island in my kitchen while pushing my desk chair for when it got too hard and I needed to rest. Then I got to where I could walk down to the corner and then each day I went a little further til I got around the block. Over the past few months I've progressed and added more things. I time my home routine to 2 xfiles episodes on Netflix now so that's probably about 40 mins of exercise where on day 1 it was probably closer to 3 mins. I have some resistance bands and they have a door anchor I use to vary exercises. The lightest band is like the resistance of a rubber band really and they progress up and can be stacked to about 150lbs of resistance I think(nowhere near there myself). I started off on that smallest band and have moved up as my body tolerated. I'm up to 25lbs of resistance and feeling kinda proud of that! what you have to understand is that exercise is relative. If you are used to doing nothing, then merely doing something is exercise enough to produce a good weightloss. If you are used to doing more, you just have to go a bit beyond what you were doing and maybe add 5 more and that will be enough. I think we all have a habit of thinking we have to become gym rats by the time this thing is over and honestly, I don't think that will be me. I'm more of a compete against myself kind of person so I'm capable of doing that in the comfort of my home or on top of a mountain as opposed to a brick building where you look at others and feel you don't add up or aren't working equally as hard or harder than the dude on the treadmill who runs 3hrs a day on incline. Our bodies are our built in weight resistance until we lose the weight.

Mines with a licensed social worker (like myself) at the Bariatric Center. I might look into this as a career move some day. I do assessments now for drug and alcohol related problems at a Rehab.

Yes! I have two herniated discs in my back and a hip in need of replacement. I started swimming before surgery and then started again three weeks after. I have been so pleased with the results and swimming burns a crazy amount of calories. To change things up, I pick up a Water aerobics class now and again. It is all great and non weight-bearing, so has not hurt my back or hip.
I have to say, since surgery, my back problems are pretty much non-existent. My hip problem will never go away but is more tolerable with the weight loss.
My shoulders are starting to look pretty good too - lol.