MegMal

Actually, he did approve that ten pounds as long as I don't feel any pulling or abdominal stress. But every doctor and every patient is different. You can do all of the exercises with no weight or just with a chair under your butt in case you fall. One alternative that the trainer offered was to use a walking stick or broom handle as a bar or a bag of dry Beans instead of a kettle ball. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

I had my sleeve done on 11/8. But I too just signed up for the local gym and met with a trainer this past Monday. He was pretty emphatic that I not go on the treadmill because I have a pre-existing back injury, so the routine that he gave me is three days a week at the gym and two days at home with an optional day at the gym *if* I want it. So Mondays are resistance training with a 10 lb. kettlebell doing squats, a 20 pound weight bar doing overhead lifts from the waist and underhand lifts to the abdomen from the bottom of my arms (letting the bar hang in my arms, then pulling it up and into my abdomen). Tuesdays are working with PT bands at home or going for a walk Wednesdays are riding the recumbent bike at the gym, using the ZombiesRun app (it alternates pace and will speed up for 30 secs or so when you are being 'chased' by a zombie - I highly recommend it) and my Spotify Playlists. Thursdays are working with the PT bands or going for a walk - whichever I DIDN'T do on Tuesday. Fridays are pools days for aquatic classes - Water aerobics, strength training in the water, whatever class I choose. Saturday is my optional day - I can go in and do the Resistance Training or the Recumbent Bike, while my son (7) attends the FitKid class which he likes. Sunday is off, but my husband and I like to take a walk or take the kids to a park, so there's still exercise there. My surgeon and my trainer are of similar minds - if you aren't walking out the door saying "I'm going to the get my exercise," then you aren't going to exercise. It's made me super-conscious of when I'm trying to get exercise and when I'm not, and allowed me to start habits pre-op (walking and riding the recumbent bike in my apartment's little gym). Hope this helps, ~Meg

My surgery was this morning (11/8) and I feel pretty good right now, even with minor doses of the pain med from the button. The oddest thing was that I expected to be starving, but I'm not, even watching FoodTV, it's a very distant feeling, more like "eh, that's neat". Before, hunger was a evening feeling and I could taste what I was seeing. Odd. I've been up and walking, visiting the restroom, all of that. What I am looking forward to is swallowing Water for hydration tomorrow, this dry mouth is killing me. I have one question for be vets, though - how long did you go before 'buyer's remorse' set in? Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

I was sleeved 11/8 and since I already had difficulties with sweets (they just never did taste all that spectacular), my surgeon and NUT recommended that I take my Protein by adding unflavored protein to broth for my main meals then have a half portion of a sweet Protein shake if I thought I wanted a sweet thing at the end of the day. I had ordered the GENEPRO unflavored protein and it's okay, but I think that I might have preferred the Beneprotein by Nestle that the hospital gave me post op.