Hi all! I am on my 3rd day of full liquid diet, taking in approximately 600 calories a day. I don't really have the energy to exercise, but was wondering if any surgeons encouraged or discouraged exercise during this phase?

I was told to get up and do as much walking as I could tolerate. Aside from that, I had to wait till the Dr cleared me, which was 1 week later,in my case.

You talking pre op? I had a week pre op liquid diet and I did not work out that whole week. At the calorie intake I was taking in I didn't think I would be able to make it through. I restarted at the gym like 2 weeks post op, when I was on mushies. Still my caloric intake was pretty low, but I was ok.

Yes, I'm in the pre-op stage.

My nutritionist told me to get started now on working out. He said gradually build up the workout routine. If walking is all I can tolerate do that but add to it each day. He said this will help with post op recovery and post op work outs. It won't he such a shock to my body.

If its hard to workout for you start off by stretching maybe a few yoga moves then add resistance.

Good luck.

Preop I had already been doing an hour of strenuous cardio a day for over a year. My doctor put me on a 500 calorie a day liquid diet; that he planned on me doing for several MONTHS. When I asked how that would affect my work outs he gave me this look "Why would it?" Anyway I did that stupid diet for 5 days and then stopped because I believe I was allergic to the drinks (tingleing in back of throat). I went back to my 2 protein drinks with one low cal protein based meal. So yes he did expect me to continue my workouts on 500 cals a day.