I am so excited to find this group. I too am a major gym freak even without weight loss. So, I was wondering how people who excersised alot previuosly do after the surgery. I know that when anyone start to move, that will help with weight loss but what about those of us who were already doing that with no wt. loss results. will we be just as successful?

Hi welcome xercisegirl! I have been one to workout pretty much my entire life. Even when I was well over 300 Lbs, so I knew it wasn't my "laziness" that was the culprit in my super obesity. It was my eating.

At first after surgery for me I really didn't have the energy or stamina to do very much. In fact not until about 4 months out did I ever do more than 30 minutes. But now at going on 10 Months out I can do WAY MORE than I have in over 20 years!! I'm running and still having energy to do so much more. I think having this surgery helped me in so many ways, and the best one being helping me to get these pounds off me *finally*. HTH