Exercising ...but at 300 lbs

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

I don't think I have ever been so tired and so sore in my ENTIRE life. I am a week out from meeting with my surgeon and hopefully receiving a surgery date within the next 30 days. So I decided to jump into a workout regimen....A BOOTCAMP! Part of me feels like I need this workout and part of me feels like it's too much.

I believe I'm the biggest person in the class and I am truly struggling. Bouncing around with 300 on my back/knees is KILLER!! I hurt

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If I ever mention that I'm considering not having the surgery.....PLEASE...just say the work BOOTCAMP!!!!

[Macy6 356]

I can understand! Even 15lbs ago, last year, I could get around so much better than now. I love swim classes, I just did one tonight. I really love step class, but I need to work back up to it.

[Amanda626 153]

Take it slow and easy. An injury would really set u back. I just dropped below 300 and so happy. Take baby steps.

[SeriouslyChange 319]

I started at 300 and hitting the gym SUCKED. Take it easy, don't injure yourself. Push yourself, don't shove.

[Iniysa 157]

I swim laps. it keeps the weight off my knees and feet.

[Lissa 2,631]

At 300+ pounds, a bootcamp is probably too much for you. Try walking, elliptical, or treadmill for cardio (easier on the knees and back) and doing some light weights and stretching exercises to build up your muscle and endurance. If you hurt yourself doing the bootcamp, you won't be able to do any exercise until you heal. I started literally with walking up and down my hallway, along with 10 reps with 2 pound weights. Now, I do at least 30 minutes of cardio daily, plus weights 3 times a week... still low weights, high reps. I also just added in martial arts classes (tai kwan do), which incorporate lots of stretching and working with/against your own body weight. I'm down over 120+ pounds from my high weight and I can't imagine even attempting the martial arts at over 300+ pounds.

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

At 300+ pounds, a bootcamp is probably too much for you. Try walking, elliptical, or treadmill for cardio (easier on the knees and back) and doing some light weights and stretching exercises to build up your muscle and endurance. If you hurt yourself doing the bootcamp, you won't be able to do any exercise until you heal. I started literally with walking up and down my hallway, along with 10 reps with 2 pound weights. Now, I do at least 30 minutes of cardio daily, plus weights 3 times a week... still low weights, high reps. I also just added in martial arts classes (tai kwan do), which incorporate lots of stretching and working with/against your own body weight. I'm down over 120+ pounds from my high weight and I can't imagine even attempting the martial arts at over 300+ pounds.

I completely agree with Lissa here.

At my first appt, my NUT said "walk 10 minutes 3 to 5 times per week". I started out doing laps in one of my datacenters, about 10 laps for 10 minutes. It was HELL the first few weeks and I had to take 2 to 3 breaks in order to just do 10 minutes. After the first month, my body wanted to go faster and faster so I did that and increased it to 15 minutes. Today, I "wogged" (slower than jogging, closer to the speed of walking) for 20 minutes on the Treadmill without stopping once. Body parts are sore but not too bad. I would not try a Bootcamp until I got a bit below 300.

Right now, you want to be doing something DAILY but not anything too strenuous. Walking is good enough right now.

[Tbrendon 36]

I was 356lbs before surgery and I always exercised. I say listen to your body, everyone is different in their fitness level. I found walking, swimming classes, zumba and some weight training to be the things I could do. But again, listen to your body. There is good exercise pain and bad. Avoid the bad

[CA712 111]

I really understand where you are coming form. Before surgery I weighted 331 ibs and just getting off the chair to walk across the room was a major effort. I have lost 38 pounds in 6 weeks so I am 293 as of today. It is still an effort for me to exercise. I am 5'3 inches and even though I have lost this weight that I am so happy about it is still a struggle for me. I walk on a treadmill to help keep pressure off my joints but still 293 for a 5'3 inch person is still too much weight to do any real serious exercise without hurint myself. I am doing lots of chair excercises that have been recommended to me and check out chair exercises on MySparkle.com. My knees still are having trouble carrying all this weight around so I use the chair and I also use a swimming pool to do arobics to take the pressure off my joints. Hope this helps.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Swim. Walk. SWIM!!!! Recumbant bike. SWIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gentle Yoga. SWIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mohammed Alshamsi 15]

definitely walk and do some bodyweight exercises too like push up, sit up and squats

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

I've survived. It hurts but I survived. This is week 2, class 6. Surprisingly, it's already become a little easier and one of the ladies says she can tell a little bit of a difference in my face. She says I'm a little less "puffy" LOL...I'll take it!

[Tbrendon 36]

I've survived. It hurts but I survived. This is week 2' date=' class 6. Surprisingly, it's already become a little easier and one of the ladies says she can tell a little bit of a difference in my face. She says I'm a little less "puffy" LOL...I'll take it![/quote']

Yeah! Good forv you! Feels good doesn't it? Be proud of your accomplishments

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

Ok...we're at the end of the 4th week, class 12. We weigh in on Monday so I'll see real numbers. But...my surgery date is on 6/7 and there will be two weeks left of the Bootcamp.

Of course, I won't be doing a full fledged workout but do you think I can still walk my way through the workout?

[Kennedy310 33]

Good for you! I'd follow the advice that several folks have given already, keep listening to your body and don't push yourself too hard. You don't want to harm yourself before surgery. But the exercise you're doing now will be so helpful. It will even help get the anesthesia out of your system faster than if you had not been exercising prior to surgery.

As for attending boot camp after surgery, chances are you will not feel up to it. But that's okay! This is a major surgery & you will not be eating in the weeks immediately following. It is really hard to keep your energy up when it's just a liquid diet. I did not feel my energy come back until week 3 after surgery. also, you want to be cautious so you don't do anything to affect the long staple line after surgery.

But don't be discouraged if you have to miss those final 2 boot camp classes. You are going to have an entirely new life ahead of you & soon enough you'll have the energy to continue where you left off with your exercise. You'll build up slowly & you'll have this new amazing weight loss tool to help you along the way!