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I'm two weeks out and it's getting warm out so I'm ready to get out and move around. But my stomach muscles are still so sore if I stand up or move around too long.

I managed half a mile at the park a few days ago but it took me 15 minutes. Meanwhile my husband did 2 miles in just over 20 minutes. I know it's going to take a long time, but I'm eager to catch up with him.

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I only walked around my neighborhood for about a month. My largest incision hurt/burned when I walked for that long. About a month post op I started riding my bike every night until it got too cold outside. I joined a gym at 4 months post op and I now go about 4 times per week.

Don't rush it and don't compare yourself to others. Listen to your body and increase your exercise at your own pace.

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Walking is good for you at this point.

If you are talking about going back into the gym it took my a month before i could go back and slowly work back into my routine.

It all depends on what you do at the gym and what your doctor says you are allowed to do and how fast.

I know I had weight restrictions of how much I could lift.

Good luck and feel good.

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I started walking 15 hours after surgery. I walked around my neighborhood every day, twice a day. At one point I saw a snail pass me. J/K. My point: take it easy and ease into it. I was cleared to work out and swim at the 10 week mark. I also hired a trainer and together we kick butt!! My body fat percentage keeps dropping every month. Best of luck!!!

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I walked or the first six weeks - I got up to 3 miles/day. After that, I got back to Pilates and the elliptical at the gym. Going back to Pilates was rough since I was used to have strong abs and didn't have them anymore. It's good now, though.

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I started walking 2-3 miles a day about 5 days after surgery. It's really better to start doing that as soon as you're done with surgery, but I was lazy the first few days, and fairly miserable, and walking helped. I wish I had started sooner.

I was back to running 3 miles within 5 weeks- as soon as I could jog without feeling like I was pulling on my stitches- and I was back in MMA class within 5 weeks.

It's now been 6 months and I usually run about 3 miles a day, I bike about 10-15 miles a week (which isn't much but it makes me feel happy) and I do an MMA and jiu jitsu class 3-5 nights a week.

Good luck!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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