I know I can walk as soon as I feel like it but what about weights?

that is a personal thing...you need to check with your doctor to see how you are healing...if you are talking about hand weights, that shouldn't be too far after; however weight LIFTING will take some time...

I agree, you should definitely speak with your doctor about this. My doctor didn't want me lifting more than ten pounds the first two weeks after surgery and then twenty pounds the first two months. After that it was at my discretion, but I was told to be mindful of how I was doing and to be careful. I needed to listen to my body.

Be careful not to do too much too fast. This is an extended journey and I know you want to do crazy doing everything right away. Lifting weights is a great way to build muscle and by extension burn fat, but you don't want to risk injury right off the bat. Once your doctor gives you the go ahead be ready to hit the ground running.

Best of luck and if you have any additional questions please let me know.

I was cleared ten weeks post op to do whatever I wanted.

I started with light free weights exactly 6 weeks out from surgery.

My surgeon cleared me at 4 weeks to resume lifting.

Hopefully you have a one month checkup with your surgical team and they should be able to determine if you're ready or not. I wouldn't consider it before then as my team told me the stomach takes 4-6 weeks to fully heal.

I was restricted to under 20 pounds for 3 weeks. I am a vet tech and I lift animals all the time, so this was a tough one. Then my vet partner had a hysterectomy and had an 8 pound restriction for 6 weeks, so I was back to lifting 60+ pound dogs when I was only 18 days out. Never had any issues.

I think a consensus I hear for heavy weight lifting is 4 to 6 weeks. There might come a time where you have to pick up your kid, that hand bag that literally has everything in it or rotund cat before that, but don't make it a habit. Lol.