Exercise…it’s not the only thing that’ll make you lose weight after weight loss surgery, but it definitely supports your weight loss surgery diet. It’s a lot easier to get your workout in when there’s something you love to do, but not everyone does. What is your relationship with exercise?

• True love. It makes me feel better, it’s helping my weight loss, and it keeps me sane. Couldn’t go without it!
• Love-hate. I know it’s great, and I love it when it’s over.
• It goes in the same category as medicine. Take my daily medicines, do my daily exercise, and try not to think about medicines or exercise the rest of the day.
• It’s good, in its place. I try to get something in a few times a week, and it’s not bad.
• What’s exercise?
• Other. Read my answer below!

Mark your answer and explain how you feel about exercise in the conversation below. P.S….if you haven’t yet found an activity you love, keep trying! Exercise can be great fun, and there’s something out there for everyone.

@@Alex Brecher what kind of exercise do you like?

Running, running and .... running I normally hit the gym (almost) daily during the cold months but once it turns 55-60 F. you'll find me out running in central or prospect park or the salt marshes in marine park. I do a few reps of daily crunches, pushups and pullups. I'm looking at Yoga and other forms of exercise these days. Seems like my biggest muscle (my brain) needs a bit more exercising.

Totally hate it!!! like i told a co-worker....they took out 85% of my stomach......not my brain!! old habits are hard to break and i just hate going to the gym and walking on the treadmill....totally sucks!! You walk on it for an hour and you still havent gone anywhere. I try to make myself go to walmart or the mall to walk daily.....notice i said TRY!!!

What's exercise? I'm doing great but admittedly need to incorporate this so I have better skin/muscle mass.

I ticked 'other' because none of the choices quite fits me. I know that I don't love to exercise but I love that I can...and do. My mobility was terribly compromised pre surgery and all I could do before was paddle around in the pool. These days I not only swim laps but I am also in the water exercise classes. I love that I have the mobility again to do these things but I don't think I'll ever be of the mind to think 'Hooray, I can't wait to get to the pool and exercise'.

Love/hate

Love it the first 15-20 mins but then the hate grows as the minutes slowly tick by. :-)

I try to do something every day,but it needs to be something like walking . I need to have a destination. Just exersizing to exercise doesn't do it for me.

What is there not to Love???

It relieves stress, anxiety and mental depression. The endorphins, which trigger the classic runner's high, makes you feel psyched and energized

Builds ego and self confidence. Is also a time to focus in on personal issues, problem solving, and a form of meditation blocking out everything else.

You become super focused and alert thanks to the increased blood flow and oxygen to the brain. Some say it grows new brain cells....fighting off the effects of old age mentally.

Mood-enhancing chemicals, like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, flood your brain......stress? What stress....

Can also add years to your life - quality years. Lowers your blood pressure and blood sugar levels, increasing your sensitivity to insulin.

During typical cardio exercise, your body taps mainly stored fat for fuel (providing you did not eat prior)

Exercise elevates your level of immunoglobulins, which are Proteins that help bolster your immune system and ward off infection.

I like to work out first thing in the morning...usually between 5 and 6 am.....then I am on top of my game all day!! (don't eat either)

When I don't work out, I simply feel like crap! The Pits!

It's no wonder, no matter where you go, you will see people out running or walking. It's addictive...

I'll also say, because I was a diabetic, I went to the gym prior to WLS and it was tough...it was after WLS, when the pounds started to melt away, did it become more and more rewarding....now I can't live without it.

As a side note, I'm 63 and will become a grandfather for the first time this early fall...My daughter is expecting twins. (mazal tov)

We all went to dinner the other day, and laughingly we had the discussion as to what I would like to be called.....Grandpa? Pop-Pop?, etc, etc....

Everyone agreed this will be a tough one because I don't look and act like a Grandfather...I don't fit the mold....

I chose "other" because I go through periods of loving it, hating it, doing it, not doing it. If time were not an issue, I'd probably be doing something physical every day. Since that's not the case, exercise is the easiest thing to let go. I stopped worrying about it so much, and I fit it in when I can. I know I should, and I also know I won't exercise religiously, so no sense in beating myself up over that, too.

True-love, i have been walking a lot, and i absolutely love it! I was averaging less than 2k steps max a week before surgery now I'm recently averaging 70k steps a week. I have so much more energy, i feel less stressed, with my whole wellbeing i feel just so good after i go for a walk, and if i haven't gone for a walk for the day i just don't feel right.

I found ways to get exercise into my life to suit my new lifestyle. I walk 45mins before work every day, then i walk another 45-60mins after i finish work then head off home and on the weekends i go walk around the river that right at my back door.

I have osteo arthritis in both knees so i'm limited with what type of exercises i can do, but having said that, i dont let it stop me moving!

Edited July 3, 201511 yr by VSGmary

Love!!! Never thought that would be true of me and took a while (8-12 months maybe) to get to that point. Never in my life loved it but now I do. Hating being post op with plastics and unable to run or do yoga!!!! It's killing me!

I have been walking a lot, and i absolutely love it! I was averaging less than 2k steps max a week before surgery now I'm recently averaging 70k steps a week. I have so much more energy, i feel less stressed, with my whole wellbeing i feel just so good after i go for a walk, and if i haven't gone for a walk for the day i just don't feel right.

I found ways to get exercise into my life to suit my new lifestyle. I walk 45mins before work every day, then i walk another 45-60mins after i finish work then head off home and on the weekends i go walk around the river that right at my back door.

I have osteo arthritis in both knees so i'm limited with what type of exercises i can do, but having said that, i dont let it stop me moving!

My knees are a mess Mary. Riddled with arthritis and no cushioning left at all. Just bone on bone. I haven't had to replace them because I've lost all the excess weight but they still give me problems. Swim...swim, swim swim. Very good exercise and very easy on the joints.

We broke up

Love it sometimes. Love/hate other times. But I do it 5x a week.

Edited August 7, 201511 yr by prettyinPINKandGREEN

Love-hate, I'm finding that I hate traditional exercise, but I really enjoy biking, walking and hiking. Now sure what I'm gonna do in the winter!

I definitely have a love/ hate relationship with exercise! I do my best to work out 6 days a week, but I often only end up doing 5 days per week. Some of those days I have to drag myself to the gym or my HIIT workout class, but I almost always feel better after I am done. I am hoping there is a day the I truly love exercise, until then, I will just fake it till I make it!