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jane13    2,256

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@@Sajijoma you are going to do so well. can you get into a pool? it may be easier on your knees or maybe a stationary bike? I push mowed the yard yesterday and it felt great! hydrate!

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LAG4ahealthierme    76

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Look into Fluid Running. It is basically jogging underwater. My surgeon is getting a class organized specifically for his bariatric patients. As I understand it, it has been around for a long time in Canada, but fairly new in the US. Our group is working through a park district, but I hear that YMCAs are picking it up.

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Dub    10,026

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Awesome !

That's how you OWN it. Doing that exercise will lead to greater discipline in the kitchen, too.

Great job.

Be careful and keep after it.

Consistent daily walks are better for.you than sporadic Herculean efforts that leave you hurting and unable to do anything for a day or two. I learned this the hard way.

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Sajijoma    1,324

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@@Sajijoma you are going to do so well. can you get into a pool? it may be easier on your knees or maybe a stationary bike? I push mowed the yard yesterday and it felt great! hydrate!

I can't really get to a pool. We have one about aisle away at the Rec center but I can't take my children and go there and by the time my husband gets home it's closed so whatever I do I have to be able to do at home and with kids all about. That's why walking is great. They are starting to enjoy our "forced death marches" as my oldest calls them. LOL

I let my body tell me how far we make it on the walks, but I also make goal posts to aim for. Like the first week, I aim at 3 houses down(we are tuna packed tight in our subdivision). Each day I aimed a little farther. Until I just realized wow, I made it that far and I'm still alive! LOL I have to adjust my times to walk though since school has started and the neighborhood bus driver keeps trying to kidnap my kids(we homeschool)! Haha

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Jessica Ellison-Correa    66

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im only in pre- op does anyone have any recomendations to get towards my 10,000 step goal that my nut set for me

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Sajijoma    1,324

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im only in pre- op does anyone have any recomendations to get towards my 10,000 step goal that my nut set for me

How hard is walking for you? Is it like super pain, a little pain, or no problem at all? For me, when I started, I could only stand on my feet for like 10 mins before the pain got too bad so I did laps around the kitchen island pushing my desk chair in case it hurt too much and then sat down and rested and got up and pushed it more. When it got easier I started going outside and walking a couple houses down and then back and then the next day aim for another house or a stop sign or whatever to get to til I could do it around the block. My first time around the block I said to myself ok, it's the same distance to walk back as it is to keep going and if I keep going the way home is downhill...keep going it is. I'm up to 2.5 miles now although that last 1/2 is a beast lately! Maybe because I added in a 30 minute floor stretch/resistance band workout to the day 5x a wk.

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LAG4ahealthierme    76

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im only in pre- op does anyone have any recomendations to get towards my 10,000 step goal that my nut set for me

How hard is walking for you? Is it like super pain, a little pain, or no problem at all? For me, when I started, I could only stand on my feet for like 10 mins before the pain got too bad so I did laps around the kitchen island pushing my desk chair in case it hurt too much and then sat down and rested and got up and pushed it more. When it got easier I started going outside and walking a couple houses down and then back and then the next day aim for another house or a stop sign or whatever to get to til I could do it around the block. My first time around the block I said to myself ok, it's the same distance to walk back as it is to keep going and if I keep going the way home is downhill...keep going it is. I'm up to 2.5 miles now although that last 1/2 is a beast lately! Maybe because I added in a 30 minute floor stretch/resistance band workout to the day 5x a wk.

Though I really don't have any great insights for reaching those 10000 steps, I struggle with it myself, I just wanted to say congratulations @@Sajijoma! What an awesome job you are doing. Such a great example of how far you can go once you take that first 'baby step'. I am inspired and very proud of you :)

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