Introducing myself

My name is Jenn. When I had gastric sleeve surgery on February 29th, 2016 I weighed 329. I started my pre op diet on February 8th (weighing 349).

As of this morning I'm down to 299 lbs!! I feel so much better just losing what I have lost so far. I move better, park farther away from stores and just feel motivated.

I have a question though, what do you do for exercise? How do you move? How often? What keeps you motivated?

Thanks!!

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I walk everyday 1 1/2- 2 1/2 miles. I actually start weight training this week and I'm super excited about that! I'm about 5 weeks out.

"In the end we only regret the chances that we didn't take."

Thank you for responding!

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@ThatRussGirl Hi Jenn. We are pretty close in sleeve surgery dates and progress. Mine was Feb. 25. I'm Kelly. I started out at 331 and as of last Friday I was at 280. I weigh each Friday so we'll see what tomorrow brings. I had lost 16 lbs. on the pre-surgery liquid diet and the other 35 has been since surgery. Maybe we can keep in touch with our progress/questions/issues?

As for exercise, I've mostly been walking, 30 mins./day. But just last week I started a beginner Zumba class. Tonight will be my third class. I did check with my doctor first to see if it was ok. They said just as long as I take it easy and listen to my body if it's too hard, etc. The first class I took it easy and didn't do too bad. The second class I kind of forgot that I even had surgery and really got into it. Although that night I did notice my stomach muscles were a bit tender so I may have did a little too much. But it is definitely fun and it's added a different workout to my routine so that's nice. In the summer, if it ever gets warm here, I will add swimming/swim exercises as we have a pool. I also plan to get back on my bike and enjoy some bike rides outside. Eventually, I'd like to add in some small weights or some strength training. I think I have to wait until at least 12 weeks out if I remember correctly what my doctor said in the past.

Hope that helps! Look forward to hearing more from you. I'm pretty new to this site, this is my first post. But I think I can send messages directly to you by your profile. I'll have to try that next time perhaps. Take care.

That would be great! I would love to keep in touch. Got on the scale today and I'm down to 297! I stalled for almost a month but am now losing again. I love Zumba! I haven't been in a long time, but maybe I need to get back into it have a great day!

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I'm 8 months out & started exercising at 6 months post op, I do light weights 2x week, bicycling every night with my kiddos for about a mile, and recently started running a mile & 1/2 on the treadmill 3x/week. I also started at 348lbs and am down to 222lbs as of this morning!! Good luck to you, and just a warning... That first bike ride is THE MOST EXHILARATING FEELING EVER!!!!!

@UalreadyKnow... Congrats on your weight loss!! That's absolutely amazing. ????

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