Does anyone have any suggestions on a post-opp workout?? I am 2 weeks till surgery and am thinking about staying ahead of the weight loss and sagging skin. Am I even being realistic???

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Until I was cleared to get in the pool, I just walked some.

Once my incisions healed, and I was able to swim, I started swimming (Water aerobics, laps, etc.).

Yay!!! Yes i am ready for that! My friend is a personal trainer and is researching light lifting to help counteract the weight loss

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I did everything I could to get in the best shape I could going into surgery. For a month after it was an hour or more of walking per day. Your stomach staple line is healing, you put a great deal of stress on your core when you lift anything to heavy.

The next month added the elliptical trainer and slowly added interval training. Light weights.

The next month increased weights at a rate of 10% per week until I hit my max.

Then I started C25K and hot yoga on month three.

Slow ramp up, exciting results.

I was only allowed to walk the first month - and in the beginning I was walking s l o w l y - and by the end of the month I was at my pre-surgery speed and much more stamina and distance. I was walking so much at 1 month the dog ran away from me a few times in the morning rather than go for a walk, ha.

at one month I was cleared to do what I wanted, and build up slowly, so I added back in my favorite yoga routines, and I was doing 1 time a week pilates, but have now upped that to 3 times a week. I swim whenever I get the chance. *swimming* is my favorite thing. I have been back to hiking a few times. hope to maybe go hiking this coming weekend.

Working out is awesome check your doc for their specific requirements and recommendations. I started couch to 5k after a few weeks and now 2.5 years later I'm running my second full marathon this weekend.

That said, exercise and working out will do NOTHING for saggy skin except maybe fill it out a bit. It's about genetics, age, number of years you were overweight, how much yo yo dieting you did, etc.

After 136lb loss regardless of my running and killer yoga muscles, at age 45 having been overweight much of my life and obese for 18 years only surgery got rid of my excess skin.

I have to chime in and say I love love love Pilates. I started about four months after surgery, when I hit 250, at a Pilates studio offering group Reformer classes close to my house. Initially I was doing 2 classes a week, but now I do 4-5 a week. I LOVE the stuff. It doesn't make me sweaty, it's easy to modify for my joints, and it's doing a great job of building a flexible muscular structure under my fat/skin. *grin* I also really like that it has a focus on being aware of your body and how it moves through space. Losing 100+ pounds is a lot of change on one's center of gravity -- but Pilates has me covered in working on balance and control. It's also specfically strengthening parts of my body -- my lower back, ankles, hip muscles and abdominal core -- that were weak and/or really affected by carrying so much weight.

Benefits: I am starting to wear *heels* again! I have so much ankle strength I can do that! My posture is better. It's helping my um, bosom sit up higher even as I lose weight, because of building my pectoral muscles. It has a focus on getting blood pumping, which I think may help skin tightening. It makes me feel strong and good about my body!

I pay $169 a month for unlimited classes, and I absolutely think it's worth it to me. My nutritionist said that between that and walking, she's comfortable that I'm getting enough exercise and I don't need to add additional cardio. On the other hand, if I want it, they also have Cardio-Pilates at my studio.