Did anyone have to do one of these? What do they evaluate?

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I had to do one pre surgery and post surgery. At mine I sat with an exercise physiologist after he weighed me and we discussed he asked questions in regards to exercise history, medical issues, what type of activities I participated in. He then came up with an exercise plan and made some recommendations pre-surgery. Post surgery was a follow up to the first meeting to see what I had been doing and to make recommendations for exercise in regards to physical limitations due to surgery.

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I did not have one of these. It's interesting. To me, though, the difficult thing regarding exercise isn't always knowing what to do, it's finding the motivation to actually do it. Everyone I know has the same problem! For a while, I had a physical trainer come to my house. I did it for several reasons: I'm lazy! but mostly if I had an appointment like that, it's much more difficult to cancel it. It worked out really well. I did stop eventually but am talking with him and maybe starting up again.

but, the eval, that's interesting and not horrible. It's just too bad that they don't have an exercise class or a list of trainers that you could hire. That is more helpful than telling you how to exercise (which is still good but just not as good)

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Actually at the hospital through the bariatric program they have formal group classes for you to participate in and the exercise physiologist also provides personal training for an additional fee if you want to do one on one training. At the pre-surgery appointment he goes over all of that information.

At my initial appointment I had already been pretty active in group exercise with Zumba 3 - 4 days a week so with me we discussed incorporating some weight training to go along with the aerobics and he provided some weight resistance exercise I could do with my body type.

For me I have an hours drive from the hospital where I had surgery so my participation with their classes was not reasonable; but the person who does their program deals specifically with bariatric patients.

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@@Elle09 THat's a nice program. I still think it's best when you have the trainer come to you! lol But I like that they have set this up.

I just started back with zumba! Good for you for doing it that many times a week! It is definitely a great workout!

I did not have one of these. It's interesting. To me, though, the difficult thing regarding exercise isn't always knowing what to do, it's finding the motivation to actually do it. Everyone I know has the same problem! For a while, I had a physical trainer come to my house. I did it for several reasons: I'm lazy! but mostly if I had an appointment like that, it's much more difficult to cancel it. It worked out really well. I did stop eventually but am talking with him and maybe starting up again.

but, the eval, that's interesting and not horrible. It's just too bad that they don't have an exercise class or a list of trainers that you could hire. That is more helpful than telling you how to exercise (which is still good but just not as good)

I think this is used for patients that aren't active at all pre-op and may have some barriers to certain exercise. It's to make sure the person is properly exercising and won't hurt themselves. I haven't had my Eval yet and not sure I will but welcome it.

I did not have one of these. It's interesting. To me, though, the difficult thing regarding exercise isn't always knowing what to do, it's finding the motivation to actually do it. Everyone I know has the same problem! For a while, I had a physical trainer come to my house. I did it for several reasons: I'm lazy! but mostly if I had an appointment like that, it's much more difficult to cancel it. It worked out really well. I did stop eventually but am talking with him and maybe starting up again.

but, the eval, that's interesting and not horrible. It's just too bad that they don't have an exercise class or a list of trainers that you could hire. That is more helpful than telling you how to exercise (which is still good but just not as good)

I think this is used for patients that aren't active at all pre-op and may have some barriers to certain exercise. It's to make sure the person is properly exercising and won't hurt themselves. I haven't had my Eval yet and not sure I will but welcome it.

That's interesting because I do have some problems with exercising. I hurt my back in a car accident and I have knee problems to the point where I will need surgery. Thank you for your input!

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I had to do one pre surgery and post surgery. At mine I sat with an exercise physiologist after he weighed me and we discussed he asked questions in regards to exercise history, medical issues, what type of activities I participated in. He then came up with an exercise plan and made some recommendations pre-surgery. Post surgery was a follow up to the first meeting to see what I had been doing and to make recommendations for exercise in regards to physical limitations due to surgery.

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Thanks for letting me know! The doctors office did schedule a metabolic rate appointment right before it so everything you said makes perfect sense to me now!

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@@Elle09 THat's a nice program. I still think it's best when you have the trainer come to you! lol But I like that they have set this up.

I just started back with zumba! Good for you for doing it that many times a week! It is definitely a great workout!

Having a trainer come to you seems perfect in many ways. I use to do Zumba classes and I hope to get back into it in the next few months. I just have to find an instructor that zumbas to the kind of music I like.. Lol.

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Yes it is a good part of the bariatric clinic that I went through and mandatory. I actually have no barriers to exercise and am very active. Along with Zumba I also participate in belly dance. I like music and enjoy dancing and I like to walk. However my eating habits need to be aligned with my activities. Having a trainer come to you is great but for me I enjoy group exercise and the comraderie keeps me motivated.

I am looking at possibly getting a trainer for a little weight training.

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