I'm starting Week Four (the last week of food restrictions on my plan!) and I feel great! I want to start exercising so as to maximize weight loss and increase flexibility as well as try to avoid saggy skin. I have been cleared for swimming (I'm not a great swimmer but I can get better) and I'd love to run. Weights at the gym aren't cleared until Week Five but virtually all else is ok. Does anyone have a great exercise plan to share? I can reasonably get to the gym 4 days a week and I can exercise at home/outside most of the year. What's working for you? How did you get started?

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I started at 3 1/2 weeks out. I'm on a 9 week food phase. So honestly, the first 2-3 visits back to the gym, I just hit the treadmill. The first day I could only handle about 23 minutes on a slight incline, and a steady pace. By the end of that I felt like I was going to die. The next time was a bit better, but still just stuck to cardio for about 30-35 minutes. The third time I did very light weights.

My best suggestion is start with the cardio, and don't overdo it! Working out post-op is farrrrr different from what it was pre-op. I get way more tired now a lot faster. But I've had to build up that endurance and stamina. I'm now 7 weeks post-op, and today I did a two hour work out with 40 minutes of it being cardio, and the rest was weight training.

Good luck!

I got in the pool as soon as I was cleared to get in the Water.

I started with deep water aerobics, water walking/running, calisthenics, and weights. I worked my way up to lap swimming.

I started with cardio. The recumbent bike works well for me because I have arthritic knees. But now I have lost 61 pounds and am trying out the treadmill to mix it up a bit. Weights are important when you get cleared. You want to build muscle to keep your metabolism strong and get lean.

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