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h.brooks661989    50

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I am 5 days out and have lost 7lbs so far. I have never been a gym type of person but i am so scared that if i dont get to the gym asap im going to have saggy skin. For anyone who just works out at home what do you do? I started at 303 preop and now i am 278 post op. helpp.

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KristenLe    5,980

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I am 5 days out and have lost 7lbs so far. I have never been a gym type of person but i am so scared that if i dont get to the gym asap im going to have saggy skin. For anyone who just works out at home what do you do? I started at 303 preop and now i am 278 post op. helpp.

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You really can't work out until cleared by your surgeon. You risk hernias and complications. Walking is just about all you can do for the next few weeks anyway. Skin has more to do with genetics, how much weight to lose, how many times you've lost and gained, and age. You can help by getting enough Protein and fluids, taking Vitamins and keeping your skin moisturized - and then some strength/resistance training once cleared. It still is no guarantee. Deal with the skin if it gets to that point - right now concentrate on getting healthy and eating properly. It's important not to dwell on the scale either - your weight will fluctuate and stall. Just stay with your plan and you will lose weight at a healthy rate.

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h.brooks661989    50

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I am 5 days out and have lost 7lbs so far. I have never been a gym type of person but i am so scared that if i dont get to the gym asap im going to have saggy skin. For anyone who just works out at home what do you do? I started at 303 preop and now i am 278 post op. helpp.

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You really can't work out until cleared by your surgeon. You risk hernias and complications. Walking is just about all you can do for the next few weeks anyway. Skin has more to do with genetics, how much weight to lose, how many times you've lost and gained, and age. You can help by getting enough Protein and fluids, taking Vitamins and keeping your skin moisturized - and then some strength/resistance training once cleared. It still is no guarantee. Deal with the skin if it gets to that point - right now concentrate on getting healthy and eating properly. It's important not to dwell on the scale either - your weight will fluctuate and stall. Just stay with your plan and you will lose weight at a healthy rate.
I am walking one mile a day right now and hopes to move it up within the next few days and i will definitely try to my skin moisturized and continue to to take my Vitamins and Protein as much as possible. Thank you for your insight

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Walk. Go for walks around your neighborhood. You cannot work out until you are month or two post surgery. But any doctor or nutritionist will tell you to walk. That will help the healing, the gas, and motivate your stomach

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laceemouse    631

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I am 5 days out and have lost 7lbs so far. I have never been a gym type of person but i am so scared that if i dont get to the gym asap im going to have saggy skin. For anyone who just works out at home what do you do? I started at 303 preop and now i am 278 post op. helpp.

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You really can't work out until cleared by your surgeon. You risk hernias and complications. Walking is just about all you can do for the next few weeks anyway. Skin has more to do with genetics, how much weight to lose, how many times you've lost and gained, and age. You can help by getting enough Protein and fluids, taking Vitamins and keeping your skin moisturized - and then some strength/resistance training once cleared. It still is no guarantee. Deal with the skin if it gets to that point - right now concentrate on getting healthy and eating properly. It's important not to dwell on the scale either - your weight will fluctuate and stall. Just stay with your plan and you will lose weight at a healthy rate.
I am walking one mile a day right now and hopes to move it up within the next few days and i will definitely try to my skin moisturized and continue to to take my Vitamins and Protein as much as possible. Thank you for your insight

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Go on YouTube and search for WLS videos, VSG, RNY, etc. Almost everyone has loose skin, depending on how much you have to lose, where you carry your weight, etc. Exercising can help skin on your arms and legs because the muscle grows to fill in the skin a little. But almost everyone ends up with loose skin on their stomach. Moisturizer, vitamins, and such are all good for you but you can go see LOTS of people posting pictures of their excess skin, they call them "skin flicks".

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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