What kind of physical activity are y'all doing by day six post op? I haven't really had it in me to full out exercise but I have been walking a bunch.

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I was barely doing any to be totally honest. I started back walking around the neighborhood and a little bit of jogging yesterday at 3 weeks. I wasn't cleared for exercise for two weeks anyway.

I wasn't cleared for anything other than walking for 6 weeks.

Day 7 I went salmon fishing.

Walking for first month.

I was restricted to walking for the first 4 weeks.

I'm not supposed to lift anything heavier than 10 pounds for the first 6 weeks. I asked about stretches (like yoga, and PT for my back injury) and was told not to do anything that causes you to tighten your core/ab area. If there's too much pressure in your midsection, part of your intestine may pop out through the unhealed incision. I had a coworker that did a full back stretch (leaned over backwards with his hands up in the air) a few weeks after gallbladder surgery and that caused a hernia!

My gym buddy thinks I may be able to do isolated arm/leg exercises, but so far I've just been walking on the treadmill. We go at lunch during work. Before I went back to work I walked some laps around my couch, but that was it really.

All I did was walk, short distances multiple times a day.

All I did was walk, short distances multiple times a day.

Same here. Lots of frequent walking.

Each step felt like I was moving closer to a new life.

I wiped out all my credits on Audible.com in the first month. I'd put a good book on an MP3 player and start walking. Started with light weights in the gym after week four was done.

I'm guessing you have been sort of sidelined by your weight from doing many physical activities? If so, start dreaming while you are walking for the next few weeks about things you want to do (snorkel, ski, run, yoga). One of the things that happens to people who just have not been able to do things because of their weight is they forget what is possible. You get limited by an image we have of ourselves. Well it's going to change. So start dreaming...and dream HUGE.

I wiped out all my credits on Audible.com in the first month. I'd put a good book on an MP3 player and start walking. Started with light weights in the gym after week four was done.

I'm guessing you have been sort of sidelined by your weight from doing many physical activities? If so, start dreaming while you are walking for the next few weeks about things you want to do (snorkel, ski, run, yoga). One of the things that happens to people who just have not been able to do things because of their weight is they forget what is possible. You get limited by an image we have of ourselves. Well it's going to change. So start dreaming...and dream HUGE.

For sure!!

I'm bound to want to go sky diving for my 26th birthday next year once I'm under the weight limit!

I tried yoga once while existing as overweight and while it's not impossible it was not fun!

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I wiped out all my credits on Audible.com in the first month. I'd put a good book on an MP3 player and start walking. Started with light weights in the gym after week four was done.

I'm guessing you have been sort of sidelined by your weight from doing many physical activities? If so, start dreaming while you are walking for the next few weeks about things you want to do (snorkel, ski, run, yoga). One of the things that happens to people who just have not been able to do things because of their weight is they forget what is possible. You get limited by an image we have of ourselves. Well it's going to change. So start dreaming...and dream HUGE.

This fat man on the left could snorkle! What I couldn't do was drown!