I am 5 weeks postop and I have a general feeling of fatigue and I get winded really easily. I live in New York City so I'm often running up and down flights of stairs for my commute. When I get to the top of the stairs I have to stop because I'm so week. I want to start exercising but I'm so exhausted by the time that I get home from work I can't even think about exercising. Will this start to get better? Will I have more energy soon? Or do you think I should start exercising now even though I'm exhausted and build up my stamina and endurance? I've just Never felt this way before. I've felt lazy and full from food but I didn't feel weak. I am dropping weight fairly quickly.

SW 241

CW 208

Height 5'4

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I had my sleeve on 12/13/16, and just this week I started to feel like my old self. I too was winded and fatigued. My best friend reminded me that I had major surgery and it takes time to heal. Last week I was blah ( technical term ) lol. This week I'm a ball of energy! It gets better just hang in there.

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It does get better. I started working out at 6 weeks, but for the first month, I felt light headed every time I did cardio. I nearly passed out several times.

Gradually, though, the weakness went away.

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I'm 8 weeks post op and have been working out for 3 weeks now. I started with aqua aerobics and took it very slow and easy the first week. Just two days that week of that. Then at the beginning of the second week I went to the gym and tried the resistance machines, all at level 1 to get a feel for what I could do. That week I did the two aqua classes and added one day of resistance machines to the mix. At the beginning of this week, I tried the treadmill. I bought a stomach belt because it still hurts a bit when my stomach bounces. The belt works great and makes me sweat more in that area so double good news. I did intervals of walk/jog for a total of 25 min that day and that was it. That was Sunday of this week. I did aqua aerobics on Tuesday, resistance machines and treadmill (15 min) on Wednesday, and aqua again on Thursday. I'm going to rest now until Sunday. I've felt a dramatic increase in my energy since I started working out and am still dropping weight steadily. Good luck!

SW 236

CW 193

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Yep gets better... I started walking 30 mins a day at 2-3 weeks and weights at 3 weeks.. now I'm 7 weeks post op.

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