How long after VSG were you able to run/workout

[breezybee 7]

Hello all! I'm hoping to get surgery in June and I had always been very active prior to gaining this weight 3 years ago, and I know once I start seeing it come off I'm going to be out there again working out! how long after surgery were you able to run/cardio! Summer is my month and I love running

[Berry78 4,259]

Plan on at least 6-8 weeks.

[swimbikerun 1,039]

Did a 10K 3 weeks and 1 day after surgery. Released to swim 2 days short of a month.

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

3 hours ago, breezybee said:

how long after surgery were you able to run/cardio!

always ask your dr for info - he's the one to follow/listen

my doctor said, wait a couple of months

at 5+ years, i still don't run - but i never did before

@swimbikerun wisely inferred "Knowledge is Power"

keep truckin!!

good luck with surgery

kathy

[jintycb 721]

Run? Now I do many things but running is not one of them! Never mind after surgery-just let's say never!!! Now, many other kinds of exercise, yes.

After surgery I immediately went back to dog walking, only a couple of miles a day to start with but gradually increasing distance and length of walks. I swam as soon as I could get back in the Water which was as soon as I got my stitches out. I was back at ballet classes after ten months but it was only vanity that made me put it off for so long as I really couldn't cope with looking at my still lumpy bits in the mirrors that surround you in a dance studio! Oh yes, and the fact that I hadn't done class for 35 years.

I now walk 6-7miles every day with my dogs and do at least two ballet classes a week. I feel wonderful!

[VSG4Mag 106]

Well I'm about three weeks out, and I just ran about 1/2 mile through the airport to avoid missing my flight 😱

Then carried my 50 pound kid who passed out from the plane to the shuttle and into my car. So that counts as running and weight lifting right??? Lol

so much for no lifting over 10 pounds! I have really been good about that up until now.

But seriously, I don't see why you couldn't run as soon as the doctor clears you for normal activity. Mine should at my one month appointment.

For me, I won't run until I lose another 30 pounds. I have bad knees and they just can't handle the weight when running. I've been up and down for years and when I ran when I was too heavy it really messed up my knees, like Beyond pain, they would lock up , etc.

i will run again. Maybe a Disney 1/2 marathon next January or February

[MowryRocks 679]

I was walking a mile at a time 2 weeks out and did my first post surgery 5k 5 weeks after surgery