I got my surgery on March 26, that’s about 23 days ago.

I’ve lost about 26 lbs so far, and doing well otherwise.

Best part so far is that I fit in my old clothes which I haven’t worn for over a year.

Alls well, but I still feel lazy. Can’t seem to get off the couch to go walking in the park.

How many KM / Miles, should I make it a point to walk per day? Any ideas?

I do about 6 miles every day.

But if you're just starting out, I'd set a goal for 5000 steps, and add 1000 steps every week or two.

Start slow and keep building:)

I do about 6 miles every day.
But if you're just starting out, I'd set a goal for 5000 steps, and add 1000 steps every week or two.
Start slow and keep building:)

When did you start walking 5000 steps? After how many days/weeks of surgery?

I feel like I'm following @Creekimp13 around the message board and agreeing with everything she says, LOL. This is what I am doing. I'm at 8,000 steps a day now. I need to add an actual walk to meet this goal. All three of my current paths are 1.3 miles. Two of them are fairly flat and the third is very hilly -- I do the hilly walk every few days. Map My Walk is a great ap if you have a smart phone with GPS. And, get a Fitbit -- I ordered the new Versa and its coming today!

I'm two weeks out and doing two walks at about a mile each every day. In between, I try to get up and move around for a bit every hour or two, but I don't count steps/distance for those periods.

On 4/18/2018 at 8:02 AM, goldeneye said:

When did you start walking 5000 steps? After how many days/weeks of surgery?

I started walking 5000 steps a day about six months before my surgery.

The day of my surgery, after surgery, I walked over two miles on the ward (yep, I put my fit bit on as soon as I got to my room). The day after surgery, I returned to my typical 5-6 miles a day and have done so every day since.

For a while, I had worked up to 18000-20,000 steps per day....but my doctor told me to cut back to 12,000 per day (about 5 miles) and to add cardio instead to keep different muscle groups in the mix.

So that's what I do.