Just curious to know if and when you started to exercise after surgery? If so what are some of the things your doing?

I do some light stuff, like walking my dog around the neighborhood.

I suffer from Fibromyalgia and am in a lot of pain most days.

Looking forward to swimming very soon as the weather is getting nicer.

I don't want to join a gym because I know I will never go and it will just be a waste of money.

the only exercise I was cleared to do for the first month after surgery was walk. At four weeks out, I was cleared for everything except for weights. I was allowed to do weights starting at eight weeks out.

the first year after surgery I mostly did walking, swimming, water aerobics, and yoga. I still do all that plus bicycling and Zumba.

Walking is pretty much all I did for the first few hundred pounds. By the time I got to 100 pounds overweight my spouse and I were walking miles a day people watching in various places.

At about that time I set myself a challenge to see if I could run 3 miles in 30 minutes, which I did in about a month. Shock of shocks I discovered that I enjoyed running. I kept increasing my distance until I eventually ran 5 marathons.

Do what you like. Who knows where it will lead you?

Good luck,

Tek

Walking is pretty much all I did for the first few hundred pounds. By the time I got to 100 pounds overweight my spouse and I were walking miles a day people watching in various places.
At about that time I set myself a challenge to see if I could run 3 miles in 30 minutes, which I did in about a month. Shock of shocks I discovered that I enjoyed running. I kept increasing my distance until I eventually ran 5 marathons.
Do what you like. Who knows where it will lead you?
Good luck,
Tek

Wow! That's really good! I can barely walk a half a mile a day I am 3 and a half weeks post op and still struggling but doing it!

I'm very curious about this. I'm 20 days out from surgery (pre-op) and I'm currently hiking/walking 4-6x a week (making sure I hit some hills/stairs), and I just started doing a little resistance/strength training. I just want to build a little muscle and help my cardiovascular system. Eventually I want to get rid of my fat, flat ass and change it for a nice one. I enjoy working out and I have friends that will do it with me...

So long story short my #1 goal is a healthy recovery from surgery with no complications, so I'm wondering how much I can do without pulling on my stomach. Should I wait four weeks to start some minor resistance exercises? Or the whole 6 weeks? That would be hard for me. Everything engages the abs so I'm just wondering. (I will be discussing this with my surgeon).

My surgeon cleared me to run at 2 weeks ("as long as you're not a fool about it"), to bike and jump rope at 4 weeks, and cleared me completely at 6 weeks. I now run 2-3 times a week and do CrossFit 3-4 times a week, though one of the runs is always an "active recovery" run where I make sure my heart rate stays around 140 bpm (or, if you don't have a monitor, you should be able to hold a conversation without being out of breath).

You can never go wrong with walking. It's the best exercise there is.