I bought a recumbant bike last year and had been begging DH and DS to put it together for me. When DS asked me what I wanted for my birthday, Mother's Day and Christmas I asked him to put it together and I even offered him money. I kept telling them I needed to get on it because my health was deteriorating but that didn't seem to matter. I finally got someone to drag it into the living room and I put it together. That was a couple of weeks ago and I've only been able to do 5 minutes 6 or 7 times a day. Today I was able to do 20 minutes straight, with the last 5 minutes being really hard. I discovered that looking at a magazine instead of the display screen made it whole lot easier. I feel so proud of myself. Now I'm wondering how long after surgery will it take before I feel like exercising again?

HELLO...i AM ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE NOT HAD YOUR SURGERY YET???

It took me about 2 weeks (full 2 weeks) to get my energy level back to be able to walk short distances up our road. But, once that was getting easier, than back on my bike I went. We live in a very hilly area, so that type of bike would not work for me. I do know someone who has one, and it looks like great fun.

I am very proud of you for getting it together and getting on it. That is the hardest part. Even though you are on a bike closer to the ground, please make sure you buy a helmet......Always be safe....

Best of luck

Traci

Traci, you are correct in the fact that I have not had my surgery yet. I hope to get a surgery date for May.

The recumbant bike is actually an exercise bike so no need for a helmet. I do have bike that has been sitting the garage and will actually ride that once I drop about 75 lbs. Believe it or not I like how I feel after I exercise and used to be very active until I ripped a calf muscle 8 years ago and then got heel spurs in both feet which has greatly reduced my activity.

Thanks for the encouraging words. I appreciate it.

oh, ok....I guess I did not realize it was an indoor bike. We love to ride. I started riding a single speed bike at 335lbs last April. I rode all last season with a Trek hybrid bike, and this season upgraded to a road bike with mountain bike handelbars. It was great getting back out. I swore I would be so tired when I went for my rides at my old weight...doing 4-5 miles a night was a killer...and hardly ever got above 7-8 miles an hour.

I am happy to say this season is allot better.

I hope you have lots of luck

When is your surgery?