Hi everyone, I am so glad to find this forum to be able to ask questions and learn more about the lapband. I have been wanting this for a long time now, but too undecided to get it done. I am 63 years old with numerous aging health problems that can be helped by having this surgery to help me remove some of this weight. .the main problem is, I have leg and foot problems which prevent me from walking very much (not at all right now, until an ulcer heals). I am presently in a wheelchair. Any suggestions on types of exercise I can do to help my weight reduction? I can't go swimming..Podiatrist nixed that idea. I am grateful to any and all suggestions. I must commend you all for your support to one another. I have been reading some of the post and the outpouring of support is wonderful. :thumbup:Jodi (leelee)

leelee- my mom is in a wheelchair most of the time. She is lucky because she can swim and move a little bit, but she does do a lot of different activities with her arms and legs. Anything that keeps you moving, even when you're sitting. There is a tv station on her satellite that shows chair exercises. Maybe google it and see if you can buy a DVD the demonstrates some. My mom does leg lifts, stretches, lifts arm weights, even stomach crunches in her chair.

Good luck!

You might want to invest in a pair of lightweight dumbbells and look online for some exercises you can do sitting down. You don't need a lot of expensive equipment for these exercises, and they can do wonders for your upper body strength and muscle tone.

I have a permanet back injury that prevents me from walking far and bending and so on. To excerise I bought a video on Amazon called sit and be fit it's all sitting excerises. There is a program on PBS called Sit and be fit but the lady doing the excerises does do some hanging on to the back of a chair. I this helps

Hi everyone, I am so glad to find this forum to be able to ask questions and learn more about the lapband. I have been wanting this for a long time now, but too undecided to get it done. I am 63 years old with numerous aging health problems that can be helped by having this surgery to help me remove some of this weight. .the main problem is, I have leg and foot problems which prevent me from walking very much (not at all right now, until an ulcer heals). I am presently in a wheelchair. Any suggestions on types of exercise I can do to help my weight reduction? I can't go swimming..Podiatrist nixed that idea. I am grateful to any and all suggestions. I must commend you all for your support to one another. I have been reading some of the post and the outpouring of support is wonderful. :thumbup:Jodi (leelee)

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Leelee I am excited we have the same banding date!

Have you asked your doctor about resistance bands?? My young girlfriend who is paralyzed uses them quite a bit.

Lee Lee I am 60 and just had my surgery on the 19th... Got through it just fine... I have already lost 20 lbs and even that much has made me feel better .. I was reading the suggestions above and you can move it still girl ..Take baby steps and you are going to feel fabulous you just wait and see ..

Hi MaidMarion,

Yeah, I have something in common with someone besides being a bander. We are "same day new banders". You are nearly as young as my daughter who is 43 years old, lol. I know I am going to need all the encouragement that I can get, for I am a terrible one to snack. I am missing them already and I have just begun to change eating habits...one month now. I really don't know just what I can and cannot have to eat, I just know that protein is the number one thing to have and fats are a no-no. I do thank you for your helpful suggestions on exercise I can do and I am hoping to be out of this wheelchair at least by September or sooner with luck. Keep in touch. Leelee

Thanks to everyone for your helpful comments and suggestions. I am going to give those dumb bells a try and look for that tv station as well. All were good suggestions. You all were so helpful.