How soon can you exercise

[hopeandfaith 6]

I'm one week out today! I've been doing VERY well until last night I just had a rough night. Woke up and my stomach is cramping. I think I messed up when I took a few sips of a spicy Soup my daughter made. Paid for it last night and still paying for it. LOL

My family keeps asking me if I've exercised yet. So I'm asking, when should I start to exercise? I've been walking a little around the yard but like when should I get on my treadmill? After yesterday I don't want to mess up again so I'm reaching out to the EXPERTS HERE!!!

[NJMOMof2 17]

My doctor told me that I could start walking on the treadmill 14 days post op and return to spinning (which I did before surgery) after 4 weeks.

[Susanne 32]

I was told I can (or better SHOULD) use the treadmill right away, starting with 15 minutes. First I thought I could do more since I am home all day but I realized quickly that with the few calories I managed to get in, I was feeling too weak to do longer and faster walks

[M2G 1,836]

I was up walking within 4 hours of surgery, and kept walking as much as possible during the first 6 weeks.

After 6 weeks I was cleared for all exercise and went back to Curves and promptly pulled a muscle in my abdomin. So that delayed me another week before I was able to go back.

But I was a regular exerciser before surgery, so walking was a step down from what I had been doing. Probably for the first week, I was just walking around the house, or walking up and down the stairs as much as possible, but then I switched to the treadmill and started out at 20 minutes and increased to 30 minutes within a week of starting. Walking is the best thing you can do in the first 6 weeks.