Working out.

[EmilyMikulec 21]

I'm only 6 days out after surgery and I'm recuperating pretty quick. I'm so happy I did it! My body wants to move around. I walk from one side of the house to the other it's too cold and snowy to talk outside so that's what I've been doing. I'm thinking of possible joining the gym next month. Do you guys know how long I have to wait after lap band surgery to start working out? And then at the gym what will I be capable of doing?

[lisacaron 5,075]

Wait and speak to your doctor at your post op visit to see when it's OK to get back into a "work out" routine. I waited for 6 weeks and 8 before lifting anything heavy.

Your mission right now it to heal. Even though your feeling awesome I did too right after surgery. Inside your body is healing and adjusting to a new apparatus that is not part of your biology.

Walking and moving around is excellent, keep doing that and soon enough you will be sweating it out in the gym. If you feel you want to up the amount of space you can move in try going to an indoor mall or around an office or school building. I know when I can't get to the gym I'll grab a co-worker throw on some sneakers and walk around the building for a couple of miles. 5 times around our main floor is one mile so we do that a few times walk up and down the stairs from the concourse to the third floor and sometimes I think that's a better work out then spending an hour in the gym. (I think I count it as an hour and it take me 30 min to dress undress shower and redress so the gym time is really only 30 minutes on a good day

Good luck and keep feeling great!

[2muchfun 8,927]

Yeah, ask your doctor before doing anything extreme but usually 2 weeks for the incisions to heal and no ab workouts or hard lifting, bending for 30 days. Of course, everyone heals at different rates.

[EmilyMikulec 21]

I'm gonna take it easy since this is my only excusable time to relax and not feel guilty about it. Ill ask my dr on my next appt. thanks guys!

[luv2golfnow 29]

My doc encouraged me to start 2 weeks post op and no limitations. I started off slow doing 30 minutes of cardio and light weights. Good luck

[911dispatcher 45]

If you listen to your body, you will Know your limitations once you get the OK from the doctor. I hadn't exercised in years, so a walk around the block was all I could manage at first. Eventually, I got a trainer that showed me what I should be doing, and how to do it. After 1 1/2 years, I did a triathlon. I still have more weight to lose, and am far from being in shape, but I try to remember- its a steady, lifelong commitment.