When can I resume exercise?

[Shannon82 0]

Hi all, I am just wondering about how long after surgery it took before you could start exercising again? I am being sleeved on 5/28, and super excited, it's exactly 2 months after I initially saw my surgeon. This is all happening fairly quickly for me, and I've already lost 30 pounds. I've been following my doctors lean and green diet to the T (almost), but I feel like my body is responding really well to the exercising I've been doing. Tone and Core classes, I started a running group, and now aspire to be a certified zumba instructor. I know it was 6 weeks after my C-section I was cleared for moderate activity, does that sound about right? or might this be shorter. I'm really hoping shorter. I am enjoying my group exercise so much. Please let me know your thoughts.

[Ginger Snaps 1,323]

Obviously you'll need to follow your doctor's advice, but my slightly educated guess is that recovery from a c-section is much longer than recovery from the sleeve if the surgery is laproscopic.

I always thought it was quite unfair that after a major surgery like a c-section, they send you home with a 10 pound weight to to carry around and take care of all the time! After surviving 3 c-sections, I feel invincible! lol

[BryBro63 410]

My understanding is you need to wait at least 6 weeks after surgery, but I waited until my 2 month follow-up appointment and got the green light from my surgeon to start hitting the gym again. I have heard of people getting pulled stomach muscles by starting too soon, so again, I would wait for the surgeon to give me the green light before starting anything.

[Avryv 26]

I started two days after my surgery.. just by walking! I walked and walked (mainly to relieve the gas and horrible feelings from the gas) NO Heavy exercising just lots of walking. I am 3 weeks post op - I have not done any weights or heavy lifting but I am to a point where I am walk/jogging 4 to 5 miles a day. I feel great and am not pushing myself to hard (slow) just enough to get my heart rate up a bit.

I don't plan on getting back to the gym or high intensity work outs for at least another few weeks (maybe 3 or 4 more)

[mon_jam74 31]

First off, check with your surgeon. I'm finding on these boards that everyone is given different orders from their surgeons. However, mine said I could only walk or use a stationery bike for the first 3 weeks. Start walking in the hospital and continue to walk at least 30 min/day once you've gone home. I added the stationery bike during the second week. At 3 weeks, I was given the green light for any and all exercise. I'm 4 weeks out and in the second week of couch to 5k 3 days a week and the elliptical the other 4 days. I worry about strenuous ab exercises, but my surgeon says I'm fine.

[Shannon82 0]

Thanks so much! I appreciate the responses.