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[JeffreyB 2]

Hello everyone I recently had my bariatric sleeve surgery on April 1 st. I went for my two week check up after the surgery, and the doctor said for me to go ahead and work out he gave me the clear to go do cardio and work out. I have relatives and family who went to the same doctor and had there surgery done by my same doctor. Now when talking with relatives and friends they stated wait six weeks not two weeks to start training. Well I visited the doctor again after a month which was a last week, he stated I should have started working out so I started working out which ended up being a month later just to be save. After working out lifting up lightweights bench pressing I find myself straining my stomach muscles. My stomach muscles were in pain for a couple days I was assuming it was my stomach itself being in sever pain being new to me. Well thankfully after couple days the pain went away, I was taking pain killers for extra help. Today something odd felt upon my stomach.... It feels like knives stabbing around my navel and I started feeling them again now. Please I would like some advice or opinions.

[Indigo1991 1,612]

JeffreyB, see your doctor. While I was allowed to exercise (walk, light jog and gentle cardio) from two weeks,, didn't get cleared for proper workout until 6 weeks and weights until 3 months. So if your stomach muscles were hurting, sounds like you may have overdone it a bit. But the other stuff needs checked by a doc....for your own peace of mind, get a medical opinion. Good luck!

Edited May 4, 2014 by Indigo1991

[PdxMan 4,292]

Hmmm ... I have seen many folks on here who, like myself, were given the same restrictions as your relatives ... 6 weeks. I don't understand why there would be a rush and why your Dr said you should have already been working out. Also, at what level are you doing your cardio? Don't suppose you are a bit overly zealous to get going and perhaps over doing it a bit? It is hard not to when you get this new, wonderful tool which you know is going to help you lose weight. But, be patient. It will all happen, but you must let your stomach heal first. As I understand it, your suture line take approximately 6 weeks to scar over and heal. Your body is working very hard at recovery. Having to also recover from a workout may be taxing yourself a bit.

My advice would be to wait the 6 weeks. I can't see where any good can come from starting earlier.

Also, I just want to throw a note out to the fine ladies out there.

I know it is difficult to get in the habit of checking what forum you are in when posting a reply and some threads seem gender neutral, but the OP has posted in that forum for a reason, otherwise, they would post in a more general one.

Thanks!

[Indigo1991 1,612]

PdxMan, thank you for the kindly tap on the wrist. It's taken a year to post - wrongly - on here but I will be more careful in future, honest, lol. OP, sorry for muscling in :-)

[CubsWinCubsWin 108]

I was hoping to hit the weight room as soon as possible to make things fall back into the right place where I had them 10 to 15 years ago but I was advised to wait. We didn't gain the weight in a few weeks or months so it won't hurt us to wait a few weeks or months to get back into a rigorous training regimen. Take it slow on the physical effort, it's not worth it yet. You'll lose most of your weight just from the fact that you can't eat as much as you used to. I walk briskly everyday from 3.5 to 6 miles everyday and I have slowly peppered in days where I throw in a slow jog to get the heart rate up. I had surgery on February 28 and have lost 63 pounds so far and I have yet to lift. I loved to lift, it was so much better than cardio but I know I need to wait until everything inside has healed and that will not be until month 3 or 4 post surgery. It will come soon enough.

[JeffreyB 2]

Everyone, thanks for the feedback. I have lost 65 lb in 50 days since I've started the diet on March 18th. I went from 430 to 365. I have always been training my whole life. I've been religiously playing football growing up and remained active but when it came to Portion Control along with being a culinary junky eating delicious food, portion control was not an existence. At the age 19 I went from 200 up to 400lb at the age of 24 then I lost 160 kept it off for nearly 8 years, somehow I got comfortable and gained it back so this is why I made the decision of having this surgery. I don't have a problem loosing the wieght it's gaining it back....... In the meantime In regards to my post on having stomach muscle pains, I submitted myself to the hospital and had X-ray along with having my blood work checked, well there is no sign of damage or anything to be concern of thank God. I guess it was just nerve irritation and tender wounds painfully healing. Thanks again everyone for the helpful comments!

[Jdub 109]

It's hard not to wait! I was told 6 weeks before any major exercising. Just walking or very light cardio until then. Even at 6 weeks when I started back at the gym I had to be very careful of stressing my core/abdominal muscles. Certain exercises I had to delay for another 2-4 weeks and introduce them slowly after that. Glad you are okay though!