No Exercise means stalled weightloss

[FLLyssa 27]

I never was one to say I was taking "the easy way out" however, I really truly thought the weight would fall off the first 6 months then I would have to start the physical part. Shame on me!!!!! I am 4 mos out and I have lost almost 30 pounds. Why??? Because Surgery does not cure Lazy. I should be way further in my progress and Im the one that stopped it. Take my mistake and learn from it. All the changes you make post surgery, make your commitment to exercise part of it. You have to exercise, deal with it. Lazy=Fat take it first hand.

[alwaysvegas 702]

I want a t-shirt that say "Surgery does not cure lazy!" That's fantastically true!

Good for you for recognizing where you can improve your weight loss and not go blaming the ol' sleeve that every surgeon/nutritionist/veteran on the planet has said "...is just a tool."

Personal responsibility is the key. (And a few laps around the gym.)

Bravo to you @@FLLyssa!

[Babbs 14,680]

I don't think all people that don't exercise are "lazy". Unmotivated maybe, but not lazy.

[alwaysvegas 702]

I don't think all people that don't exercise are "lazy". Unmotivated maybe, but not lazy.

I didn't take it that she was talking about all people...just a light-hearted jab at herself.

[AvaFern 3,516]

Haha, your post made me laugh. I worked out hard for the first 80 pounds and then I had plastic surgery and the most I could do was walk daily, which in the beginning I was positive was going to result in weight gain. Amusingly enough, over the course of almost 8 months I had three plastic surgeries and a week after the last one I hit my goal weight, which was 37 pounds lost from not exercising much. I think I lost a lot of muscle, but I am always amused when my body throws me a curve ball I never expected.

Maybe try walking as your exercise? I find it boring as can be but while I'm in recovery it has helped me maintain at goal and at the very least relaxes me a little.

[une nouvelle vie 327]

@@FLLyssa, preach that!

I started at 450 pounds so I had a LOT more to lose than many who've gotten the sleeve. I figured I wouldn't have to exercise much at all until I got to a lot closer to my goal weight. Then at 330 pounds I got stuck. STUCK.

Worse than lazy, I was stupid! I kept thinking "This is scientifically impossible!" My BMR (basal metabolic rate) was supposed to be about 2100 calories a day which meant that since I was eating around 800 a day I should be dropping a pound every 3 days without any exercise. Guess what? I wasn't. I logged every bite of food so I know it wasn't that I was eating more than I thought. It just wasn't happening no matter what science said should be happening.

Did I mention I was being stupid? Well, I was. I dug in my heels and thought "It's a stall, the scale will move soon." and kept right on not exercising. I did this for THREE MONTHS.

I finally bought a treadmill and had to start out really slowly because I'd been 450 pounds before I started this journey, exercise obviously wasn't part of my life. I started by walking 2 miles an hour for 10 minutes at a time, 3 times a day to get my 30 minutes in. That was a month ago. I'm still only at 30 minutes a day but I do 15 minutes at a time at 2.4 miles an hour and I've lost 25 pounds. Almost to under 300!

Let's keep going!

[sherripark 3]

I feel your pain, I too started at the over 400 lb mark and didn't bother exercising til I too got stuck at about 300lbs..... just stuck. The scale has only moved about 20lbs since Christmas!!! So I got off my arse and joined Curves (and now that our ridiculously long, cold Canadian winter is over, walking!) since then I have lost about 15lbs and feel myself getting stronger and more encouraged each day.

So a pat on the back for all of us, who may not of excercised right away but learned our lessons and got moving..... Walk, on my friends, walk on!