Exercise questions

mom2denise · October 20, 2007

I am considering having lapband surgery.I have seen a surgeon & he said I would have to do 1hr of hot sweatty exercise everyday. That seems a little excessive to me. Why not just exercise & watch what you eat & loose that way? I have about 120lbs to loose & have yo-yo dieted for 10years w/no luck. I loose & then regain.

Anyone from the Akron, OH area, if so, who was your surgeon?:help:

by the way, what is Pbing?

edieparks · October 20, 2007

Just an answer to the exercise part of your thread.

I started out with 30 minutes of slow laps. I could only walk 1/2 mile in 35 minutes. As the weight came off I did more and more.

I was sucessful .

edie

Jachut · October 20, 2007

You have to start with what you can handle, of course!

But an hour of hard exercise per day isnt excessive when you consider how sedentary our lives are these days. Devices to do everything and all of that.

I fit that in with relative ease these days and if I'm busy well on those days I do less.

I highly recommend building up to it though, you'll get great results if you do.

stinaNYC · October 21, 2007

I'm going to be the person that everyone throws heavy objects at...I didn't exercise for the first year after I was banded and still lost 90 lbs. All my weight loss came from food modification.

It was only after I reached one year that I started to workout...ironically, I haven't lost much weight since then! I know it's because I'm gaining muscle (I weight train 3 days a week, do yoga twice a week and pilates once a week), so I'm not trying to tell you not to exercise because the scale won't move downwards.

My doctor was very up-front with me before I had the surgery...he told me that exercise is very good for you, but it's not the deciding factor in one's weight loss. It helps minimally, but ultimately it's about calorie intake.

My advice? If you want to be active, you don't have to knock yourself out...at least not every day and not at first. Walk, do yard work, maybe even dance in your living room like a maniac when no one is home to watch! But you don't have to be Tami Lee Webb (of Buns of Steel fame) in order to lose the weight.

KarenG. · October 21, 2007

Hi, I think that is a bit excessive too. I have been losing weight steadily for the past 2 1/2 months (still very new) as I have been losing I have gained oodles of energy. I workout about 5 times a week now but not for an hour each time. The days when I am really busy I try to do higher intensity exercise and on the weekends I do longer walks. I think you should just try and do as much as you can and you will see that you will soon feel like doing more.

new_me_2008 · October 21, 2007

Just my two cents with very little experience so far.....

I yo-yo'd for years as well and that is precisely why I picked the band. I actually semi- liked exercise in the past but was uncomfortable with my size - it never felt good. When my Dr told me to exercise 30 minutes daily I was encouraged, plus I want toned muscles once I lose this weight.

My pateint coordinator hasnot exercised a minute and has lost 90 pounds in one year.