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I am wondering what the best exercise would be to get my muscles toned and belly back in. Also how long did you wait post op to go back to the gym. I am 9 days post op and sitting and walking are about the only things I do at the moment.

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You can do cardio, treadmill and bicycle now. You can't lift more than 10 pounds until your f/u appt. with your surgeon and then be careful with resistance machines and increasing weight too fast.

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16 minutes ago, RiaR said:

I am wondering what the best exercise would be to get my muscles toned and belly back in. Also how long did you wait post op to go back to the gym. I am 9 days post op and sitting and walking are about the only things I do at the moment.

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Your Dr will give you a release to do more exercise after you heal. Weight loss, toning muscles and belly. Some cardio and weight lifting after you are released.

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There is a fitness topic you can post in.

One can not target a specific area to loose fat from, your body decides, and your abdomin will probably loose the least proportion of excess weight as compared to other body areas.

9 days might be a little two aggressive for any exercises that stress the back or abdomin. I would wait a little while longer.

Lifting weights will need Water. So make sure you can get all your Water and Protein in. I remember it was still a struggle that soon after my surgery, if I did not start early enough, I'd run out of time.

One activity that opened up to me, that totally godsmacked me was running. I f'ing hated walking, let alone running - science and engineers created bikes, airplanes and cars for that. But I got motivated and trained myself to do 5k's the summer of my surgery. It's a great free way to burn in some cardio, it's free and can be done anytime and anywhere with the right clothing. But in order to train for a 5k, you need to be able to walk it. So keep walking so you can do 3 miles in case you do want to train for a 5k.

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20 minutes ago, RiaR said:

I am wondering what the best exercise would be to get my muscles toned and belly back in. Also how long did you wait post op to go back to the gym. I am 9 days post op and sitting and walking are about the only things I do at the moment.

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When you are released - Start slow and build up your fitness level. None of us are athletes out the gate lol. Find what you enjoy doing. Be consistent with whatever you choose for activity/exercise. Your fitness goals may develop and change with time.

Congrats on your surgery!

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I walked for the first 6 weeks then I hit the gym hard. Did 10 HIIT classes a week plus Pilates 3x until I got a hernia and tore both my shoulders. Start slow. I was working out like a monster before so I had the good muscle memory but was weaker from lack of exercise and reduced energy from such low caloric intake.

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