LapBand scheduled for 7/14 but haven't noticed anyone near my age here

[leelee7 0]

Hi everyone, I am so glad to find this forum to be able to ask questions and learn more about the lapband. I have been wanting this for a long time now, but too undecided to get it done. I am 63 years old with numerous aging health problems that can be helped by having this surgery to help me remove some of this weight. .the main problem is, I have leg and foot problems which prevent me from walking very much (not at all right now, until an ulcer heals). I am presently in a wheelchair. Any suggestions on types of exercise I can do to help my weight reduction? I can't go swimming..Podiatrist nixed that idea. I am grateful to any and all suggestions. I must commend you all for your support to one another. I have been reading some of the post and the outpouring of support is wonderful. :thumbup:Jodi (leelee)

[MrsFlipFlops 2]

leelee- my mom is in a wheelchair most of the time. She is lucky because she can swim and move a little bit, but she does do a lot of different activities with her arms and legs. Anything that keeps you moving, even when you're sitting. There is a tv station on her satellite that shows chair exercises. Maybe google it and see if you can buy a DVD the demonstrates some. My mom does leg lifts, stretches, lifts arm weights, even stomach crunches in her chair.

Good luck!

[snowbird 2]

You might want to invest in a pair of lightweight dumbbells and look online for some exercises you can do sitting down. You don't need a lot of expensive equipment for these exercises, and they can do wonders for your upper body strength and muscle tone.

[bugsbuni70 1]

I have a permanet back injury that prevents me from walking far and bending and so on. To excerise I bought a video on Amazon called sit and be fit it's all sitting excerises. There is a program on PBS called Sit and be fit but the lady doing the excerises does do some hanging on to the back of a chair. I this helps

[Alex Brecher 10,502]

Hi everyone, I am so glad to find this forum to be able to ask questions and learn more about the lapband. I have been wanting this for a long time now, but too undecided to get it done. I am 63 years old with numerous aging health problems that can be helped by having this surgery to help me remove some of this weight. .the main problem is, I have leg and foot problems which prevent me from walking very much (not at all right now, until an ulcer heals). I am presently in a wheelchair. Any suggestions on types of exercise I can do to help my weight reduction? I can't go swimming..Podiatrist nixed that idea. I am grateful to any and all suggestions. I must commend you all for your support to one another. I have been reading some of the post and the outpouring of support is wonderful. :thumbup:Jodi (leelee)

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[MaidMarion 1]

Leelee I am excited we have the same banding date!

Have you asked your doctor about resistance bands?? My young girlfriend who is paralyzed uses them quite a bit.

[AZChick289 1]

Lee Lee I am 60 and just had my surgery on the 19th... Got through it just fine... I have already lost 20 lbs and even that much has made me feel better .. I was reading the suggestions above and you can move it still girl ..Take baby steps and you are going to feel fabulous you just wait and see ..

[leelee7 0]

Hi MaidMarion,

Yeah, I have something in common with someone besides being a bander. We are "same day new banders". You are nearly as young as my daughter who is 43 years old, lol. I know I am going to need all the encouragement that I can get, for I am a terrible one to snack. I am missing them already and I have just begun to change eating habits...one month now. I really don't know just what I can and cannot have to eat, I just know that Protein is the number one thing to have and fats are a no-no. I do thank you for your helpful suggestions on exercise I can do and I am hoping to be out of this wheelchair at least by September or sooner with luck. Keep in touch. Leelee

[leelee7 0]

Thanks to everyone for your helpful comments and suggestions. I am going to give those dumb bells a try and look for that tv station as well. All were good suggestions. You all were so helpful.