how long before jogging?

how long after your surgery we you able to jog?
i still weigh over 400 and i am scared to death to even try it, cant wait til i can and i know i will be able to but when? 

My advice, for what it's worth, is to START SLOWLY.  Even if it's only jogging a few slow strides at a time, followed by walking for some distance, START.  Even if it's jogging for 15 seconds, then walking for a minute, START.  As someone who started out at 442, I promise your body will tell you when you're overdoing it.  Gradually add time/distance (my physical therapist-in training daughter says a person should not increase time or distance more than 10% a week), and you'll see improvement before you know it!  Good luck!

i was 431 pre-op, i can't remember what weight i was before i started to run, but it was in the 200's and around 6 months post-op.  i did a lot of other cardio like stationary bike, walking on the TM with a steep incline, and elliptical before i was comfortable running.

I was a lot farther out and 250 ish ..... Just be carefull and start slow. I'm with Bill , I started by a lot of walking / eliptacal b4 running. I am not trying to discourage you at all but be carefull , I don't want you to go too hard too soon an regret it later. A treadmill with an incline or finding someplace outside with lots of hills would be a good start. I also started with the jog a little / walk some untill I could jog a mile or so.

I started with walking for distance 4 miles.  Once I was able to hit this point it became a goal of reducing my time.  So it went from a walk to a faster walk to yet  even faster.  Then when I decided to do my 5K I started working in the jogging and then it was wal****il I was bored then run until I was sore, then walk again.  Once I moved past this I went to the walk a 10th run a 10th and built intervals by 10ths on the running part. My last outdoor run I was able to easily run a mile then walk but doing it for distance became a problem.  Moving to a treadmill I feel I am starting all over but at a faster pace.

 Like all the other responses, I started slowly walking and got my distance to a 2.8 mile course around my house.  I then increased to jog from street light to street light then walk two, increased to jog up one street, walk the other...slowly increasing my jog interval.  One day, I just kept jogging and made the whole 2.8 miles jogging.  I then started to increase the distance.  I also started working on the treadmill at the gym, with both a hill and speed interval.  I got to the point where I could do a 3.2 mile or approximate 5K in about 30 mins.

I'm now doing about 4 miles per day, M-W-F and a longer 6-7 miles on Saturday with rest (no run) days T & Th but I do strength training.  Sundays is a complete rest day.

My key is I am working out to feel good and be healthy.  I am not in it for pain.  If something starts to hurt, I slow down and take it a little easier.  The "no pain, no gain" mentality is not for me.

Just get out there, increase your activity slowly and reasonably, and feel good!  This ain't a sprint, it's a Marathon!

Ok guys, another question, When can you do sit-ups??  I have a smaller stomachnow, but wanna continue shrinking this stomach.  On Monday I will be 4 weeks out, i'm down to 259 pounds as of right now, I look a lot smaller I think, as I've always held my weight pretty well.  I walk a lot at work, i'm sprinting all day at work from the front of the clinic to the back with patients, so would you still add something else for exercising purposes or? I get on the treadmill and walk.  Any Ideas or suggestions/??

Situps don't shrink the stomach. In fact, you can't spot reduce fat on any part of the body.

That said, it's important to do some strength training and not just do cardio.

Most surgeons say to wait to do strength work or core wor****il you don't have lifting restrictions and are fully healed so that you don't get a hernia. They vary on when they think that will be but it's generally at least 6 weeks out and some want you to wait even longer. You need to ask your surgeon because he knows what he did to you and how long it will take to heal it.