I agree with Gwen. It may be your shoes. You can go to an athletic shoe store and they can watch your gait and tell you the best show for you (a podiatrist could also tell you if you need inserts).

Exercise is great for overall health, especially your heart. I was 200 pounds pre-op and exercise was painful for me, too. Honestly I did no exercise until I was 7 months out and had lost 100 pounds. After I reached goal, I quit for several years (I realized I could maintain my weight without exercise). Now I realize I need it for my mental and physical health so staying active is a priority for me.

We do, however, have quite a difference in height.  I am 5' 8" tall.  Many people are shocked when I tell them how much I weigh or they say I don't look like I need to lose that much weight so apparently I carry it well but my body is suffering for it.

I was only allowed to walk for the first 6 weeks post-op.  Then I started adding in lots of other things one at a time!

I had my surgery on 4/20, so I am a little over a month post op. When did everyone start actively working out? I mean other than walking? I am ready to start lifting weights, and things like that, but I don't want to overdo it. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!!

You learn to adjust your eating habits.  If you are going out for a 2 hour run than the day before you will eat more at dinner and the morning of your run you should eat more. You learn that carbs are not a bad thing like people want you to think. As I was told think of your body as a car. If you don't put gas in your car it will not run. while if you don't feed your body good carbs it will not run.  Your body will burn it. The trick is to step away and cut back on the carbs when you are not doing those long runs. Your body will burn those calories that you take in. good luck