Promoting physical activity and providing basic, easy to understand exercise guidelines is the goal of The Beginner's Guide. Regardless of your successes or failures the beginner's guide can help you initiate a lifestyle of physical activity safely and effectively.
Speaking of safety, as you will see countless times within the ObesityHelp's Exercise and Fitness Forum, it is always recommended you seek medical clearance from your physician prior to engaging in any form of exercise. So, if you have not done so already, click here to find out more about your medical readiness.
The frustration, misinformation, confusion, and the general feeling of not knowing where to start, are real boundaries to becoming more physically active. Breaking down those boundaries requires a basic knowledge of proper goal setting and physical activity/exercise recommendations and guidelines. With that said, lets' get started!
General Physical Activity Recommendations This article provides you with general physical activity recommendations for overall health. Perhaps you are not familiar with how much physical activity renders health benefits. Maybe you don't really know what qualifies as physical activity in the first place. This is a great place to start. Click here to read more.
Valuable Resources
OH Magazineis a fabulous resource for people dedicated to improving their health and appearance by striving to reach and maintain a healthy weight!Inside each issue, you will find inspirational true stories of struggle and success, the latest in medical research and obesity treatment options, delicious recipes, contests, practical exercise and nutritional information, and articles covering everything from the psychological challenges that complicate weight loss to beauty hints and relationship advice. Click here for more info.
ACSM Fitness Book - Brought to you by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the ACSM Fitness Book is an excellent resource to help you develop your own health and fitness program.
Strength Training Anatomy - Wonderfully illustrated and authored by Frederic Delavier, Strength Training Anatomy clearly explains and depicts 115 resistance/weight training exercises. This is a must have resource for anyone interested in weight training.
ExRx.net - ExRx.net (Exercise Prescription on the Net) is a free resource for the exercise professional, coach, or fitness enthusiast." ExRx.net consists of nearly 1900 pages, most of which are found in the Exercise and Muscle Directory.
Weigh2Win DVD - The Bariatric Workout ? a support tool designed specifically for you! This program is an opportunity for you to become accountable to your higher Self, replacing outmoded habits with a healthy and active lifestyle.
The information and recommendations found within ObesityHelp's Exercise and Fitness Forum are not intended to supercede the recommendations of your physician. You should seek medical clearance from your physician prior to engaging in any form of exercise. Learn more about your medical readiness here. You are also advised to read and understand ObesityHelp's Terms of Service by clicking here.
In Video Optimizing Weight Loss After Surgery
Weight loss does not end with surgery. It is a life-long journey. Here are some tips to help you along the way.
Check out ObesityHelp's series of exercise and fitness video clips recorded at events and interviews from around the nation. Click the play button to watch the video below or click here to see more!
You faced up to it: you had the surgery, you lost the weight?some or all of it?and now you are creating habits that promote your goals. You have probably learned that success is a combination of the good that you do and the bad that you don?t do. For example, diet is key: what you eat and what you don?t eat matters. Support groups are also important sources of good advice you follow and the mistakes of others that you learn to avoid. Click here to read more.
The goal of going through surgery for weight loss it to become healthy and to lose the morbid problems caused by your obesity. THis can only be reached by losing the excessive fat that you carry and improving the quantity and quality of your lean tissue, primarily muscle. Click here to read more.
Physical activity is extremely important to the success of bariatric surgery. Surgeons David Dyer, MD, Hugh Houston, MD, and Douglas Olsen, MD of the Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity in Nashville, Tennessee, believe that ?surgery is one small portion of the overall equation to successful weight control.? Establishing a physically active lifestyle prior to surgery will benefit the patient in the recovery phase. Click here to read more.
On your journey of losing inches, weight, and clothing sizes, exercise will be vital in order for you to achieve your goal. Perhaps you have tried different exercise programs. Perhaps you have no clue where to start. Whatever your situation may be?whether you are six weeks pre-op or two years post-op, it is never too late to start. Click here to read more.
You have taken the plunge into a healthier lifestyle. Congratulations!
Whether you are at the beginning of a new journey or well into your post-surgery resolve, there is are a few things we already know about you. You have demonstrated the courage needed to take a new kind of bite out of life. Click here to read more.
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