Question of the day

By reading most peoples post I know a lot of you are active now after WLS.  So my questions today are: Where you active (Weights, running, sports, etc...) before WLS at any time other than when you were a child? After WLS are you active? What is your activity of choice? As we head into the new year and the time that most people make new commitments for the year to come maybe your post will inspire some others here.

Even though I haven't had WLS I do look forward to being active again.  My favorite sport is basketball and unfortunatly I have had to relagate myself to the sideline as a coach of a youth team since my weight has really limited my mobility and has put a strain on my knees.  I also enjoyed running and look forward to taking that up again.

I was pretty sedentary pre-op....aside from golf (in a cart) Post-op: I walk on the treadmill at a fair pace for 45 minutes or more.  3.0-3.5 MPH I use the elliptical machine at a fair pace for 20 minutes or more.  7.5-8.5 MPH I do push-ups equal to the number of treadmil minutes walked. (I don't have access to a gym in my area.  I'd have to drive many miles.) I golf (walk) I hunt (lots of walking) Etc.

I am 25 so I have always played sports but never buckled down and excersied. Now I really like running the best. I weight lift here and there but will really start when I get down to my goal weight. The only thing I hate about weight lifting is that cause muscle weights more then fat you gain weight and since I weight myself everyday it makes me mad. But I really love running now.

I was fairly active pre-WLS. I did a lot of hiking and caving on the weekends and through the week I went to the gym 3-4x/week. Even doing that and watching what I ate I only got down to about 250 and even then I couldn't maintain that weight for long.  I always thought I could get down to goal if I just worked harder and ate less. It took a few years to come to the realization that I just couldn't do it. Now that  I'm about 100 lbs. lighter  I am VERY active. I go to the gym as much as I can and  am doing something  every weekend whether it's hiking, camping, biking, caving  or canoeing. It's amazing how much better I feel. Before surgery I  would take the elevator rather than go up one flight  of stairs. Now I  take the stairs exclusively.  This past weekend a friend and I stood out in the yard throwing a baseball back and forth for a couple of hours (which involved a lot of chasing down missed catches). That's something I wouldn't have been able to do for more than 5 minutes prior to surgery.

In my pre-op life, my activity was pretty minimal.  Whatever I had to do to make it through one more day.  Now keep in mind that I worked in a very physically demanding field where I had to maintain a certain level of mobility just to be able to work, but in the off time....... My favorite activity was moving the remote control off my belly so I didn't drip ice cream on it. Now, I am much more active.  My walking and gym activity is nothing spectacular, but it is not beyond me just to get up and go walk for the hell of it.  No purpose, direction, or destination.......just enjoying the journey. And of course........Bedroom activity counts, too.  Right brothers??????

I have always been active in sports. I hate going to the gym/running and still do. But I've started playing soccer, which is a lot of running disguised as something fun. I can also play 4+hour marathons of badminton, the world's most addicting game. I also took up boxing, which is fun. I still force myself to the gym, and have lifted weights since I was 15 yo. I played football in high school and did fencing in college (which was that much harder when you are a huge 300 pound target).

In the before time I was at best somewhat active. Did some occasional tennis and golf and walking, less of each in the final couple of years before my surgery. Now I'm working out 5-6 days a week. It's helped me to have events to train for. I've got it mostly planned through May: Jan 1 - 5K Resolution Run Feb 16 - 10K Valentines Day(ish) Run Feb 23 - Indoor Tri (charity thing at the gym) Apr - Will find a race somewheres May 5- 10 mile run  May 18 - Olympic distance triathlon After that I'm spending the summer training for the Baltimore Marathon which I'll run in October. I can't wait. I feel like I've got so much to make up for. So much time lost being morbidly obese. I forgot how much fun this all is. I feel like a kid again.

Good Question! some qualifiers---- I’m 51. Was more than twice the weight I should have been Since the age of 4. Pre-Op exercise was typical pee-wee football (lineman) And continued with football until mid-high school. Since then?  Remote on the TV and some minimal typing was the extent of it. Now? Walk 50 miles+ a month, And run / jog 8 to 20 miles a month. That is down from running 30 a month just 2 years ago. Slowly, very slowly, working my way back to that 30miles a month. Best Wishes- Dx