I need a hip replacement & RNY

I am hopefully going to be getting the RNY. I also need a left hip replacement. Badly! So beings im VERY limited on standing or walking which I need to be able to do in order to exersize to help with my weight loss how do I do that in order to get what I need to do good? I have osteo in both hips and both knees. I can't do anything in water because I have a nerve injury to my right foot & within 5-10 min my foot cramps bad I guess due to the water pressure on the injury. What are your thoughts? Does anyone lose weight after RNY without exersizing?

Yes, people lose weight without exercising. I'll say that those people do need to be extra diligent in their diet, as their is no 'wiggle' room from burning calories via exercise. But yes-- it can be done.

A grwat many people here do no formal exercise. Exercise is important for health, but does almost nothing for weight loss.

I do no exercise, but I am active.

I was in your exact same situation actually. I needed my left hip replaced when I had my RNY (I also still need both knees replaced). I chose to have the RNY first as losing the weight would make the hip surgery less risky, would allow for an easier recovery, and allow the replacement joint to last longer.

Like Grim said, exercise is great for your health, but largely irrelevant when it comes to weight loss. There have been lots of studies published that show exercise has minimal impact on weight loss - both due to consuming more calories either "because you earned it" or due to the fact that exercise just makes you hungrier. In addition, there tends to be a conservation of energy effect that causes many people to reduce their normal activity when exercising reducing the net benefit.

I did manage to get some exercise in despite my bad joints (I just suffered through it), but I did it for my overall health as I was losing very quickly before I even started exercising.

Go for it! You will lose the weight and be in a much better position to have the hip replacement. I had my hip replaced at the end of January of this year, I am fully recovered, and am completely pain free (in that hip). Both the RNY and Hip Replacement were two of the best decisions I ever made.

As an interesting side note, losing the weight helped reduce my knee pain quite significantly; however it had no effect whatsoever on my hip pain. Both are weight bearing joints, so logic would dictate there would be a similar reduction of pain in both joints, but nope. My knees are shot and I still need new ones, but they are bearable now and I plan on putting it off for a number of more years if everything stays the same.

I lost 200+ pounds with very little formal exercise.