Exercise after goal weight

Good morning all:

I have an interesting problem, I think. I am almost 5 months out from my RNY, and I am at my goal range of weight. Yesterday morning, I weighted 209.6, today 209.2, my goal is between 200 and 210 pounds! YEA!!!

My BMI is normal, my blood sugar is normal, my blood pressure is normal... It has been a crazy ride but so worth it!

Now the question, any of you who have reached your goal weight, what type of exercise are you doing? Are you trying to build muscle at all? I am thinking about getting a piece of exercise equipment. Thoughts?

Praying for you all!

Tom

I'm cheap and don't want to buy equipment or go to the gym. I use 8fit app on my phone- short sessions. building muscle, it is helping also with my food choices and mental attitude. I also do yoga.

Does yoga help? I had thought about that, but I have only tried it when I was much much larger than I am now. I guess I should try it again.

Thanks!

Yoga is great, I highly recommend it. I prefer hot yoga myself but there are many different types to try. I also think weight bearing exercise is really important to minimize bone loss. I walk & hike a lot and also commute to work via bicycle but I need to start incorporating weights as I've lost muscle strength since WLS 8 months ago.

Yoga is wonderful for balance and flexibility. Both are important, especially as we age.

Hi and welcome,

I go to a cheap gym 25 a month and for the first 10 weeks, I hired a trainer to help me with resistance training. I lost a lot of inches, gained energy and tightened stuff up. Cardio you can do on your own and for free. Walking, hiking etc...

Here's a link to exercise recommendations for adults -- https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/adults/index.htm

The short version is that for optimal physical and cognitive health you need some amount of aerobic activity a week in the moderate to vigorous intensity level and muscle strengthening work on "2 or more days a week that work all major muscle groups (legs, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders, and arms)."

For both, find things that you actually enjoy doing. If you don't know what you enjoy doing - avoid buying equipment at this point and go the gym membership route. Try out everything you have access to. If you decide you want to lift, I highly recommend the New Rules of Lifting system. It's extremely well constructed.

What ever exercise you like and will be consistent with is what you should do.

There should be some kind of weight bearing/weight training exercises in there.

Think minumum 30 minutes a day. Not everyday will be the same. Some days might be a walk or run, and others might be the gym.

I go to the gym now. A good walk/running app is Jeff Galloway. 8fit is also a good app. Beachbody dvd routines are good as well, just don't buy into the hype.

In summer I will set timer on my phone and make sure I am doing 30 minutes of active movement in pool.