Question:
I am 2 months Post-op and wwant to know what type of excercise I can start doing

to tighten up. I have LOST 49 pounds so far. I walk every night for 1 hour. My doctor told me yesterday that I can start doing excercise! Any suggestions?    — YVETTE121 (posted on June 7, 2007)

June 7, 2007
Congratulations on you loss! Yayyy! I pulled out my old basic tae bo tapes and started doing those shortly after my 1 month post op. It's only 27 mins long and gives me a great work out. I have always enjoyed doing these. Billy blanks has some newer ones out as well. I do have his boot camp but will wait to advance to that one, and I know he has an even newer one out. Give it a try! You might like it! Good luck! Welcome to the losing side!
   — crystalsno

June 7, 2007
Congrats on the WL - nice!! :) So happy 4 ya. I couldn't do any core exercises until 3 months. Now... I am enrolled in Meditation, All Abs, Cardio Kickboxing and Yogilates. I love them all. Good luck. Do what you can - don't push yourself too much - work out, but don't over do it. Good luck.
   — jammerz

June 7, 2007
the ab lounger!
   — LouAB

June 7, 2007
congradulation on your surgery. now your 2 months out you can walk the park and every week increese your speed and distance. walking is the best excersize there is. also swimming. after another month try some arobics. i was walking the first week out the hospital. i got stronger everyday. i did the tread mill , liptical machine, glyder, and the stepper. and 5lbs weights. for toning. no sit ups until you feel confortable to fo them i do them 5 days a week and im 4 months out of post up
   — yvettetas

June 8, 2007
My surgeon said that a stationary excercise bike is safe at 7 days post op, so you should be good to go. I guess walking is good too, but if you don't feel comfortable with that, they sell stationary excercise bikes at sears for like $80. What I do in order to get my excercise in is read time sensitive mags on them like star, and Us weekly, that way, I MUST excercise within a time period so the news doesn't get old! LOL. Congrats to you.
   — CElizabeth

June 8, 2007
Congrats on the weight loss. For the thighs -- leg lifts and leg extensions --light on the weights and more reps. One way to get started and get a better idea of what I'm referring to is get a guest membershp at a health club and let the trainers show you some exercises.
   — the7thdean