I'm about to  have surgery and cant workout for 6-8 weeks. now exercising 6 times wk. can I control weight
928266
Your body needs to heal after surgery. That takes rest and good nutrition. If gain a few pounds, take it off once you can return to physical activity. Watching what you eat, making sure all food choices build health and keeping fat and calories under control should do it. Do not deprive your body at this time. Give your body all it needs to heal.
671703
Do what you normally do...try to live a normal life, continue moderate exercise, stop smoking if you smoke though and drinking, and no heavy lifting...20 pounds shoulf be your limit!!  The more normal you live, the better you'll feel!
586479
My mom's friend from work did in December. She said that she has already lost about 90-100 pounds. She couldn't eat for I think 2 days before the surgery, but don't quote me on that. Now she can only eat about 2-3 tablespoons of food or she gets sick. She was really sore in her abdomen for about a month, but she got up and walked around ASAP because if she didn't she would just have been more sore later on. She has some excess skin that will have to be removed, but later on. In about a year she can safely have it removed. Hope this helps!! ONLY DO THIS IF IT YOUR ABSOLUTE, LAST RESORT!!!!
871509
Bruce just live, exercise is part of normal life. if you don't move enough your body will not work well. even going to the toilet is funtioned by good movement. you must find a good motivation, walking, running, cycling, swimming, I am disabled to certain degree 30%, but I try to move as much as possable, walking in the mountains cycling along side a river. I have to go to hospital next week for a knee replacement in the right side, unyet I spent a week looking after a friends dog, in a high mountain, walking, and enjoying fresh air, since I know what movement I have now, I will have the benifit after my operation. you must not let your muscles fail at an early age, you will be worse as you get older. enjoy life, exercise also gets a control on depresion, which if you are not getting out enough, I would say you are suffering with. you will enlarge most muscles and blood supply, which I am sure you know you need to enlarge****
862390
you can definitly loose 50 to 60 pounds in 6 months.\nyou can do it faster then that.\ngl
1135196
well,I do you that you have to follow a very strict eating plan.Just golf ball size servings.Also take your vitamins.Just because you have the surgery,doesn't mean you can eat what you want.Try some exercise.You definity don't want the surgery again,so make sure to get your ass in gear.
1116296
Hi there, I had a triple bypass, did everything the Dr. said to do, excerised and changed my diet to NO Sat. Fats and very LOW Chol.  That was 7 years ago, I'm 56 yrs old and I work a full time job in nursing plus I work a part time (30 hours a week) job.  Attitude has a whole lot to do with recovery time. There's no time to sit around and have a pity-me party, get the surgery ( if you haven't  already) get on with your life, and ENJOY.  Good Luck!!
1067533
Yeah, I was in a horrible accident, and I got into martial arts incidentally as part of my rehab(funny story for another day). Anywho, at that time, i had been in a hospital bed for months and months and unable to eat regular food, so I was a total lard ass. I went into that bad at 215(i'm a 6ft ex-football player) so i was in decent shape, and i came out of that bed weighing around 285. Needless to say I was bigtime out of shape, and i could barely move. Anywho, as part of my rehab i was doing lots and lots of stretching. 1-2 hrs a day. Following Tom Kurz's instruction (recomend the book or the DVD .. i stole em of DC++ but you can buy if you want). To Sum up here.. was a total fatty for a bit there and i could do the side splits as a fatty after just a bit over 2 months weighing 265 and being by no means thin. Just gotta work at it every day, remember to warm up before you stretch to get your blood flowing, stretch all antagonistic muscles before you do your splits, and breath slowly and deeply during stretching.
457956
make sure you have planty of pillows to prop yourself up on.  Keep water and a few snacks near the bed or couch.. which ever you plan on sleeping on for the next day or so.  Also keep a trash can nearby.. just incase you get sick from the medicine.  I only got sick once.. because my surgery was a breeze and I tried to help my husband clean out the garage and I got sick bending over.  But I heard a lot of people got sick.  You will be great though, its good to have someone with you at home though so that if you need anything they can get it for you.  You are going to feel like a BRICK wall is sitting on your chest.  But that goes away.  Don't lift anything for a while.. and you are pretty much going to sleep.  ON YOUR BACK.. FOR A GOOD 2 WEEKS!  And make sure you massage your breasts to keep them from hardening!  Good Luck!
524733
You need to talk to your surgeon or attending physician. There are some activities that they will recommend that you do not participate in for a specific amount of time due to the possibility of re-injury. You're still in the recovery phase and while you shouldn't "sit home and feel sorry for yourself" patience really is a virtue. You're still healing.\n\nGood luck and glad to hear that you're doing well!
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Ask your doctor but aqua aerobics could be one option for you,since there is no impact,and it wont put any strain on your joints.\nMake sure your controlling your portion sizes/caloric intake since you are less active then before you cant eat the same amount of food.Focus on vegetables and fruits with smaller portions of lean proteins,and whole grains.Make sure to eat some essential fats like fish oils,and flax.And be sure to take multi-vitamins.If you need help planning out your meals you can consult a good nutritionist or registered dietician.or check out some basic nutrition books from the library.
1009810
I'd recommend that you ask your physical therapist for advice. I haven't had surgery, but ripped the tendons in both knees before fencing and had to go to phys therapy for months. I'm sure there are certain yoga patterns that you can do, but not others. My guess is that you need to build strength, but carefully. My therapist gave me workout sheets to take home. While you're on limited exercise, you might want to reduce your calorie intake so that you don't gain weight.
934519
Wow. That sounds horrible. I would suggest talking to someone on your medical team about this, they should be helping you with rehabilitation or any medical concerns that are a result of your surgery.\nDo you have access to a physiotherapist in relation to your surgery, surely they could suggest ways you can help your balance, I'm sure loss of balance must occur from time to time after this type of surgery?\n\nI wish you luck. I recently had breast cancer and had to have surgery and chemotherapy and radiation and I can empathise with having to deal with the after effects of this.\nIf this is cancer related, do you have a 'cancer society' that will help you, in terms of support and getting you information? In my country we have the cancer society who help people who have had cancer.\n\nall the best, and remember your spirit and your faith will get you through.\nLOVE LIFE\n\nxx
212571
you can go back to limited activity within 3 to 5 days.\nyou can go back to full activity within one week.\nthis answer is conditional with no other problem coming along the way after the operation,cause any problem delays recovery.
219644
It's interesting that you posted this question under "mythology" because honestly, there isn't any way short of surgery. And after the surgery, guess what? You have to change how you eat.\nEither become resigned to your weight, or take steps to change it. Those steps WILL and MUST involve diet and exercise.
984629
It all depends.  I know that I lost about 20 lbs after I had mine, but that was because food lost all its taste to me for about 4 weeks and I had no desire to eat (side effect of the anesthesia).  Once I got an appetite again, I only gained back about 5 of the 20lbs because I watched what I ate and began to exercise as soon as I could.  Having a hyst. can cause you to gain weight due to the lack of hormones and your body not burning calories as fast as it once had.  But I wanted to lose about 15lbs before I had the surgery anyway, so it worked out for my benefit, lol.  Hope this helps you!
262332
For starters, I would try just doing some walking, just don't over do it.  Gradually increase the level of intensity depending on how your body feels.  I wouldn't go into doing crunches until after your 6 week visit, simply because since they have separated your abdominal walls, you don't want to risk the chances of getting a hernia.  Keep it light until the doctor gives you the okay to step up the exercises.