Does exercise really make a difference in the speed with which we lose?

[desertmom]

ok,the title says it all.

Did you exercise while losing and does it really make a big difference?

Thanks

[workinprogress40]

I havnt had my surgery yet,but my friend did, and i do think exercise will speed the weightloss up, because she work out at least 5 days a week and she lost 50 pounds in two months. Excercise builds your matabolism and endurance. But your numbers are good did you Excercise? .

[Dee Leshuz]

It can make a huge difference. I lose 1 lb. per week with the sleeve, 2 w/ exercise. It's a numbers game. If you burn 500 extra calories per day you will lose an additional pound. It also speeds up your metabolism in general; this helps you burn calories and gives your muscles a better shape than you would get by just weight loss alone via caloric restriction, which is what the sleeve does.

500 X 7= 3500, or one pound.

[slim&proud]

I didn't exercise in the beginning and still lost weight. Saying that tho, if I'd exercised from the beginning my skin would have gone back better than it has. My surgeon told me also that exercising regularly raises the metabolic rate so that even when I'm not exercising my body will burn more. I wish I'd known that at the beginning. I started exercising properly 6 months after my op, I'm quite fit now but I would recommend to anyone to start exercising from the very beginning.x

[desertmom]

Hi,I have always been an exerciser up to the day of the surgery.I played squash twice a week and did reformer pilates.

Since the surgery,for some reason that I do not know,I have lost interest in the exercise bit.I am unable to convince myself to do anything.

Having said that I still play my squash.Need a new squash partner though.

Anyhoo,I know the exercise might help with the toning, not the skin though.It will also help building muscles.

I dont know why I dont feel like exercising.I use to be a runner,played tennis,did weights did kickboxing and now I feel like nothing.

Maybe it is a matter of low energy.Even playing with my little kids exhuasts me to th point where I have to tell her to not hang on me or to not lean on me all the time.

Ayone that did exercise from the beginning?

[Guest-BGT]

100% ABSOLUTE FACT that exercise makes ALL the difference with this or any bariatric procedure, don't let anyone tell you different. You may get the occasional "oh not for me" here and there post, bottom line is exercise is the fundamental glue of making this procedure golden and you healthier...

[cowgirljane]

Yes it does speed up rate of loss. There is something else that is probably even more important, it reduces your risk of regain when you are done losing.

Lets say you get to your goal weight and you have low muscle mass. You need fewer calories to maintain that then if you reach goal with a good muscle mass. If you have exercised you have created/formed your body into a better calorie burning machine.

In addition, you get other benefits - healthier heart and lungs, stronger body is less prone to injury and it just makes you feel good!

[grammargirl0309]

ABSOLUTELY! I lost 72 lbs in 5 months and have been maintaining for nearly two months, and I look LEAN and fit, not just thin, because I exercise. While eating is approximately 80 percent of the weight lost/management equation, exercise means you burn more calories during the day; if you lift weights, you build muscle, which also helps you burn more calories while at rest. A lot of people exercise and think that's license to eat more; not so - during an hour of intense work out, most people lose 300 to 500 calories; that can create a deficit IF you don't overeat in compensation.

[mila]

Hi,I have always been an exerciser up to the day of the surgery.I played squash twice a week and did reformer pilates.

Since the surgery,for some reason that I do not know,I have lost interest in the exercise bit.I am unable to convince myself to do anything.

Having said that I still play my squash.Need a new squash partner though.

Anyhoo,I know the exercise might help with the toning, not the skin though.It will also help building muscles.

I dont know why I dont feel like exercising.I use to be a runner,played tennis,did weights did kickboxing and now I feel like nothing.

Maybe it is a matter of low energy.Even playing with my little kids exhuasts me to th point where I have to tell her to not hang on me or to not lean on me all the time.

Ayone that did exercise from the beginning?

I started exercising from the beginning and have more energy and feel better than I have in years and years. I don't love it but I love the way it makes me feel. I walk 6xs a week in the mornings and either do the stationary bike or leg machines such as the stairstepper in the afternoon. I am getting stronger, my out of breathlessness ( I made a new word : )) is abating and my extremely fit husband is thrilled with how much I have improved from the beginning. All this in 11 weeks.
I haven't yet been released for weights, but I'm looking forward to that in two weeks when I go for my 3 months check-up. Then I'll be able to do line dancing, yoga. aerobics. water aerobics, universal machine and light weights.

[slim&proud]

Hi,I have always been an exerciser up to the day of the surgery.I played squash twice a week and did reformer pilates.

Since the surgery,for some reason that I do not know,I have lost interest in the exercise bit.I am unable to convince myself to do anything.

Having said that I still play my squash.Need a new squash partner though.

Anyhoo,I know the exercise might help with the toning, not the skin though.It will also help building muscles.

I dont know why I dont feel like exercising.I use to be a runner,played tennis,did weights did kickboxing and now I feel like nothing.

Maybe it is a matter of low energy.Even playing with my little kids exhuasts me to th point where I have to tell her to not hang on me or to not lean on me all the time.

Ayone that did exercise from the beginning?

I found going into the gym very boring and i think that's why i wasn't very motivated in the beginning but i joined 3 different aerobics classes and i haven't looked back since. I find it much more interesting and enjoyable jumping and dancing around to music along with other people instead of plodding about in the gym on my own.
Also i assumed that exercising helped with muscle tone but not with saggy skin but my surgeon recently told me that that's rubbish. He said one of his patients that was bigger than i was exercised from the beginning and her skin all went back fine. Unfortunatly whilst i lost weight because didn't exercise my skin just sat there. Because i have bingo wings he said if i'd started with lifting light weights several times a day and gradually built them up then my arms would have gone back fine. But i didn't. Something i'll regret for a long time.

[cowgirljane]

I don't buy it. I know a guy who lost alot of weight - about 200# and he did lots of exercise including weight lifting. He has massive hanging skin, even years later.

My skin isn't as bad as I feared, but I have exercised alot too and am not convinced it makes any difference to the skin. I do believe it makes you more toned under the skin and has many other benefits.

Also i assumed that exercising helped with muscle tone but not with saggy skin but my surgeon recently told me that that's rubbish. He said one of his patients that was bigger than i was exercised from the beginning and her skin all went back fine. Unfortunatly whilst i lost weight because didn't exercise my skin just sat there. Because i have bingo wings he said if i'd started with lifting light weights several times a day and gradually built them up then my arms would have gone back fine. But i didn't. Something i'll regret for a long time.

[slim&proud]

I don't buy it. I know a guy who lost alot of weight - about 200# and he did lots of exercise including weight lifting. He has massive hanging skin, even years later.

My skin isn't as bad as I feared, but I have exercised alot too and am not convinced it makes any difference to the skin. I do believe it makes you more toned under the skin and has many other benefits.

I did scoff a bit when my surgeon told me too but i can't say exercising from the very beginning or at least lifting light weights wouldn't help as i didn't do any form of exercing in the beginning so had no basis to form an opinion, that's why this site is so good because people that have or know people that have can actually say whether that's true or not. I did wonder if the patient he was talking about had more 'youthful' skin than me. I think my arms are as bad as they are because i've gained lots of weight and lost lots of weight several different times over the last 13 yrs and the elasticity in my skin has gone, if that's gone then there's no hope of the skin springing back ( my poor boobs..there's no hope of them ever springing back ). One thing that has gone back ok is my stomach and that's something i thought wouldn't as it used to sit on my thighs, yuck right? But it's almost gone so i'm guessing that skin wasn't as badly stretched as my arms.

[desertmom]

Age and previous weightloss history along with genetics will play the biggest role in loose skin.

I feel kind of fatalistic about that,45 years old,habitual yoyo dieter but I should exercise for all the other benifits I know of.

And I will.Maybe start tomorrow wirh something small.Something little every day!

I will really try!

[janielou]

Didn't we all do this to get healthier in one way or another? Getting up and moving is a big part of being healthier. Exercise - YES!!!

[midnight]

Yes its helps me a lot. Are you getting in your vitamins. I was feeling that way on the gummy bear vitamins than I started comparing them with a regular multiple vitamin and found they didn't have the minerals that we need. So I changed and I feel so much better.