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| Hi Debbie, Quite honestly, once the band and port have healed into place there is virtually nothing externally you can do to harm it. Whilst I was losing I did extremely strenuous exercise, climbed a mountain, did a tandem paraglide off a 5400ft mountain and mine's still in one piece. Having said this please make sure give your body plenty of time to heal. No heavy lifting or exirting a lot of pressure for 4-6 weeks after surgery. I can't help you where your decision is concerned because I live in WA. Marion |
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| Hi Marion, it has been suggested that I ask for your advice on how a lapband could be affected by my work. I work in a library and that involves a lot of squishing down shelving and moving books on the bottom shelf. At the moment my stomach feels like it is being pushed through my chest as I can't squat only bend. So what I was worried about is that if I got a lapband could I make it slip or break with the pressure on my tummy? I suppose I am a bit concerned about this foreign thing in my body. Thanks for any advice you can give and I will ask the surgeon about it when we have our first meeting. I am torn between Dr Draper or going to the Avenue but I know I have to make that decision myself Ta, Chocky (Debbie) |
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| KNEE PUSH UPS Start off kneeling on all fours with your arms straight and hands directly under your shoulders. Move your knees back about 8-10 inches, if you are tall you may need to go further. Tummy on strong, shoulders and neck relaxed. Staying on your knees and keeping your elbows in, push downwards breathing in as your go. Hold for a second then slowly push up breathing out as you go,keep your elbows slightly bent at the top. Ensure that while you are doing this you keep your abs on tight and don't rock or wobble around. Do this 3 or 4 times then rest for 1 minute. Repeat until your have done 3 sets of 3-4 repeats. Then gradually work up until you are doing 3 sets of 10 reps. |
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| Basically once the skin had healed over and the scabs had gone, about 3 weeks I think. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi again Marion How long after your surgery did you use bio oil on your suture sites? Jo. |
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| Michelle, using the bio oil is a good thing. When I had my plastic surgery I used it for quite a while and all my scars are as smooth and soft as can be, no kelloids. I used to slick myself from head to foot in it then lay on a towel on the bed. Hubby said it was like laying next to an oil slick! LOL Marion |
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| Thanks Danna and Marion I have been using bi oil for 6 months now and will continue to do so, just for the stretch marks if nothing else. Marion thanks for the heads up on the skin thing, I thought as much but thought there was no harm in asking. I will try anything as I paid out alot for the sugery and do not think I could afford anything else. Thanks again MIchelle |
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| Michelle, you are absolutely ok to train and exercise abs at 10 weeks........I was training them at 3 weeks! lol OK please please please believe me you cannot make over stretched skin shrink back! It doesn't matter what you rub on it or how much you exercise it! I exercised my ass off during my weight loss but when I got to goal I had to have excess skin removed from my torso, arms and legs. Whether skin retracts is up to how long it has been stretched, how old the person is, and whether you keep hydrated. Exercise only works on the muscles, it has no effect what so ever on the skin. The reason you see a difference with exercise is because you burn away the fat layer and build the muscle layer, therefore your body becomes firmer and more toned. IT CAN'T MAKE THE SKIN RETRACT! Sorry to rant but it's difficult to make people believe this.lol Marion |
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| Thanks so much for that! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi Jo, I would not suggest that you work out every day. When you do your workout it makes little tears in the muscles. The soreness you are experiencing is the muscles repairing themselves. They heal over the tears and become stronger and firmer. This is the Delayed Onset Muscle pain that you feel. Personally I think you are better to keep doing those two kick ass sessions with your trainer as you will see such good results. If you want to exercise on other days have a swim, do an aquarobics class, do yoga, pilates, or go for a walk. Walking actually warms the muscles and helps with the soreness. You are going superbly well, say Hi to your trainer for me! Marion |
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| Danna the Bench dips exercise is for the triceps. Also if you get one of those stretchy resistance bands, they don't cost much, you can do these exercises. TRICEP PULL-DOWNS Loop the band over something stable above your head, hold onto the ends or wrap them around your hands. Stand with your feet hip width apart, shoulders back and tummy muscles on. Lock your arms into your sides and keep them there. Only move from your elbows, pull the band down until your fist touch your thighs breathing out as you go. Count to 2 and slowly bring your arms up breathing in as you come up. You must keep your shoulders back during this exercise and not rock on your feet. STRAIGHT ARM TRICEP PULL DOWNS Set yourself up in the same way but, instead of locking your arms to your sides, hold them straight out at shoulder height. Keeping them straight, bring your arms down until your fists reach your thighs, breathing out as you go down. Count 2, raise your arms back to shoulder level breathing in as you go up. Once again your shoulders should be kept back and you should not sway around. Start by doing 3 sets of 3-4 reps and work up gradually to 3 sets of 8-10 reps. |
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| Hi Michelle, At my support group last month, one of the ladies who has reached goal swore by Bio Oil - it's suppose to be good for scars and stretch marks and she swears that it has stopped her needing a tummy tuck. Danna |
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| Hi Marion Firstly thanks for the suggestions so far, I am glad I found this thread as I am beginning to get really into excercise again. (which is exciting) I had my surgery about 10-11 weeks ago and I wasn't sure if I should be doing intensive ab work yet, does anyone have any ideas? I will see the surgeon next week and double check also. The other question I had was can you suggest anything to firm the skin as we loose the weight? I have lost 15kg so far and I can already notice the skin and would like to reduce this in any way I possibly can. Thanks again and I look forward to readin more suggestions. Michelle |
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| Marion, I have a question if you wouldn't mind? I'm doing personal training twice a week, and my muscles (mostly thighs, I must say)are really, truly blood sore for two days after. I love the sessions and can go really hard while I'm there, but I can't do my gym programme for two days after because honestly, they kill. Am I better to back off a little bit so that I can go every day, or go harder in the training sessions and have that break? It's frustrating me =p Thanks Jo. |
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| Hi Marion, Can you suggest some exercises for the triceps. I know bicep curls - obviously they target the biceps but don't know what to do for the triceps. Thanks for all the other exercises I am trying a few of them at a time. Danna |
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| Thanks :-) Im actually really worried about losing my bum as its part of my identity! And I dont want to have to have implants or fat deposits. So Im doing lots of butt toning! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hi Felice, Squats mainly work your quads (front of your thighs), hamstrings (back of your thighs) and your glutes (your bum). But they also work your calves and abs, you should have your abs on tight when you do them for stability. You will feel them mainly in glutes and quads. The squat is about the best over all exercise you can do, especially if you incorporate holding weights at the same time. If you clench you butt cheeks as you come up it will do wonders for your bum! LOL Marion |
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| Hey Marion, Are the squats for your thighs or your butt? Or should we be feeling it in both areas? Ta Felice |
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| Sitting Ball Twists You will need either a fairly heavy ball or other type of weight for this exercise. It needs to be something you can comfortably hold in your hands and will remain stable, so maybe the cat or dog wouldn't be a good idea! Lol Something like a 2kg bag of spuds would be ideal. Sit down with your legs stretched out straight and together infront of you. With your arms bent, start with the ball (or weight) held in both hands at tummy level. Twist from the waist and aim to touch the ball briefly to the ground beside your hip. Breathe out as you do this. Bring the ball back to the starting position, breathe in as you do this. Repeat the action to the other side of your body. This should be done in a controlled manner, not swinging the ball with your arms but twisting at the waist and using your contracted tummy muscles to keep you stable. Do not lift your bum cheeks off the floor, cos that's cheating! Moving the ball once to the left and once to the right is one rep. Do 3 or 4 reps, rest 30 seconds and then repeat twice more. So you have done 3 sets of 3-4 reps. As you get used to this exercise increase the reps until you can do 3 sets of 8-10. You can also increase the weight gradually. |
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| If anyone is confused about any of the exercises or wants to ask anything about them please do. Also your muscles are likely to feel sore one or two days after you do the exercises. This is called delayed onset muscle pain and it just means that you worked your muscles hard and they are repairing and getting stronger. Don't do the same exercises every day. If you do some arms exercises one day, maybe do some legs the next day. You don't want to exercise a sore muscle. Mix up the exercises that you do or your body will become used to them and you won't get the best results. If an exercise starts to feel easy, crank it up a notch, do more reps or a slightly heavier weight (A bigger can of beans! LOL) Marion |
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| Leg Raises Lay down on your back on a firm comfortable surface like a rubber mat or carpet. Legs out straight and arms by your side and relaxed. Shoulders, head and neck should be relaxed and your tummy should be pulled in. Raise your legs together until they are at about 75 degrees, if you can't get that far raise them as far as you can. Breathe out and keep your tummy muscles contracted on the way up. Count to 3, lower legs as slowly as you can until they are a few inches off the ground breathing in as you go. If, at the start, you can't keep your legs off the ground, don't worry, you will be able to do this if you practice the exercise and get stronger. Repeat the sequence 2/3 times, this is one set. Do 3 sets resting for about a minute between each. Don't swing your legs or use momentum, use your tummy muscles to control the raising and lowering. As you get stronger increase the reps until you can do 8/10 reps and 3 sets |
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| well K I would have to borrow yours because I have NONE left I swear every kg I have lost has been off the girls. I am seriously considering buying some chicken filets maybe I can lift them instead :) applesauce |
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| ROFL - that would look odd, holding your boobs over your head every 30 seconds - lol K |
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| ha ha ha......thanks for the tip. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oh I just read my post to you again Jen.....lol I meant hold the weights over your head......not your boobs! LOL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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