Being disabled and trying to exercise

lorigug9364
lorigug9364 Posts: 28 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
It is so much more difficult to:

1. Lose weight when all a person can do is basically walk.

2. Having had gastric bypass surgery and never feeling hungry since.

Don't know what else I can do other than track my food intake. Any good advice?

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Tracking diet goes along way. Weight loss is at least 80% diet.

    That said, walking is great exercise. I'm not sure what your limitations are, but water jogging, or seated (chair) exercise may be options.
  • STEVE142142
    STEVE142142 Posts: 867 Member
    Tracking food and calories is the most important thing. I agree with the above poster walking is great if you can do it and swimming is an excellent exercise. You can also do a whole bunch of walking exercises in the pool

    I'm not sure what your weight is and you didn't mention what kind of disability you have but in my experience as the weight comes off you'll be able to exercise more with less pain.

    Just to let you know I've had a double hip replacement I have an arthritic knee that needs to be replaced and I also have an arthritic shoulder that needs to be replaced
  • OldAssDude
    OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
    Exercise is extremely important along with a healthy well balanced diet in maintaining a healthy body weight.

    Have you found out from your doctor(s) what types of exercise you can do and what you cannot do?
  • eponine1976
    eponine1976 Posts: 143 Member
    I've got several medical conditions that make it hard to exercise (chronic fatigue syndrome isa definitely a factor) so I get exhausted with just 5 minutes of walking (or less). I would love to be friends with you on here.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Many of us got started by walking. You might be able to do some light strength training. Watch the paralympics. 'Disabled" people can do all kinds of activities.

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