Exercises for Morbidly Obese Folks

[GrammaKD]

After losing about 35lbs, I knew it was time to incorporate some exercise into my days. I have a torn achille's tendon and am losing weight prior to having surgery on it so I can't 'do' exercises on my feet. I'm saving them to walk on until surgery Anyhow, I found these great exercises one can do sitting down...12 of them. They require simple equipment...a child's ball, paper plates, dumbbells or soup cans and a resistance band. I'm doing this workout every other day as the site suggests and have been able to increase reps and sets both in just 2 weeks. Just wanted to pass along this site for those of you who might be interested.
http://exercise.about.com/cs/exercisewo ... ercise.htm For older adults [and IMO, obese folks as well], see http://www.livewellagewell.info/study/2 ... 113006.pdf


Hope these sites help someone! Kathy

[readyforachange]

Hi,

WOW Thanks for sharing your story! You are an inspiration! 35 down - that's great. I just started last month and am down almost 10 lbs. I have, as you can see below, about 90 more lbs to get to my goal of 180 and we'll see from there! I am definately going to check out these sites - thank you.

[bec]

Hey, I just want to say CONGRATS on the great loss so far! You have been doing great!

[manzanita]

May I suggest Callanetics to anyone reading this thread? It's what I'm doing at the moment and is a mix of ballet, pilates, calisthenics and yoga. It was developed by a lady born with severe spinal injuries and is very low impact and you never do more than you can on that day.