Hi everyone! Thank you in advance for any suggestions... here is my story...

Changing my lifestyle and losing weight in the process. Started the change in May 2009 and so far I am down 25.5 lbs to 198. I am 38, female and 5'3".

I have changed my eating habits and record my calories and nutrients on a e-program daily to make sure I reach my target calories of about 1600 a day. I have been walking a lot and using the stationary bike.

What I need assistance and ideas with is what other exercises I could be doing. The issue is that I have developed an incisional hernia in July from a stomache surgery I had a couple years ago and my doctor says no strenous exercises until a month after the surgery happens which is not scheduled until January 2010.

I don't want to lose all my good existing muscles so does anyone have any advise about some exercises that I could ask my doctor about doing on my next visit?

Thanks for the help!!

Well, there are a bunch of sticky threads in the exercise forum here that have all the information you need for exercising. However, I wouldn't want to recommend any of those exercises due to your health.

I suggest you read those threads and then talk to your doctor about the recommendations you find there.