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i am 51 this September. I had my Surgery April 2017 and I was at my heaviest August 2016 at 395. I am at 252 and I am 5'11. I ride my bike between 8-16 miles everyday and I lift weights about 4 times a week. I am finally back up to to lifting heavy again which make weight loss slow down. The think what I notice the most is the weight does slow down after a year but your body keeps changing . I have noticed more as i am exercising more. The key to remember is we do this for the quality of life. I am able to do things again that had become so hard a few years ago. I do have loose skin mainly under my arms and my stomach hangs a little but this is changing also. As others say this takes time we have to let our bodies adjust to the new weight. Do not worry about the skin. Enjoy all the amazing things you can do.

Well it has been 1 year and two months. I had gastric sleeve done. I started at 395 and i am down to 260 but I could have lost a lot more. I am riding bike, walking 15,000 steps a day and still lifting weights. I do not take photos well as there is nothing i can do from the neck up. haha...

I can start puréed foods on Wednesday and that will be three weeks of that. We can blended hard boiled eggs but they will not allow scrambled eggs over concerns we may eat the anover cooked/crispy part that could hurt the stomach. I miss scrambled eggs so much. I was sleeved April 26th.

Yea I would thing the extra surgery you need would not help you energy and it would take more time for recovery. Thanks for replying and I am praying all my April sleevers get their energy levels up. I am doing more steps as I am just putzing around house trying to stay busy as my work let me off for a month for the surgery. I been with them for 24 years so they just said take 4 but if you want comeback early you can. Anyway I am sure once the weight restrictions are off and I doing normal stuff steps might go down. It is interesting figuring what the new normal will be with limited calories.

Question on energy levels. My surgery was last Wednesday and i was able to start doing stuff right away although I have the 20lb limit. Since Tuesday I have been over 7,000 steps and actual on Tuesday I got 18,000 steps from mowing the lawn. Now it takes me all day to do this. I can do a couple hours and then rest for about 20 and drink. I can not push through like I could before as my body gives me hard stop signals to rest but that has been getting better every day. I think the hardest has been hydration. Just curious how others are adjusting to lower calories.

I have been drinking MIO for my basic drink but starting to like ISOPURE and Premier Protein Clear protein drink. It is nice to get the supplemental protein as it helps with energy. Tired of soup but protein shakes are fine. Been walking about 7k steps since Saturday but my wife caught me on the bench press machine doing some reps of 40lbs and I got the look. So I have not done that since promised to wait until two weeks but I am ok to play with bands. I am amazed how good I feel and my hope is all my April sleevers are doing well. Tomorrow is first group meeting for nutrition. I suppose they need to get us ready for week two and three.

Yep the the gas and liquid fighting for space. I do not mean to be rude but when you start tooting again it is amazing. Cold liquids are hard for me than warm but that is common. I also had surgery on Wednesday and still fighting gas but it is getting better.

All done and on the morning of my second day. Pain did not hurt around incision but my lower cut hit but that is probably the anesthesia which I had a heck of a getting over. Gas pains do come and go. Doing sips of water but this morning I will be trying broths and stuff. I am not hungry or anything. Anyway good luck to the rest of the April sleevers

On my 13th day of liquid diet. I never noticed how many food commercial are on tv.. luckily I have managed to keep busy working and going to gym. Though my energy is lacking. Wednesday the 26 is coming soon..

Well you started this thread to get us together. We will still keep an eye on your progress and cheer you on to June.

That is awful.. So sorry to hear about this

Tomorrow will be a week on the liquid diet and I am down 11 pounds. I have also managed to get to the gym 3 times also. Kept my normal exercises and weights the same. But the sets and reps are down a lot.

Second day of liquid diet. Not so bad yet. Made it to the gym last night. We will see if I make it tomorrow.

April 26 sleever here!

I am not sure this was a good idea. I think I will drive myself crazy watching this but I created my own countdown calendar. https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20170426T0530&p0=219&msg=My+Surgery&font=cursive

Liquid diet starts on April 12th and surgery is April 26th.

Got my approval today. My surgery date is April 26th

I turned everything in Tuesday this week and just got called. The earliest my surgeon had open was April 26th. So to took it

I just finished 6 months and everything now submitted and waiting for insurance approval. To say the six months was a breeze and it flew by is easy to say as i sit hear watching my phone waiting for it to ring for my approval. You all will do fine. This forum has been a great help to me. Just reading others stories and knowing you are not alone really does help. I can not wait to see your post when each one of you is down to the last week or has been approved. Good Luck to you all.

My paperwork was submitted on Tuesday so now I am waiting. I have lost 21 pounds since this journey started in September and this has by been the worst part of the journey. After six months of weigh ins and then two weeks waiting to meet with the surgeon and now waiting 2 to 20 days for approval. Then a class for the pre op diet and then the two week diet it seems like the journey takes forever. I wish you all luck.

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I will review your old post. My wife keeps assuring me that there must be guys like me out there like me. I know i will not see my max bench of 425 again for a while but I am starting to look at the less weight more reps. I have also invested in some bands for my initial post surgery workouts. I hope I will have the energy. Anyway enough posting on this post as this was meant to be a post on getting enough calories for workout which I will be interested to see what people recommend.

It is so nice to find people who lift weights after surgery. I am currently working on getting approval for a march surgery. I work out for about 1 1/2 every other day but it is mainly weightlifting. I am worried after surgery I will not be able to hit the weights like I do know but it sounds like you do not have any issues. Thanks for the post.

I have been using the nasal one for about 5 years. Just push through you will get used to. Does it change the way you have to sleep, yes. Is it a pain to deal with, yes. But you will find you will adjust and feel better. I just think it is sad that they make people do this for weight lost surgery. My hope is after I lose the weight I will not need the cpap but it has been a blessing these last 5 years. Stick with it. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

This topic worries me as I currently lift weights 3 to 4 times a week. I lift for about an 1 1/2 and I lift heavy in a pyramid with lots of reps at the lower weights. It keeps me sane. I am worried that after surgery it will take me months or longer to get back to lifting the way I am now. I know the weight loss is important so I have to look at the big picture. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App