PAstudent

My surgeon said I had no weight or activity restrictions, just that I shouldn't push myself too hard right out of surgery. Definitely trying to avoid injury! In terms of cardio, which I do after strength training, I'm at higher inclines, but I keep the intensity low (so my heart rate is supposed to be around 140-150)

My trainer says it's to be expected that I feel tired easily and don't put on muscle as quickly as someone who hasn't had the surgery. (It's near impossible to gain muscle mass on such an extreme calorie deficit) But we're working on maintaining the muscles I have now and making going to the gym a regular part of my life. I'm working on getting up to 3 days of strength training a week: push, pull, and lower body. I work my core on all of these days

I don't know if you guys are familiar with weight training at all, but it's such a strange and unsettling feeling to get your muscles to the point of failure. I'll try to go for my last rep and my arms just won't go any further for a few seconds hahaha! On the bright side, I've increased 10 pounds on my chest press! On the not so bright side, I still really struggle on the absolute lowest weight the machine has for the shoulder press.

Hoping I'll be fit someday

As a side note: I told my surgeon about the workouts I was doing and they recommended that I increase the calories (I now get in almost 900 calories a day, but they didn't give me a specific number for calories) and up my protein goal from 40-60g to 70g. My weight loss has slowed to a crawl in the last couple weeks, but I suspect it may be the dreaded 3 week stall.

And/or muscle gain. 😊

I do weights myself. Have been for the decade. When I was cleared, about three weeks, I took it easy too. But I'm back to my normal weights. I'm not too sure about not increasing muscle at this point because of our caloric intakes being the absolute truth, because I've noticed I am much stronger and I can see some definition in different areas. But overall, I'm glad for the weight training to be in effect so early on in my wls journey. Seems to be the same for you too hon. Let's make the most of it!! 💪🏽