Hello all, I am a 36 year old who served in the Marines from 2000 - 2005 and then got out and got a desk job. I weighed 185 when I EAS'd out of the Marines, but taking a desk job and also a lot of driving involved I sat for a large portion of the day and also worked 16 - 17 hour days as I wanted to work my way up in the company. I ate a lot of fast food, went to the bars and drank just about every weekend (hey I was young and dumb). Slowly but surely I started getting quite a big gut which I still have to this day. Long story short my doctor wants me to have gastric sleeve as she thinks it would solve a lot of other health problems I have (Low Test, B-12 shots, clonazepam for generalized anxiety, venalflaxine for mood swings, and I sleep with a CPAP.) I have been reading up on Gastric Sleeve post op and a lot of people are saying that it's hard to put on muscle afterwards as you are in a caloric defecit and can't put on muscle. Does anyone know if this is true or what routine worked best for you after your surgery, was it strictly cardio? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
Hello all, I am a 36 year old who served in the Marines from 2000 - 2005 and then got out and got a desk job. I weighed 185 when I EAS'd out of the Marines, but taking a desk job and also a lot of driving involved I sat for a large portion of the day and also worked 16 - 17 hour days as I wanted to work my way up in the company. I ate a lot of fast food, went to the bars and drank just about every weekend (hey I was young and dumb). Slowly but surely I started getting quite a big gut which I still have to this day. Long story short my doctor wants me to have gastric sleeve as she thinks it would solve a lot of other health problems I have (Low Test, B-12 shots, clonazepam for generalized anxiety, venalflaxine for mood swings, and I sleep with a CPAP.) I have been reading up on Gastric Sleeve post op and a lot of people are saying that it's hard to put on muscle afterwards as you are in a caloric defecit and can't put on muscle. Does anyone know if this is true or what routine worked best for you after your surgery, was it strictly cardio? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.