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Hi Everyone! I haven't been on in over 4 months, it feels like coming home!

Just a quick update: Surgery 8/15/13 and down 70 pounds. Ended up with kidney failure (not WLS related) Pancreatitis and spent 5 weeks in the hospital without eating, living on a PICC line. For 2 months after that I was unable to keep ANY food or drink down. After my 8th ER visit they finally got my electrolytes balanced (my potassium was so low my heart could have given out at any moment) Once they were balanced I FINALLY could eat something! I am at home (after 4 months of back and forth from the hospital) and doing great but have lost lots of hair and lots of muscle.

Ok, enough of an update, here's my question

How do you workout without using all your calories?

I find I have to set an alarm to remind myself to eat because there is NO desire whatsoever and I am focused mainly on Protein.

I want to start (very slowly) working out to build up some of the muscle I've lost and help with the last bit of chub on my belly.

Does anyone have any very low calorie burning workouts that still help build up muscle? Maybe just light weights?

Believe me, I know how ironic it is that I'm trying to find LOW calorie burning activities, when just 5 months ago I was trying to find the HIGHEST calorie burning workouts.

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Not sure what to say to your question yet but Iam thinking about it. Muscle building , maybe some resistance bands they are not expensive , easier than weights and a good starting point. maybe you need more strength training type stuff right and less cardio focus just for now. but I am definitely no expert.

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Hey, I'm a pancreatitis and PICC line survivor too! (Pre-WLS events). Don't you just love those morphine pumps? I echo the resistance band or low weights for rebuilding muscle, but in order to do that, you have to have a surplus of Protein intake. For rebuilding stamina, I recommend a treadmill at low speed and no incline. That's what I used to regain my strength post-hospitalization.

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