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The three most important things after undergoing weight loss surgery, or for dieting for that matter is to make sure you are meeting your Protein, Fluid and Vitamin daily requirements.

If you lose weight, your body might start to consume your muscle mass in order to steal the energy it needs to survive. Thus you could lose muscle unless you make sure you supplement your Protein.< /p>

As you lose weight and the fat cells dissolve, they need to be flushed through your system, your kidneys and into your urine. So you need plenty of fluids to allow this flushing process to work properly.

Your body produces Vitamins from the food that you consume (unless you undergo RNY). So if you diet, you are starving your body from the Vitamins that you need. Therefore Vitamin and mineral supplements are required.

Also exercise is important, your muscle mass will decrease quickly without physical activity.

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Talk to a nutritionist. Post op people will never be able to eat enough Protein to maintain the muscle mass they had pre-op. Keep the goal weight in mind as determined by your physician, eat Protein proportionate to that level, and I wouldn't recommend starting a weight lifting program earlier than 6 mos post op.

Keep in mind, everyone's experience is different.

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Ask you Dr about weight lifting. I was cleared to start lifting weight at 6 weeks.

I was consuming over 80 grams of Protein a day from my 2nd day home.

I normally consume over 110 grams of Protein a day, sometimes reaching much higher.

If you make protein your priority and you are smart about how you consume it, you can easily eat enough protein to maintain your muscle mass.

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Protein, Water, and exercise. Out of curiosity, why are you in such a hurry?

Ditto!

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Lypo......well, you said fastest. <_<

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Talk to a nutritionist. Post op people will never be able to eat enough Protein to maintain the muscle mass they had pre-op. Keep the goal weight in mind as determined by your physician, eat Protein proportionate to that level, and I wouldn't recommend starting a weight lifting program earlier than 6 mos post op.

Keep in mind, everyone's experience is different.

I gained 7 pounds of muscle while losing a total of 113 pounds.

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Lypo......well, you said fastest. <_<

Heh. What you lose in fat you gain in Water though. It takes months for the swelling to go down and to have visible results.

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Talk to a nutritionist. Post op people will never be able to eat enough Protein to maintain the muscle mass they had pre-op. Keep the goal weight in mind as determined by your physician, eat Protein proportionate to that level, and I wouldn't recommend starting a weight lifting program earlier than 6 mos post op.

Keep in mind, everyone's experience is different.

I respectfully disagree. One month post surgery I started lifting again. Now I kept it light at first, but increased weight by 10% per week until I hit my max, and I retest my max once a month now. With shakes, I can get to 125g of protein on heavy lift days.

@@jnw - I think you are probably correct if you are a competitive power lifter, and I would not suggest doing HITT training until several months post surgery.

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I have next to nothing body fat %...very low, considered in the "Athletic" range.

Once upon a time my triglycerides, cholesterol, etc, were through the roof so much so I suffered from coronary artery disease (clogged arteries) resulting in heart surgery. Not to mention type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure all directly related to body fat.

After surgery, I made it a passion to loose body fat...forget BMI's, they tell me very little.

Yes I was in a hurry, it was a sprint...my LIFE depended on it...

Anyway, my approach was this....

As hunter-gatherers, we store fat as an energy source during times of plenty, to use during times of famine.

Problem is, we keep on storing it and never use it.

With that in mind, I set out to use the stored fat for energy...I would go to the gym every morning. on an empty stomach. (other than ample water) and do a rigorous workout on the elliptical or treadmill.

After my workout, I would have a high Protein recovery shake.

If I ate before a workout, then that would have been my energy source for that workout. If I ate right after a workout, then I would brake even, replacing what I just used.

It definitely worked for me. I googled this once and found it is a popular practice.

Should add, all my bloodwork is normal, no more diabetes, and my cardiologist is always amazed when he sees me....and I know he talks to other Dr.'s about me.

And it all started with Weight Loss Surgery.

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Talk to a nutritionist. Post op people will never be able to eat enough Protein to maintain the muscle mass they had pre-op. Keep the goal weight in mind as determined by your physician, eat Protein proportionate to that level, and I wouldn't recommend starting a weight lifting program earlier than 6 mos post op.

Keep in mind, everyone's experience is different.

I gained 7 pounds of muscle while losing a total of 113 pounds.

I guess I was speaking more from my personal experiences. As a former amateur competitive power lifter I was used to eating 300g of protein a day or more on a 7000+ calorie diet. I couldn't possibly and never will be able to eat that much in a day now with 75% of my stomach missing.

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Talk to a nutritionist. Post op people will never be able to eat enough Protein to maintain the muscle mass they had pre-op. Keep the goal weight in mind as determined by your physician, eat Protein proportionate to that level, and I wouldn't recommend starting a weight lifting program earlier than 6 mos post op.

Keep in mind, everyone's experience is different.

I gained 7 pounds of muscle while losing a total of 113 pounds.

I guess I was speaking more from my personal experiences. As a former amateur competitive power lifter I was used to eating 300g of protein a day or more on a 7000+ calorie diet. I couldn't possibly and never will be able to eat that much in a day now with 75% of my stomach missing.

Well you are certainly a special case. Most of us go into a situation where we needed surgery by eating loads of carbs and not enough protein and nutritious foods.

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