Guest guest Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Hey , Im in the same boat as you, I have my surgery on tuesday, August 11, and its taken me many years like you to gain the right weight (6'3'' 185 lbs). To tell you the truth, you're going to lose a lot, and its going to suck. I took a month off last year when I had to travel internationally, and I lost 30-40 pounds off the bench. It's going to be worse, especially with our reduced eating afterwards. What I've tried to do and am going to do to minimize it is the following: 1. Workout as hard as possible before - I've been doing this and it really makes me feel that I'm going to come out less weak. 2. Drink lots of protein shakes and myoplex and crap like that after the surgery - I dont think itll keep you strong, but I definitely believe it'll keep your appetite and metabolism going hopefully 3. When you're doctor clears you, be ready to be weak - Don't take it too hard. From experience, I know its easy to gain back weight, especially since a majority of the weight loss was due to eating. If you've been doing this for 3 years, I dont think itll take you that long to recover all your strength (maybe 3-4 months?) and imagine what its gonna be like after those months. Good luck, and after the surgery, Ill come back and post on how it all went linef > Hello all - yet another question: > > I've been reading up on some of the posts specific to weight loss / > muscle loss and I'm a bit worried. I've been lifting for 3 years now > and I'm finally really starting to get where I want. I'm a " hard > gainer " (6'1'', 165lbs) and the thought of losing all of my hard > earned muscle on top of everything else I'll have to go through is > killing me. > > Do any of you have any good suggestions for keeping the loss to an > absolute minimum? I'm guessing all you can do is try to get your > normal number of good calories (protien shakes, etc) and get physical > as soon as possible. > > Thanks for any stories, advice, suggestions, etc. > > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Hey , Im in the same boat as you, I have my surgery on tuesday, August 11, and its taken me many years like you to gain the right weight (6'3'' 185 lbs). To tell you the truth, you're going to lose a lot, and its going to suck. I took a month off last year when I had to travel internationally, and I lost 30-40 pounds off the bench. It's going to be worse, especially with our reduced eating afterwards. What I've tried to do and am going to do to minimize it is the following: 1. Workout as hard as possible before - I've been doing this and it really makes me feel that I'm going to come out less weak. 2. Drink lots of protein shakes and myoplex and crap like that after the surgery - I dont think itll keep you strong, but I definitely believe it'll keep your appetite and metabolism going hopefully 3. When you're doctor clears you, be ready to be weak - Don't take it too hard. From experience, I know its easy to gain back weight, especially since a majority of the weight loss was due to eating. If you've been doing this for 3 years, I dont think itll take you that long to recover all your strength (maybe 3-4 months?) and imagine what its gonna be like after those months. Good luck, and after the surgery, Ill come back and post on how it all went linef > Hello all - yet another question: > > I've been reading up on some of the posts specific to weight loss / > muscle loss and I'm a bit worried. I've been lifting for 3 years now > and I'm finally really starting to get where I want. I'm a " hard > gainer " (6'1'', 165lbs) and the thought of losing all of my hard > earned muscle on top of everything else I'll have to go through is > killing me. > > Do any of you have any good suggestions for keeping the loss to an > absolute minimum? I'm guessing all you can do is try to get your > normal number of good calories (protien shakes, etc) and get physical > as soon as possible. > > Thanks for any stories, advice, suggestions, etc. > > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 , Quite a coincidence but we're exactly the same height and weight! I weighed 145 for a good 15 years before embarking on a weight lifting program and got myself up to 165 after a few years. Don't worry overmuch about the weight loss. I lost about 20 pounds and went back to 145, but it all came back very easily within about 6 months with minimal effort. Getting it back isn't nearly as hard as building it up was in the first place. ly, muscle loss should be the least of your worries. Concentrate on staying healthy and getting enough calories. When you get back to solid foods post-op and things are going well with your chewing and mouth opening, then you can start thinking about weight- lifting again - but get your OS's ok first! --Neil > Hello all - yet another question: > > I've been reading up on some of the posts specific to weight loss / > muscle loss and I'm a bit worried. I've been lifting for 3 years now > and I'm finally really starting to get where I want. I'm a " hard > gainer " (6'1'', 165lbs) and the thought of losing all of my hard > earned muscle on top of everything else I'll have to go through is > killing me. > > Do any of you have any good suggestions for keeping the loss to an > absolute minimum? I'm guessing all you can do is try to get your > normal number of good calories (protien shakes, etc) and get physical > as soon as possible. > > Thanks for any stories, advice, suggestions, etc. > > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 , Quite a coincidence but we're exactly the same height and weight! I weighed 145 for a good 15 years before embarking on a weight lifting program and got myself up to 165 after a few years. Don't worry overmuch about the weight loss. I lost about 20 pounds and went back to 145, but it all came back very easily within about 6 months with minimal effort. Getting it back isn't nearly as hard as building it up was in the first place. ly, muscle loss should be the least of your worries. Concentrate on staying healthy and getting enough calories. When you get back to solid foods post-op and things are going well with your chewing and mouth opening, then you can start thinking about weight- lifting again - but get your OS's ok first! --Neil > Hello all - yet another question: > > I've been reading up on some of the posts specific to weight loss / > muscle loss and I'm a bit worried. I've been lifting for 3 years now > and I'm finally really starting to get where I want. I'm a " hard > gainer " (6'1'', 165lbs) and the thought of losing all of my hard > earned muscle on top of everything else I'll have to go through is > killing me. > > Do any of you have any good suggestions for keeping the loss to an > absolute minimum? I'm guessing all you can do is try to get your > normal number of good calories (protien shakes, etc) and get physical > as soon as possible. > > Thanks for any stories, advice, suggestions, etc. > > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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