2 Week Post-OP
from my surgeon. He says I look great and is impressed with my recovery. He told me to pick up the pace on the exercise. I updated my profile with the details of my appointment. I can start lifting in 2 weeks. YEAY!! Thanks for all your support gang! 
Keep up the great work!! The next two weeks will fly. I can't believe July will be my 2 year mark! When they say time flies when you are having fun they weren't kiddin'!
Hugs,
Val 
buckeye john
on 5/4/05 12:56 am - OH
on 5/4/05 12:56 am - OH
My advice early on is to eat all the protien that you can. It is very temping at your stage to not eat enough. You want to speed up the weight loss. Fight the urge and eat. Since you will be exercising and training, you will need to eat more than other WLS people. Don't try to compare your eating and weight loss with others. Because of training, you will eat more and lose less 
But the long term results are worth it. All my critics(wife dietician) told me I was eating too much.....and exercising to much. I would love to send them my dietician my current picture.
But the long term results are worth it. All my critics(wife dietician) told me I was eating too much.....and exercising to much. I would love to send them my dietician my current picture. Actually I am getting in 90 - 100 grms of protein a day already. I'm finding it really easy to do that with protein pudding, shakes, cottage cheese, soups. Although my calories are still hovering around 700 - 800.
My RD is very good and was willing to help me compensate for heavier exercise. First RD that asked me what I could leg press! Once I told her I was doing 250 X 15 X 3 the last time I was in the gym and saw some old workout logs she said for me to try to keep it around 100 and we would evaluate again at 3 months. I think it will be more of a challenge once I am further along into the soft foods and regular phase though. Being on liquids makes it easy. They are really big on eating real food instead of doing so many supplements. I'll still be always adding in at least one or two though. Protein pudding has been my saving grace so far. Right now I'm still on full liquids and just starting to test soft foods. This afternoon I'm going to make some mashed sweet potatoes, splenda, cinnamon, a little skim milk, a little margarine, and mix some unflavored protein into it. I'll let ya know how it works out!!
Completely fine with losing less!! I much rather have the muscle back then just shrinking flab! Yuck! I've gotten so soft these last few months.
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