Bawse52

Wow u look wonderful how much have u lost and wanna lose

I have lost 210 lbs so far..I wanna lose 50 more....Thanks for the love!!!

MaryLynn

Hello everyone I had my surgery on Nov 9th 2011, my surgeon was Dr. Macik...if you have any questions about the surgery please feel free to ask!!

How about tone and definition. Where the muscles waiting for you when the fat started melting. I'm 6'3 390 goal weight 250

I always lifted weights so even before the surgery I had some muscle tone there...I had a really big stomach...so when I began to drop the weight my muscle just came through...I had all that fat covering up the muscle. Majority of the men that have this surgery prolly have never lifted weights...so going into the surgery they have no muscle tone at all..so after the surgery they have bad posture and look weak...They didnt have a good solid foundation before the surgery... If u competed in Strong Man before you already have a solid foundation and when that fat melts off ur going to be a beast at 250 cuz ur going to a solid 250.

Congrats on your amazing transformation!!! I'm really worried about the loose skin myself, since I have about 100lb to lose in order to be at my goal.. My surgeon told me 3 months until I can get in the gym too.. I've never really had the drive before, but this time I know it will be very different!!!! I'm praying my body goes back to normal with no further surgery needed (tummy tuck, Lipo, etc).. Thanks for your amazing story!!! It has really inspired me

No Problem sweetie!! Good Luck on your journey!!

Ok first post. I am in the pre op phase. I played football in college, was a powerlifter and competed in strongman competitions. My main concern for not having WLS the past 5 years when my weight got out of control was I would lose all my strength and muscle. I am scheduled with Dr Alvarez in Dec. I found this thread and could really use some advice was in the gym today and almost had an anxiety attack over it. Any help would be great

After you have the surgery you wont be able to lift any weights for about 3 months and once ur able to lift again u will bascially after to start from scratch because of the way you will be eating. I am not sure how much you weigh now but u prolly can lift alot of weight now...thats because of how much u eat and ur current weight. Once ur able to hit the gym hard again and get your eating under comtrol u will begin to lift more..not as much as before but u will not weigh as much. When I got back in the gym I could only put a 45 on each side for bench. I was freaking out but as time passed its now getting back to what I am used to. So believe me brother having the surgery is worth it...ur range of motion will improve which will allow u to do more excercises...

Bawse u look amazing dude. How soon after could you really get into weight lifting? I know you mentioned you were weak at first. Wandering if u had to increase the Protein intake to do weight lifting and byhow much? Sorry for bombarding with questions but u justgave memore confidence to go thru with this. I lift weights and want really know when i ll be back doing this. Loose skin is def scary thing. Yhanks for sharing my man

No problem bro...bring on the questions...I was in ur shoes once...I had the surgery in Nov '11...I had a couple setbacks and could not workout like I wanted untill Feb '12. I have always lifted weights so getting back in the gym was no sweat...I started of with just one scoop of Protein powder(25 grams) twice with some low fat milk..I did that for about 3 months..Once I got my strentgh back I began taking amino acid tablets which is just pure protein in a pill form and I started talking 2 scoops of Protein powder (50 grams) twice a day with a protein and fruit juice made by Silk. I think the protein really helped with bulding lean muscle..like I said in the post I have never gained weight and dropped size at the same time...I feel great and I knbow for a fact that I wouldnt have been able to do this without the surgery

You look great!

Thank you!

Drop dead gorgeous!!!!!

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Drop dead gorgeous!!!!!

Thank you sweetie

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You look awesome! Keep up the great work. I'm really glad to hear about your skin. How long after surgery did you start lifting weights?

I had complications so I didnt start to work out untill feb '12...I had the surgery in November "11

Coki the easy part will be losing the weight...u cant eat so u will lose weight very fast, the hard part is changing your body, you have to eat lots of Protein and make sure u add some type of weight regimen to make sure u dont all that loose skin.

I am a year and it took m some timeto figure out what I can eat...there will be some things that u ate all the time before the surgery that u might never eat again... I cant eat steak anymore. Its take too long to chew and it is hard to digest. Make sure u take advantage of ur current stage....u wont have an appetite...but it will copme back out of no where!!!!!!

Welcome to the club!!!! Good Luck!!

Not sure..I waited a year

I am a year out...I dont have to take the small bites but I have to chew the food well...sometimes the food is so good and I forget and I end up having to puke (excuse my french)..

Last night I had Alcohol for the first time since my surgery...Lawd Have mercy I was DRUNK not tipsy after 2 long Island Ice Teas....Can anybody explain to me why now after the surgery it does not take as many drinks for me to get hammered?

I felt that way also...get use to the burping that is going to last for a minute...I got to the point where I didnt want to eat at all....I just drunk shakes all day...but this to shall pass....u gotta treat ur new tummy like a new born's tummy...its adapting to its new size.

Thanks guys!!

Thanks Channie!!

Thank you Leleboo!

Thanks Robbino

Yessir!!! Eazye....If I get down to 225 lbs I might need to change my profession :-)

Sharon u said something then baby!! I dont have time for no catfish!!!!!!!!!!!

I am currently dating someone that I met a month after I had the surgery...she is really nice...real sweet. Buuuut I am not use to all this attention I am now getting...it feels soo good, I dont want to be in a commited relationship. I want to get out in enjoy the new me!! I never thought that I would feel this way before the surgery , I dont want to hurt the person I am with now... has anybody else been in this postion before and how did you handle it?

But when you"re 6'3 335 lbs and you cant finish a house salad people start to put 2 and 2 together, I think it is much easier for a female to say she is on a diet, I have not told any of my coworkers I had the surgery and when we go out to eat together I get so tired of having to explain why I eat such small portions. I remember before the surgery my plate would be fulled with food and people would say "hey man u need to cut back ur eating too much" now when I have a small plate of food they say "U know damn well that aint gone feel you up" Thats the Crap I dont like!!!!!!!

I went on a date during the stages where I could only eat soft food..nothing solid. I went on about 3 dates and the chick said you eating like u just had weight loss surgery O_o..... I couldnt lie, I told her!! She was very understanding.