TYRey12

I still eat very fast and I pay for it in the end. I'm trying though.
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Thanks for the advice, folks. I don't go back and see my surgeon until the 4 week mark, so we'll see what he has to say.
BigViffer - Yep, I will be headed over there before too long. Just getting my feet wet.

@@GMP - Here you go: http://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/431-the-guys’-room/
@ - It will take a while, but the one piece of advice that I hope anyone reading my posts takes to heart is this: Leave your ego in the locker room. Too often we men get in a weight room and we become focused on the numbers and not the results. Slow and steady is the way to win this "race". Incremental gains should be your goal. It's not just your muscles you need to be worried about. They WILL atrophy in the beginning. Accept it but set yourself up for success later. You will also need to focus on Calcium and Vitamin D and increasing bone density. Your legs should be good since by nature of being overweight they had to become strong to carry us. Unless you have arthritis like me and then it can become an issue.
Weight loss doesn't happen overnight and neither will a strong body. Focus on long term goals for the best chance of success.

Well...After a couple of days of this shake and logging it into My Daily Plate, gotta make some changes. It's a whopping 460 calories! When I'm only taking in about 700 or slightly less, that's too much from a shake...so, slight change:
Morning shake: 1/2 scoop vanilla nectar, 1 cup of skim milk, 1 pack of light start carnation: 188 Cals / 23.3 Protein
Afternoon shake: sugar free muscle milk: 100 Cals / 20 Protein

Thanks for the advice, folks. I don't go back and see my surgeon until the 4 week mark, so we'll see what he has to say.
BigViffer - Yep, I will be headed over there before too long. Just getting my feet wet.

lol, 2 weeks?! Man I was lucky to even be awake at the end of the workday and I have an office job! Like it was said above, it all depends on the individual. Me personally, I had to get my medications straightened before going back to the gym. I am happy to report that I am off everything except my arthritic medicine and that is down to once a day. But if you are on BP meds, you are going to feel like absolute crap because it will lower your BP below normal.
I started back at the gym 6 weeks after surgery. And like you I thought I could do weights. Needless to say, I wasn't eating enough to give me any real energy. I know it's not manly, but stick to walking and stationary bike for the beginning. Not only are you going to be low energy, but the Protein you are taking in should be dedicated to healing and repairing tissue from the surgery, not building muscle. When you divide your total Protein intake between healing and trying to build, you slow down your healing process and you won't be making any serious gains.
Walking, biking, and maybe the elliptical will help prevent atrophy, but they won't build. Give it a few months. This isn't a race. This is the rest of your life. So while getting in the gym now may feel like working to a goal, it is really about making it a habit.
Come hang out in the Guy's Room, check out a few of the threads there. We try to build each other up and there may be some competition, but it's not against each other. Not to say my posts are gospel, but you may find some of the information useful in the threads I started over there.

Congratulations!

I am 13 days post-op and typically need 2 Protein shakes a day to make sure I get the Protein needed daily.
Typically, in the morning I use the Ninja to mix 2 scoops of vanilla bean nectar, 2 pouches of Carnation Breakfast Essentials "Light Start" and 2 cups of skim milk. Transfer over to a 32 oz. Yeti Rambler (although the whole thing doesn't fill it up, at least it keeps cold) and while I am at work, have half the shake through the morning and half through the afternoon.
Sipping on Water through the day of course.

I am 13 days post-op and typically need 2 Protein shakes a day to make sure I get the Protein needed daily.
Typically, in the morning I use the Ninja to mix 2 scoops of vanilla bean nectar, 2 pouches of Carnation Breakfast Essentials "Light Start" and 2 cups of skim milk. Transfer over to a 32 oz. Yeti Rambler (although the whole thing doesn't fill it up, at least it keeps cold) and while I am at work, have half the shake through the morning and half through the afternoon.
Sipping on Water through the day of course.

Yep, mostly due to liquids. I'm at almost 2 weeks, and have found that it also depends on what I am eating as well. Certain Soups have a tendency to be a bit more harsh. Unfortunately, a lot of it is trial and error.