BlueCrush

Today was arms and back day: 3 sets of dumbbell curls 3 sets of machine bicep curls 3 sets of hammer curls 3 sets of tricep rope pulldowns 3 of tricep skullcrushers 3 sets of bench dips 3 sets of lat pulldowns 3 sets of dumbbell deadlifts 3 sets of machine rows Today's top gym tracks: Stone Sour - House of gold and bones Metallica - Master of puppets Current arms and back pics:

Very true. It's hard to eat high calories while eating clean with the sleeve. Yesterday, I finished out at 1508 calories, 134g Protein, 117g Carbs, 58g fat. I have some custom oatmeal from truenutrition being delivered today which has protein powder mixed in. I'm planning to add some PB2 powder into it as well. That should give me about a 400 to 500 cal. bowl of oatmeal for breakfast with about 30g of protein. I'm also going to do some experimenting with nuts and peanut butter into meals to increase cals.

Thank you, J San. I'm looking forward to see how this progresses.

Today was legs day: 3 sets of dumbbell lunges 3 sets of machine hamstring curls 3 sets of dumbbell squats 3 sets of dumbbell calf raises 3 sets of machine leg press 3 sets of machine leg extensions Today's top workout tracks: Nothing More - Don't Stop Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country Volbeat - Seal the Deal Legs current state:

Nice work!

A bit about me: I had the sleeve surgery in December 2017 period. I've lost a total of 181 pounds since last May, and now I'm looking to gain some muscle mass. I'm currently sitting at 225lbs pounds and 6'2.5" tall. So many unanswered questions of not been able to find good responses to. Things such as how to start eating any calorie surplus now that I want to add muscle. Will I be able to eat enough to add muscle? Follow me on this thread and I will track my journey for any others that may follow the same path. Starting status: 8/17/18 - 225lbs

I officially hit my goal weight last week. 225. Never thought I could get here 18 months ago!

Well, after a few weeks of minimal losses, I logged a 3.3lb loss this week and have officially hit goal weight!

I was losing two or three lb/week like clockwork until a few weeks ago. Now I've been battling the same pound back and forth. I'm only 3.2 pounds away from goal, so I'm pushing hard to get there. If I didn't lose any more, I'd be disappointed at not officially hitting goal, but happy none the less. I'm focused more on building muscle than losing weight at this point anyway.

Nice progress!

Do you track/log your food? Calories and protein/carbs/fat grams?

I'm still going strong. Down about 175lbs from my high weight and only about 6lbs away from goal. Loss has definitely slowed over the past couple of months, but I'm still losing.

My surgeon has you start pureed on day 3 through the end of week 3. Then "soft foods" from week 4-6. Soft defined as you can cut it with a fork which included most meats aside from steak. Week 6-12 was anything except breads or rice. Week 12 was no restrictions.

"You don't seem big enough for weight loss surgery..." Well, I was over 50bmi, so if that's not, then what exactly IS "big enough"?!? ...or what I currently get is, "you're getting too skinny... you've got to stop losing!" Well, I JUST got out of obesity for the first time in 20+ years and am at 29bmi, so I'm not exactly, "too skinny." Ever notice how 99% of the time it's other obese people who make these comments? I suppose misery loves company, and the healthier you get, the worse the other obese people in your life feel about themselves as they see us improving our lives, gaining confidence, and getting attention. I just wish some others could be motivated to pick themselves up instead of trying to bring us down when they see our success.

I buy the Tesla brand compression shirts on Amazon. I've tried a bunch and like those best. As poster above said, but 1 size smaller than you normally wear. I like these because they're long and can be easily tucked in if wearing a an undershirt. https://www.amazon.com/Tesla-TM-MUA05-KLB_Large-Sleeveless-Compression-Baselayer/dp/B077ZP5P7X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1530325887&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=tesla+compression+shirt

For the first time since about middle school (~20 years), I'm not obese! I'm officially overweight per BMI. May 30, 2017; 406lbs June, 22, 2018; 235.7lbs

For the first time since about middle school (~20 years), I'm NOT obese! 1st pic - May 30th, 2017; 406lbs 2nd pic - June 22nd, 2018; 235.7lbs

I'm almost 170lbs lost, and I swear it's tripled. LMAO!

Yes! My surgery date was 12/11/17 as well!

Are you using the website, mobile site, or mobile app? That makes a difference on where you find the options. If either of the mobile interfaces, it's well hidden.

Nice work! I forgot we are surgery twins (same date).

I wouldn't call it a "cheat" day, but just my new norm. I'm super strict throughout M-F with eating super clean (lean meats, veggies, limited starchy things, etc), and restrict calories to about 1100-1400. On Sat-Sun, I still track on MyFitPal, am aim for a calorie goal of ~1800-2000, but I allow myself to eat whatever I want within that calorie limit. Not only had this kept me sane in not really craving things throughout the week, but I think it's helped regulate my motabolism and prevent me from crashing it as I've read about others. I feeel the strategy has worked as I have a streak of now 39 straight weeks with losing weight at my Friday weigh-in (dates back to pre-surgery) and down almost 167lbs total since I started this process.

Maybe not much as you're pumped full of gas during surgery which inflates weight for the first 5-7 days. I was up almost 10lbs from day before surgery to day after surgery without eating a single thing. I had a big loss at week #2 though once all that gas was gone.