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You should be able to get the online support you need here. Good Luck! Stay strong and in your mother's eyes she is probably only trying to help or mother you as best she knows how. Placate her the best you can and keep focus.

I have always had a gym membership, but got really serious pre-op surgery and started waking and toning muscles. I agree with you that it is a great way to start and my recovery time was one week. My surgeon told me that I would be back in the gym a week after my laparoscopic sleeve surgery and I was. Of course I didn't do anything crazy my first week and concentrated on cardio and light workouts. Good Luck!

My surgeon allowed me soft foods one week post-op. I had none of the nausea or complications others endured.

I didn't try to kill myself and worked out lightly after the first week post-op. A couple of weeks later after my stitches came out I resumed my normal workouts.

I lost 35 pounds on a medically supervised diet 6 months prior. Then I lost 10 more pounds on pre-op 2 weeks of 3-4 shakes and broth daily diet.

I was blessed with mine on Oct 2, 2017. Today is the first day of the rest of your life! Have a Great Day!~

I too sit at a desk all day and took 7 days off to recover from my gastric sleeve surgery. My surgeon assured me that I would be back in the gym lifting heavy in one week after WLS. I had stepped up my workouts and weight loss prior to my surgery. As part of my new life style along with diet, I am back in the gym regaining lost muscle and trying to minimize skin sag.

I used pre-packaged broth and also made my own using cut beef bone from the Asian market, carrots, celery, onion, salt and pepper. First I braise the beef bones then add a few cut up celery stalks, chunked whole carrots and onion. Boil for a couple of hours and salt and pepper to taste. Then strain out the solid ingredients. I also add a little fresh lemon juice and a little finely chopped fresh cilantro and jalapeno just before serving. The home-made broth made the liquid diet far more palatable and I looked forward to having it for dinner.

I used pre-packaged and also made my own using cut beef bone from the Asian market, carrots, celery, onion, salt and pepper. First I braise the beef bones then add a few cut up celery stalks, chunked whole carrots and onion. Boil for a couple of hours and salt and pepper to taste. Then strain out the solid ingredients. I also add a little lemon and a little finely chopped fresh cilantro and jalapeno just before serving.

Never did I have a weight problem until I was in the Marines and mistakenly thought that 200 pounds made a man. I would eat big meals and sleep developing fat instead of muscle, dummy. Many pigs later (love carnitas and bacon), I found myself on weight control and working to shed the weight. I did go from 235 to 205 and got a body fat waiver at 5%. Then I got out and many pigs later found myself at an all time high of 307. During my journey I experienced high blood pressure, sleep apnea, a stroke, diabetes and ED. Killing myself did not work so I got serious about my weight and decided to do something about it once and for all. Now don't get me wrong, I am a Jenny Craig dropout. Tried various other weight loss programs like weight loss hypnosis which turned me bulimic. My mind was constantly challenged, do you want that burrito or that body? burrito or body? I thought heck I am gonna have that burrito and body and threw it up after gorging my face. Tried weight watchers, MOVE, phen-phen and atkins. Atkins worked great at first. I had gone to a clinic and had weighed in and was to return in a month for my results (Free STD test). When I came back they weighed me in again and the attendant panicked and said she has to find another scale it must be broken. I asked why did she think the scale was broken and she stated, you weigh 25 pounds less today. Oh, I went on the Atkins diet I told her and she was relieved. Subsequent tries at Atkins resulted in severe cramping or diarrhea. The Cpap machine I got 20 years ago was horrible and I never did master it and stopped using it. There were times when I awoke like a fish out of water gasping for air. Once I decided to get gastric sleeve surgery late last year, I started working on a plan. I was taking 3 different pills just for high blood pressure. Taking at least 6 pills with breakfast I decided that the only pill I wanted to take for the rest of my life was a multivitamin. I changed health plans for the new year and joined a PPO which I know is more expensive but gives more flexibility in getting the treatment you want. I contacted my health insurance company to get the prerequisites for weight loss surgery. I needed to have successfully completed a medically supervised weight loss program during the last two years which I had never completed one. So I signed up with a Nutritionist that shared the WLS surgeons office for a 6 month medically supervised weight loss program. I started back at the gym again going a couple of times a week vice a couple of times a month. I completed that program and dropped 35 pounds without trying too hard. If I had followed the prescribed diet to perfection I am sure I would have lost twice the weight. I called the Dr office to setup my next sets of appointments in my WLS Journey. My next hurdle was a consult with a Psychiatrist. Lord I hope they don't find me too crazy or I am gonna have a cheeseburger. I passed that eval with flying colors. Now I was ready to schedule the WLS. Got a WLS date for Oct 2, 2017. Went on a two week protein shake diet post-op and lost another ten pounds by going to the gym everyday. Met with my surgeon and he told me I would be lifting heavy in the gym in one week. Boy was I stoked. My surgery went excellent and he repaired a hernia I did not know I had during the process. I took 10 days off work and made a very speedy recovery but getting tired of the shakes and jello. Dr. Hamamji met with me a week after surgery and cleared me to start eating soft proteins, yay! I had no nausea and no throwing up post op. I didn't even open my nausea medication and tossed it. I am 3 weeks post op and building muscle fast while losing inches. I am not too concerned that my weight loss has not been as drastic as I have seen on others reports for I know that muscle weighs more than fat and looking forward to getting really toned. During the last 9 months of my weight loss journey I have lost 6 inches on my waist and 61 pounds. Post-op I have lost 2 inches from my waist and 16 pounds. I am going to the gym everyday except for Sunday and getting in at least 30 minutes of cardio and then weight training. I expect the pounds and inches to start dropping more rapidly during the next couple of weeks. I don't think I was getting enough calories at 500-800 a day which may have lowered my metabolism. I am shooting for 800-1000 calories and 70 grams of protein per day starting now.

Thank you! I quit taking pain meds about 7 days after my laparoscopic sleeve procedure. I was at the gym 10 days after surgery. My surgeon promised me pre-op that I would be lifting heavy in the gym in about a week. His first post-op exam (day 10) he cleared me for the gym and to start on soft protein as I had no bouts of nausea or any other negative side effects. Dr. started peeling my stitches during this exam but they did not all come off until week 3.