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If you are below target weight, and you want to add muscles, you need to increase your calorie intake. Muscles need calories, and if you don't up the intake, you'll continue to lose. I'm not talking adding 1000 kcal, but 200-300 kcal on days you work out.
At this point, being 2.5 years out, I eat 2500-3000 kcal a day (sometimes even more). But I also do endurance sport.
I lifted weights the first year post op, now it's mostly mobility work and weights targeted for running.

I walk 4 miles every morning, and then go to the gym for an hour and do the stair machine/elliptical. And alternate weight lifting. So I totally get you on the hunger. The way I combat this is to add 21 more grams of Protein on the days when I lift weights. For me this is in the form of real food, not shakes. (2 eggs, and 3 strips of bacon) That gives me enough staying power through the day, and I don't feel like I'm super hungry.

My experience with sleeve has been very positive! Now about 15 months post-op. 5’11, down from 286 to 171, best physical fitness of my life, no heartburn or major issues. So grateful for the surgery. Pros and cons to all the surgeries, but I’m grateful I was recommended to undergo the sleeve.

My experience with sleeve has been very positive! Now about 15 months post-op. 5’11, down from 286 to 171, best physical fitness of my life, no heartburn or major issues. So grateful for the surgery. Pros and cons to all the surgeries, but I’m grateful I was recommended to undergo the sleeve.

My experience with sleeve has been very positive! Now about 15 months post-op. 5’11, down from 286 to 171, best physical fitness of my life, no heartburn or major issues. So grateful for the surgery. Pros and cons to all the surgeries, but I’m grateful I was recommended to undergo the sleeve.

Happy with my sleeve, one year out. Glad not to have to worry about malabsorption, no GERD (VSG cured my heartburn), stable weight loss, feel great. Both surgeries can be excellent!

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Happy with my sleeve, one year out. Glad not to have to worry about malabsorption, no GERD (VSG cured my heartburn), stable weight loss, feel great. Both surgeries can be excellent!

Happy with my sleeve, one year out. Glad not to have to worry about malabsorption, no GERD (VSG cured my heartburn), stable weight loss, feel great. Both surgeries can be excellent!

88% here. Exercise, hydrate, rest, and stick to the plan!

88% here. Exercise, hydrate, rest, and stick to the plan!

88% here. Exercise, hydrate, rest, and stick to the plan!

88% here. Exercise, hydrate, rest, and stick to the plan!

88% here. Exercise, hydrate, rest, and stick to the plan!

Random trip to the Adirondacks
Prior to surgery I would need to plan more extensively, now i feel *a little* more adventurous

Just returned from vacation. DRUM Roll, please! Did not gain any weight!!😆. This has NEVER happened before. My last vacation I gained 10 lbs.! I ran or walked every morning on the beach. If I really wanted something food wise, I tasted a couple of bites and that was it. The best vacation ever!!

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Took a day off while traveling for work and climbed a mountain! No way I could have lugged my pre-op self up here

Sometimes I feel like its good to look at these because its so easy to get caught up in the "I'm still losing I gotta keep pushing" mindset.

Had VSG and am 10 months out now...have lost 85# with 15 more to get to goal. Life has totally changed for the better.