BeeBop211

I had my sleeve 9/9/2019, so I'm about 3 weeks out. I've been a regular weight lifter for years and I'm just itching to go back to the gym. Physically I feel great, but my surgical team has me on the lift less than 15lbs for 6 weeks plan, so 3+ more weeks if I follow their guidelines. I'm a health statistician, so I know those guidelines have an ultra safe margin built into them to account for every type of person. I'm thinking of doing some light weights (heavier than 15lbs) after week 4 using machines and such to try an isolate away from my core as much as possible. So, long story short, did anyone cheat? If, so did anything bad happen?

I had my surgery August 9th. Recovery is going well, I was up and walking 2 days after surgery. The worst part was the 1st 24 hours, I had terrible nausea for the 1st 12 hours and a lot of pain for the 1st 36 hours. However, the pain faded pretty quickly and I was off the oxy by Tuesday the 13th. I'm down 26 lbs from my pre-surgery weight. I've been going to the gym daily and putting in 45 minutes on the treadmill or elliptical for the last 10 days and that has really kick started my weightloss. I've been losing about a 1lb a day since I started cardio. I started soft foods this week and that has gone pretty well. Eggs and cheese (Yeah cheese omlets) go down flawlessly as well as soft pasta, steamed fish, yogurt and fruit smoothies (Shout out to my Vitamix). I made the mistake of having a little crab meat, that was the only thing I ate this week that made me super nauseous. I'm going to have to wait a few more weeks before trying crab again. I also had a tiny little bite of my wifes steak and that actually went down fine. The biggest change I've noticed is my sweet tooth has been greatly reduced, I had a few bites of ice cream and it tasted overwhelmingly sweet. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the surgery.