Well today I was cleared to hit the gym and I cannot believe how weak I am now. I am embarrassed to even lift weights at the gym because how weak I got.

I lifted weights for the first time today and was also surprised at how weak I was compared to where I was before surgery. I did the seated chest press and thought I could handle 50 lbs......NOPE! I ended up having to lower the weight to 20 lbs!!!!! So here I am on this big bulky machine with these little 10 lbs weights on each side lol. I'm gonna try and lift once a week for now because I'm very sore after my little session today. My advice is stick with it. Heck we all have to start from somewhere

Thanks! I will definitely stick with it, it was just a bummer when I went to grab my usual 45's for some hammer curls then realized I had to drop down to 30's... But when I see how flappy my arms are getting that is plenty of motivation not to give up!

The upside to this is though you may feel weaker on weights how much does your loss so far affect what you can do cardio wise? For me I'm down 50 with preop and I can definitely tell the difference and yesterday was my first day back to work ( I'm a baggage handler for united) it was soo much easier climbing in and out of the planes I was blown away

Been there Donny, hang in there and it will be ok. Being a lifter for most of my life, I started freaking out a little when I first got back to the gym after surgery and noticed how terribly weak I was. I was back to my former strength around 4-5 months after surgery. I know you'll keep with it, which will help a lot and remember, your muscles have memory, they just need to be reminded of their former strength.

Been there Donny' date=' hang in there and it will be ok. Being a lifter for most of my life, I started freaking out a little when I first got back to the gym after surgery and noticed how terribly weak I was. I was back to my former strength around 4-5 months after surgery. I know you'll keep with it, which will help a lot and remember, your muscles have memory, they just need to be reminded of their former strength.[/quote']

Good to know, thanks! Because struggling to open my Vitamins and flappy arms is super frustrating lol. And as weird as it sounds but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about, being sore the next morning again feels so good! Waking up without aching muscles felt so weird for the 5 weeks post op lol

I hear ya! I like the sore muscles too...let's me know I really worked them and where I worked them!