I am just past 5 weeks post op and I have started lifting heavy weights again! I am curious to hear how anybody else has done with weight lifting after gastric sleeve surgery! Are you able to build muscle? Does it take longer to build muscle then before? I am a lot weaker than I was when when I started lifting before surgery which I expected. I am just hoping it doesn't take me a lot longer to build muscle now that I have had the surgery. I am doing my best to get as much Protein in as possible!

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I know some competitive lifters and they have to periodically load up on carbs. They eat a low carb diet most days but then may have a carb loading day once or twice a week.

Since the post-op diet recommends (or requires) a low carb diet, I do wonder how lack of carbs will affect weight training?

Would like to know the answer as wel.

"In the end we only regret the chances that we didn't take."

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Its absolutely possible to build muscle after surgery. I'm two years out. I still work out 3 times a week. My maintenance looks a bit different from others. I burn 1000 calories running. Days I workout I eat 2100 calories 150g Protein 200g carbs. With a bariatric stomach it takes all day to get my food in . Days I don't workout..1300 calories and low carb.

I just answered this question recently, so I am just going to paste the links:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/365483-men-and-muscle-loss/#entry4129930

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/353597-male-before-and-after-pictures/page-16#entry4128408

Feel free to look at the few pictures in my gallery too.