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Tessa-VSG    20

Tessa-VSG
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Hello everyone hope youre all having a wonderful day!

I had my sleeve done back in April 2016 i am five months post op and ive lost 38 kgs so far! 7 to 6 more kgs to my ultimate goal! Woho!

Everything is going so well! But because im almost at my goal weight i have some problems..

My belly! Everything have shrunk and looks perfect, i have almost no saggy skin due to my daily gym visits. But my belly still holds its shape. Smaller, yes. But the same, and its driving me crazy.

I look exactly how i imagined i would look at this weight, but i didnt expect that my belly wont budge.

Any tips and trick? Please advise

Thank you for your time❤️

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PorkChopExpress    826

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Just remember that you still have adipose fat in your skin, concentrated in that area...that's why it looks the way it does right now. The lower your bodyfat percentage goes, the less pronounced it's going to be. As you get closer to goal, it'll require fine-tuning your diet to hit that last stubborn fat, and zeroing in on your exercise. Weight training can really help a lot, in that regard. When you see people who have lost all of their fat and get really lean, the skin just looks wrinkly around the abdomen, loose but not thick. So don't get discouraged, just realize that this is where you start to zero in on that perfect balance of Protein, carbs and fats, and your exercise regimen, to get the bodyfat percentage down. It's exactly what people have to do in order to get their abs to start showing, too. They only show when you get the BF% down.

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ppressey24    254

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Im 3wks out. When do you suggest i start going back at the gym? I also had my gallbladder taken out and i also had a huge hernia repaired so thats why i havent hit the gym yet,but please tell me, its not time yet? My mom keep telling me to take it slow because i dont need to be lifting anything yet

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Tessa-VSG    20

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Thank you so much for your input. This makes so much sense!

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Im 3wks out. When do you suggest i start going back at the gym? I also had my gallbladder taken out and i also had a huge hernia repaired so thats why i havent hit the gym yet,but please tell me, its not time yet? My mom keep telling me to take it slow because i dont need to be lifting anything yet

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I wouldnt recommend working out this soon, instead stick to 30-40 min walking daily and as soon as you start your solid diet hit the gym up!

At least this is what my doctor told me

Plus working out this early might cause dizziness and shortness of breath. You'll find yourself weaker than you were before.

Check again with your doctor, good luck and never lose the motivation❤️

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Im 3wks out. When do you suggest i start going back at the gym? I also had my gallbladder taken out and i also had a huge hernia repaired so thats why i havent hit the gym yet,but please tell me, its not time yet? My mom keep telling me to take it slow because i dont need to be lifting anything yet

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I wouldnt recommend working out this soon, instead stick to 30-40 min walking daily and as soon as you start your solid diet hit the gym up!

At least this is what my doctor told me

Plus working out this early might cause dizziness and shortness of breath. You'll find yourself weaker than you were before.

Check again with your doctor, good luck and never lose the motivation❤️

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So as soon as im eating solids hit it? He just allowed me to have pureed foods this week for the next 4wks, so i cant wait. Thank you because i definitely do not want to end back up at the hospital. They were all nice, but dont wanna,

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Im 3wks out. When do you suggest i start going back at the gym? I also had my gallbladder taken out and i also had a huge hernia repaired so thats why i havent hit the gym yet,but please tell me, its not time yet? My mom keep telling me to take it slow because i dont need to be lifting anything yet

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I wouldnt recommend working out this soon, instead stick to 30-40 min walking daily and as soon as you start your solid diet hit the gym up!

At least this is what my doctor told me

Plus working out this early might cause dizziness and shortness of breath. You'll find yourself weaker than you were before.

Check again with your doctor, good luck and never lose the motivation❤️

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So as soon as im eating solids hit it? He just allowed me to have pureed foods this week for the next 4wks, so i cant wait. Thank you because i definitely do not want to end back up at the hospital. They were all nice, but dont wanna,

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End up back in the hospital with them

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PorkChopExpress    826

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Give yourself at least six weeks to be fully healed, that would be my suggestion. Then start easing into the weights and see how you feel. But they say it takes six weeks for the stomach to heal fully from this surgery, so give it the time it needs. I'll be starting in a little over a week or so, probably.

Im 3wks out. When do you suggest i start going back at the gym? I also had my gallbladder taken out and i also had a huge hernia repaired so thats why i havent hit the gym yet,but please tell me, its not time yet? My mom keep telling me to take it slow because i dont need to be lifting anything yet

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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