Is it possible to build muscle after gastric bypass?

[Wasteoflife 0]

Hi everyone, I've had my surgery 3 years ago, I used to weight 286 lb (130 kg) and I lost around 110 lb, Now I weight 176 lb (80kg). I was wondering if it's possible to build muscles? I'm 28 and I look boney in some parts of my body so I figured I'd start building muscles but I am not sure if it's possible after having this surgery, because building muscle usually requires you to take easily between 2800+ calories and I'm not sure we can eat that much per day! I've tried and failed.

Sorry for my english, thanks everyone

[Hazel_eyez 173]

Muscle building has more to do with the quality and amount of Protein and not about the amount of calories. There are vegans out there who are body builders and I can tell you they are not eating that many calories in veggies.

[RJC5197 282]

I agree. proper amount of Protein and carbs nutrition is important to support muscle gain.

The amount is determined by the total maintenance cals you need each day, and some small increase to feed the muscles. (Based on your activity level)

I recommend you look into nutrition plan and lifting plan and tailor it to you.

I have been lifting the last few months, and now down to the last 20 lbs of fat to lose, so watching my eating and workouts closely.

I use Tom Venuto "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" program, which gives me solid direction, but allows me to easily suit my needs for me, especially with limited eating volumes. We have special challenge to get in the calories we need to build.

I used his program years ago, and it fits me well now.

Good Luck.

[Hammer_Down 631]

Building muscle is a hard fought battle for the body, so contrary to popular belief your body will not break down muscle tissue unless absolutely starved to.

Triglycerides (fat molecules) are bound together with glycerine molecules (hence the 'glycerides' part) which will be broken down and provide necessary glucose while your body is metabolizing fat. Getting adequate Protein is important, but it's easy to overdo it. The vast majority of us require less than 100g/day and any excess Protein will be converted to glucose by your liver and prevent fat loss.

Unless you are very lean (less than 15% body fat for men), you may be building muscle but not achieving the cut look due to body fat concealing the muscle definition.

There are ways your doctor can measure your muscle mass so you can check in every few months and measure how much/little your overall muscle mass has changed.

[jess9395 5,448]

I've built muscle while losing on 600 calories a day.

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