What was/is life like for you at 6 and 7 weeks post surgery? If you had to travel, how would you prepare? I have a conference at the end of February and will be almost 7 weeks out. Already trying to mentally prepare for how I am going to manage things. Thanks!

I felt 100% by that time. I was eating normal food so energy level wasn't a problem. I was at the gym 3 -4 times a week.

I take protein shakes with me all the time with a quickshake so I can make one anytime and if I'm on the go, my other backup is cheese and crackers we have preppackaged crackers and cheese slices three each

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4 hours ago, NewBeginnings2018 said:

What was/is life like for you at 6 and 7 weeks post surgery?

I'm currently 11+ weeks on from surgery.

At the SIX week mark, I had ramped up to my old 2-3 hours swimming per day, four days per week resistance weights & stretch bands and moved to about 1200-1300 calories per day to cover the extra exercise.

Now, since the 10-week mark, I aim for four days per week where my calorie total stays under 1050. My weight loss began to stall a little in weeks 8 & 9.

In week 8, I discovered that I was successfully "burning" about 1kg (2.2 pounds) of internal fat per week thanks to intense exercise. So, even when the scales were showing little loss, internally I was dumping fat and gaining lean muscle and leaner body mass.

4 hours ago, NewBeginnings2018 said:

If you had to travel, how would you prepare?

I prepare and chill (semi-freeze) a couple of protein shakes and a lunch box with high protein snacks ... cold cuts of lean meat, hard-boiled eggs, 100g yoghurt pouches, etc. I also pre-flavour some 600mL water bottles with some Diet-Rite cordial for when I stay a motels or such.

Thanks folks! Sounds like I'll be feeling great and possibly eating regular food.

Sounds like I may be in the minority but I was exhausted from about 4 weeks until 3-4 months. The most I could do was walk for exercise. I would come home from work and go straight to bed. By six weeks I could eat regular food but not much so still had protein shakes. I am not sure what made me turn the corner but I started having more and more energy and doing more rigorous exercise.

11 minutes ago, Clarevoyant said:

I am not sure what made me turn the corner but I started having more and more energy and doing more rigorous exercise.

I'm anything but 'rigorous' but I have gained exercise longevity.

I can feel like 5h1t at 4:30am after seven or eight hours sleep but once I get in the pool at 5am, I find it easy to keep going.

My pace is low ... ambling breaststroke which I usually do for 110-220 minutes followed by some chest-deep "wading" for 45-115 minutes. A morning in the pool usually runs for three to five hours or 20000 to 35000 Fitness Wristband strokes.

After lunch, I'll have a 45 minutes to two hours nap before work on weekdays (or before a Sunday afternoon movie with my wife).

I'm no good with RIGOROUS but I am excellent at LONG-TERM!

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