HI guys!

I am being more strict on my macros till I can work out again, lots of sites and all different outcomes, these are what I have gotten:

Macros for Weightloss while not working out:

1838 Calories

167g of Protein

61g Fat

155g Carbs

OR

2035 Calories

153g of Protein

79g Fat

178g Carbs

Macros for Body Recomposition

2725 Calories

170g Protein

222g Carbs

99g Fat

Macros for Weightloss while working out:

2473 Calories

170g Protein

224g Carbs

100g Fat

3 minutes ago, AmberFL said:

@SpartanMaker PS= plastic surgery, being non-active my weight has gone up but the macros you suggested I started yesterday and I felt satisfied with focusing on Whole Foods, mostly Protein and it worked out. My issue is that working out I felt leaner, and didn’t have bloat, even if I didn’t have a “perfect” day or “binged” on some sweets. I felt like I created a terrible habit and now I am trying to get back in the mindset where I was when I started this journey. You have given me awesome advice! Thank you for giving me some of your wealth of knowledge!

@ShoppGirl im sure some of it is inflammation, I notice that if I wait to weigh myself later in the morning I’m weigh less than right in the morning. I figured that the implants weighed a couple of pounds but dang seeing me be 5-7lbs heavier is messing with my head. At first I told myself it’s okay if I gained a little I was getting too thin, now I’m like AHHHH nooooo I can’t. No one truly knows these feelings and mental strain this is if they were not obese at one time. I try not to talk about these feelings to anyone but this platform because I always get “you look fine, why are you worried, your overthinking” thank you for chiming in, I appreciate your intake!!

I totally get that a five pound gain messes with your head. My weight fluctuates by like 10 pounds through out each cycle with the chemo. I shoots up almost immediately on treatment day and then goes up and down until it gets mostly out of my system. Since I am still in the honeymoon period from my surgery and don’t really even want to eat apart from cravings it is sooooo hard to not just starve myself when I see the numbers go up. I know it’s not the exact same as your situation but I imagine the mental shock of the number is very similar.

Hang in there. You should be able to get back to the majority of your routine soon and be back to your old self before you know it. I will probably be on here asking what worked for you this summer and fall because Im having a bilateral mastectomy with expanders in early May and then a reconstruction with implants planned after radiation. Although I’m trying to get in for a consult with that Dr to find out about that fat transfer option. Im not sure if its new or not but the surgeon I met with did not offer that option.

Did your surgeon tell you to get routine MRI’s to monitor for leaks. (You said you got silicone, right?). I’m sure your surgeon went over the risks with implants in general but there is something I just learned about the other day from a lady at my craft group called Breast Implant Illness that’s worth looking into. It’s not a formal medical diagnosis but it’s a collection of issues that people commonly have after implants that often go away immediately once they are removed.

There is the surgeon in Florida that she is going to that people go to from all around the world just to have their implants removed and he can do this procedure if you want them replaced where they transfer a fat from another area of your body. I am trying to get into him to see if it’s possible for me to have that instead of an implant for my reconstruction. They are very selective with who they give appointments to, though. I guess his surgeries are booked like a year out

Anyways, not to scare you but there are also lots of more researched issues that a silicone leak can cause as well to include a very rare type of cancer even. I am not sure how much your surgeon went over all of that with you but to me it’s definitely worth being aware of and monitoring routinely. Your surgeon should be able to tell you how often to scan and what to watch for just to be safe.

Best of luck with your recovery and I can’t wait to hear about your being all healed up and getting to finally take them girls out on the town. ?

@AmberFL Thanks for the additional detail! I agree with @ShoppGirl that localized swelling and postoperative edema may be causing a lot of your gain. I do also totally understand the concerns, though!

I recently had a procedure done on my proximal hamstring to treat a partial tear. While not nearly on the same scale as your plastic surgery, I wasn't able to workout at all for a full month and even now almost 2 months later, I'm still having to ramp back up really slowly. For example, I'm still not allowed to do any lower body strength training and my running mileage is only at about 50% of where it was before the procedure. Like you, I also saw my weight go up during this time. Even though I knew edema was the likely initial cause, it still messes with your head. This was especially true for me because my workouts are frankly a form of therapy for me. It felt like a double blow.

It really sounds like you've got the diet mostly dialed in for now. I suspect one of 2 things will happen as you heal. The most likely eventuality is that your swelling and edema goes down and you find you're happy with where you're at weight wise. If so, be sure to up your calories as your workouts resume.

If you find that you are a little heavier than your ideal, then no worries. Once you are working out again, the easiest solution would to only eat back about 50%-75% of your workout calories. This will be slower, but is super sustainable, compared to a drastic cut in calories that would get you leaner quickly, but is also a lot more likely to cause some rebound weight gain.

I also noticed something you said in an earlier post and I wanted to commend you for it. You mentioned something about maintaining around 1700-2000 calories. This is something a lot of people don't understand, but you can successfully maintain across a range of calories. Many people think they've got to be EXACTLY at a certain number to maintain. That's just not true. The reason is that most people will subconsciously be a little more active when the calories are higher and a little less when they are lower.

Please check in every few weeks and let us know how it's going? I'm sure you'll do great, be we are always here to help if needed.

@ShoppGirl I am a super Type A, and research Nazi before I do anything LOL I have looked into all the risks, it took me entire year to even make the appointment with my doc for the sleeve and then I have been looking into a breast augmentation for a couple of years. The risks were what scared me, but yes I got the gummy bear implants so the risks are lower than saline for a leak. I will absolutely give you all my tips and tricks when your down and out as well! And yes, I have been having fun shopping and trying on tops that shows off the girls LOLOLOL

@SpartanMaker I will definitely check in, I am taking everything into account of all the advice. When I do workout I am easily eating 2100-2400 and I stayed on the lower end of my end, but the range gives more flexibility. I know when I was so strict on my calorie goal that I set for myself I was over obsessing with it and I was falling into the other side of the spectrum of a really toxic relationship with food which was to avoid it and not eat. I am trying to find that happy medium, its taking time but I am getting there! I am hoping that on Friday for my appt it will be 1month post op and he gives me the go to at least do cardio! fingers crossed!

2 hours ago, AmberFL said:

@ShoppGirl I am a super Type A, and research Nazi before I do anything LOL I have looked into all the risks, it took me entire year to even make the appointment with my doc for the sleeve and then I have been looking into a breast augmentation for a couple of years. The risks were what scared me, but yes I got the Gummy bear implants so the risks are lower than saline for a leak. I will absolutely give you all my tips and tricks when your down and out as well! And yes, I have been having fun shopping and trying on tops that shows off the girls LOLOLOL

@SpartanMaker I will definitely check in, I am taking everything into account of all the advice. When I do workout I am easily eating 2100-2400 and I stayed on the lower end of my end, but the range gives more flexibility. I know when I was so strict on my calorie goal that I set for myself I was over obsessing with it and I was falling into the other side of the spectrum of a really toxic relationship with food which was to avoid it and not eat. I am trying to find that happy medium, its taking time but I am getting there! I am hoping that on Friday for my appt it will be 1month post op and he gives me the go to at least do cardio! fingers crossed!

That’s awesome. When I got my implants done years ago I was young and invincible and they never even told me that I should be concerned about a leak. Now I’m hearing from the breast surgeon and cosmetic doctor that I will need to get routine MRI’s. Maybe there are more forthcoming with that information because I pretty much have no choice but to get the cancer out and most women are going to do reconstruction afterwards as opposed to “going flat” whereas the doctors may lose money if they scare you out of a purely cosmetic procedure. I’m not trying to scare you. I just wanted to be sure they made you aware that most silicone implants do require replacement after a certain number of years and some require routine scans to check for leaks. That lady in my craft group said hers were in there for almost 35 years and she is pretty sure they have been slowly leaking for a while causing her issues. She said she had no idea. Her doctor didn’t tell her either that she needed to scan for leaks. ?‍♀️