I'm 5 years post op from a gastric sleeve surgery and have lost 150 lbs. With consistent exercise and diet I have not only improved my fitness but also continued my fat loss.
I have chosen to get elective surgery in July to remove some excess skin but in the past month I have put on 16 lbs(6 of it being muscle). I use the real touch body scale to determine bodyfat and muscle mass. It shows +16 lbs and even though some of that is muscle it has me freaked out. There were a few factors to this weight gain to consider. I was taking a weight gaining anti depressant called Remeron which raised my appetite like crazy. I started eating a bunch of protein bars including the pure protein and built bars. I also had horrible sleep due to vitamin D deficiency.
I started taking Vitamin D in the morning (I was dumb and initially took it at night), a multivitamin in the morning and magnesium at bed. I am concerned about not losing enough weight or possibly even gaining too much weight before my belt lipectomy surgery in July.
Should I do a pouch reset(do those even work)? Am I overreacting?
I'm still going to the gym 3 times a week and I can finally feel my body somewhat returning to normal. I felt like I was getting so weak and tired. I kept feeling sleepy during every workout.
Advice would be appreciated. I'm really stoked for the surgery and think I should probably be as lean as possible beforehand. I'm not totally familiar with how my state should be before a belt lipectomy.
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