Years of high-stress jobs and school lead to major cortisol releases and then fast food didn’t help. BF has always been an issue. Nothing extreme but not ideal. Age doesn’t help either almost pushing 50. Several years of cycles in and major noticeable changes in frame, pushing weight at the gym, and just generally smashing goals.
Eating very clean (for the most part), off-cycle (6-9 months at a time) caloric deficit, almost sickening 1400-1600 calories a day. Results, can bring the BF down to 20% tops but with a fair amount of muscle loss. Done intermittent, ECA, caloric deficit, HIIT, moderate sustained cardio, 2 hours intense cardio a day, everything and anything in between.
Saw a surgeon to look at options. No on lipo, barely any sub fat as it’s relating to body regulating stress levels and not bad eating so a waste. Get referred out to a bariatric spot. Blood tests run, blah, blah, blah. Doc says “not going to ask you about your exercise as just from looking at you I can tell you are not a stranger to the gym.” Most likely diet will not correct this as it sounds like you have it somewhat dialed in. You are a candidate for sleeve surgery.
I do my research, definitely a big deal. Probably can get through it but from what I can tell, there is no mention of anybody returning to AS and trying to put on gains after the surgery. Weightlifters? Sure. Building lean muscle? Some. But I don’t believe lean muscle is what I am looking for here. Capable of getting down to single-digit BF% and staying there? Most definitely. But nothing about what I wanted to know. The best I could find is a few folks talked about being natty and maybe getting in 3,000 of calories a day between 5-6 meals a day. Sleeve is removing the upper stomach so you can’t eat as much in one sitting and removing the hormone receptor sites that tell you to hold on to your meals.
Anybody have experience with folks being able to successfully get back into lifting, putting on good gains with AS after going through gastric bypass or sleeve surgery? Trying to decide if I am just going to deal with what I have been dealt as exercise, rest, and diet have been on point for several years or take the leap.
Eating very clean (for the most part), off-cycle (6-9 months at a time) caloric deficit, almost sickening 1400-1600 calories a day. Results, can bring the BF down to 20% tops but with a fair amount of muscle loss. Done intermittent, ECA, caloric deficit, HIIT, moderate sustained cardio, 2 hours intense cardio a day, everything and anything in between.
Saw a surgeon to look at options. No on lipo, barely any sub fat as it’s relating to body regulating stress levels and not bad eating so a waste. Get referred out to a bariatric spot. Blood tests run, blah, blah, blah. Doc says “not going to ask you about your exercise as just from looking at you I can tell you are not a stranger to the gym.” Most likely diet will not correct this as it sounds like you have it somewhat dialed in. You are a candidate for sleeve surgery.
I do my research, definitely a big deal. Probably can get through it but from what I can tell, there is no mention of anybody returning to AS and trying to put on gains after the surgery. Weightlifters? Sure. Building lean muscle? Some. But I don’t believe lean muscle is what I am looking for here. Capable of getting down to single-digit BF% and staying there? Most definitely. But nothing about what I wanted to know. The best I could find is a few folks talked about being natty and maybe getting in 3,000 of calories a day between 5-6 meals a day. Sleeve is removing the upper stomach so you can’t eat as much in one sitting and removing the hormone receptor sites that tell you to hold on to your meals.
Anybody have experience with folks being able to successfully get back into lifting, putting on good gains with AS after going through gastric bypass or sleeve surgery? Trying to decide if I am just going to deal with what I have been dealt as exercise, rest, and diet have been on point for several years or take the leap.
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