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    Losing weight right after having surgery

    Posts: 13 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I have been under my calorie intake. But I go over on carbs and sugars. I have to have a higher salt intake to keep my blood pressure up. Any suggestions or recipes that can help me lose weight while in recovery. Since exercise is out of question?

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    • Posts: 836 Member
      TTVanLue wrote: »
      I have been under my calorie intake. But I go over on carbs and sugars. I have to have a higher salt intake to keep my blood pressure up. Any suggestions or recipes that can help me lose weight while in recovery. Since exercise is out of question?

      Be meticulous in your logging. Calories is what matters most for weight loss. What type of surgery? Depending on the surgery, you might even consider eating at maintenance until you recover.
    • Posts: 13 Member
      I had surgery on my back it is a Spinal cord stimulator trial. I will have another surgery in a dew weeks.
    • Posts: 144 Member
      After surgery is not the time to be in a deficit as far as I know. Your body needs the energy to heal. And you will probably go up immediately following due to swelling and fluids from the IV. I'd suggest eating at maintenance for awhile.
    • Posts: 13 Member
      ClosetBayesian wrote: »
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      Be meticulous in your logging. Calories is what matters most for weight loss. What type of surgery? Depending on the surgery, you might even consider eating at maintenance until you recover.

      I had a Spinal cord stimulator trial.
    • Posts: 1,038 Member
      Post surgery, especially spinal, your body is really stressed, and if you're gearing up for a second one, you probably shouldn't be trying to lose, but to maintain. :)
      Talk to your doctor and your surgeon and see what they recommend, and if they have ideas. Hope the stimulator works well for you. I've heard good things about the new ones!
    • Posts: 294 Member
      I had surgery at the beginning of February (knee) and am just starting to eat at a deficit again. A couple of weeks after the surgery I began tracking again and started losing weight, even though I was eating at maintenance, so I upped my calories and maintained until last week. My body definitely needed more fuel than usual while it was healing!

      I'd definitely talk with your doctor about restricting calories but maintaining is probably the way to go when healing, especially with another surgery coming up. You'll be able to get back to it soon enough!
    • Posts: 1,179 Member
      After my heart ablation, I couldnt exercise. I was so fatigued and having chest pain as a result of burning areas of the heart, so I had to take it easy. Best thing to do is to create a deficit from eating until you feel well enough to resume exercising.
    • Posts: 13 Member
      ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »
      Post surgery, especially spinal, your body is really stressed, and if you're gearing up for a second one, you probably shouldn't be trying to lose, but to maintain. :)
      Talk to your doctor and your surgeon and see what they recommend, and if they have ideas. Hope the stimulator works well for you. I've heard good things about the new ones!

      Thank you!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      Linzon wrote: »
      I had surgery at the beginning of February (knee) and am just starting to eat at a deficit again. A couple of weeks after the surgery I began tracking again and started losing weight, even though I was eating at maintenance, so I upped my calories and maintained until last week. My body definitely needed more fuel than usual while it was healing!

      I'd definitely talk with your doctor about restricting calories but maintaining is probably the way to go when healing, especially with another surgery coming up. You'll be able to get back to it soon enough!

      Thank you!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      Colorscheme wrote: »
      After my heart ablation, I couldnt exercise. I was so fatigued and having chest pain as a result of burning areas of the heart, so I had to take it easy. Best thing to do is to create a deficit from eating until you feel well enough to resume exercising.

      Thank you!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      Thank you all for the advice I will talk to my doctors. All good advice thank you all again!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      wrenak wrote: »
      After surgery is not the time to be in a deficit as far as I know. Your body needs the energy to heal. And you will probably go up immediately following due to swelling and fluids from the IV. I'd suggest eating at maintenance for awhile.

      Thank you!
    • Posts: 9,562 Member
      Usually, a person needs to eat at maintenance or above for a few weeks. Check with the docs of course. :)
    • Posts: 666 Member
      I agree to eat in maintenance while healing & also make sure you eat enough protein.
    • Posts: 13 Member
      RodaRose wrote: »
      Usually, a person needs to eat at maintenance or above for a few weeks. Check with the docs of course. :)

      Thank you!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      amyk0202 wrote: »
      I agree to eat in maintenance while healing & also make sure you eat enough protein.

      Thank you!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      Thank you everyone! Great advice! My doc said to eat in maintenance. So I have been but I bought a food scale to at least have portion control.
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