Recent surgery

hryan4666

Hi Everyone,

I’m new. Not even sure how to post. Hope this goes ok.

I had a knee replacement less than two weeks ago. My goal is to:

Maintain my weight
Do physical therapy religiously
Log everything I eat every day.

My starting weight is 179.2 however, there is a lot going on with my body right now. Swelling and taking medications until EOM that I usually don’t take. So I’m not sure how accurate that weight is. I won’t focus to much on it.

I’m looking forward to getting know all of you😊

AnnPT77

Hello, and welcome!

You're being really smart, striving to maintain your current weight during a period of acute healing. (I wish I'd been that smart after a surgery I had during loss, but I learned my lesson!) Best healing requires calories - in many cases more of them than usual - and reasonable nutrition. When most of the healing is done, plenty of time to reduce calories and/or gradually and sensibly resume exercise activities.

It's been my experience that water retention increases after surgery, basically the inflammation and such associated with healing. The scale can be very misleading.

I'm admiring your strategy, your patience, and your very reasonable plan. Wishing you speedy and smooth healing first and foremost, then equally sensible progress to other health, fitness, or weight goals you may have!

hryan4666

Thank you so much😊