Muscle Gain BEFORE Fat Loss

Here's an interesting article posted by a fitness instructor regarding a post-surgery patient looking to add muscle post-op. His difficulty is with getting the nutritional foundation necessary to add muscle, while being restricted in his "input".

The article "Gastric Build-Up" reads in part:

"If you would've consulted me before the operation, I would have told you to go to the gym and build as much muscle as you could, because it's so much easier building muscle when you're heavier. Then if you still wanted to get the operation, you would have already had the muscle you needed.

This is fascinating and personally applicable. I think this should go into the "take this to heart" file for my approach to surgery (hopefully this year). We've wanted to get a Bowflex and I do find putting on muscle to be quite simple even at my weight.

In fact, it's discouraging... I can put on 10-15 lbs of muscle and drop some fat with a net gain. When you're trying to lose weight it is very hard to get past that net gain for months on end until the fat loss can catch up.

Think I'll start pushing for the Bowflex pre-op. At the least I'll have more energy and strength, however I'll probably also have increased weight... which I understand is a no-no. You're to lose some weight before surgery to show your level of committment to change. Will have to discuss this with "The Doc" when I meet him.