Thread: Help needed in everyway possible

hey guys, i've been a member of the forums for some time now and finally I'm posting here. I've looked for inspiration and information on this forum for some time now. But now it is time I got a little bit more involved.

Unfortunately my luck has kept me away from the gym and kinda leading down an rough road.

During the past 6 months I've undergone 2 rather large reconstructive surgeries on my jaw, (15 hours of surgery time) leaving me with 9 metal plates and 40+ screws holding everything in place. Now as some of you might have guess the recuperation has not been easy. my first surgery was in august 09 and my jaw was wired shut for 2 months and the last one was mid January and right now i am on week 3 of my mouth being wired shut. I have been told i am going to be released by week 5, (but i think it'll go to week 6). During both recuperation time I have been on a soft/liquid diet eating mainly soups, broths, milk shakes and such.

Anyways I have known about the surgeries a little before it happened so not to loose a lot of weight i put on a few pounds before hand. at the time of the surgery i weighed in at 225lbs. after the first surgery, i weighed in at 185 lbs. gained about 6-7 lbs over november and december (holiday cooking is just soo goooood) weighted in at 192 pre-surgery and now my scale reads 172lbs. my guess is i am going to be somewhere in the mid to high 160s pending my release.

well due to the conditions of my weight loss i have lost a considerable amount of muscle along with fat.

optimistically at the end of February I am going to start working out again and my goal is to trim down the fat i have left and gain some of my muscle back ready for the summer time.

at this moment unfortunately i am hopelessly lost as to where to start and which direction to go with diet, training, supplements and anything else needed for such a excursion

noted my appetite and my ability to eat relatively hearty portions is non existent.

any help, advice, and recommendations i could possibly receive would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not so sure using gear is a good idea at all. Especially if you don't have your training and diet in order. Work on those first and your muscle memory will work in your favor without allot of excess fat gain.
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