OK guys I had surgery this morning. Everything went smoothly, although I did throw up at one point after from extra pain meds they gave me. After surgery you really won't feel like moving much. I was told to just sleep it off most the day, which I have been doing. I emptied my drainage bags at 5, and I need to do it again at 9. Its not that hard to do. I also wreak, haha no deodorant b/c it can increase infection risk and I was nauseous a little and sweating. At this point I feel like I just did 500 pushups, sore chest, but not much sharp pain. I'll post pics when I take my vest off and shower tonight.
My body fat % dropped alot by lifting at first. I started going to the gym and lifting weights 4 times a week, I got on a 6 week bench program and stuck to it all the way through. After that I could tell my chest had improved alot and it gave me confidence. My arms started leaning down and my abs were coming through as I built muscle. At that point I felt I looked good I would wear a wife beater and a cut off t- shirt. everyone could see my gyne to a point, but with my arms and legs slimming down I got alot of compliments while I ran. I started off just running to the gym, about half a mile. Then I decided I liked running alot and bought some nice training shoes and it all got better from there. I got to the point 2 weeks ago that 10 miles felt like nothing and I could do it in less than an hour and a half.
I also cut out all fast food. Being in college I couldn't really even afford to eat out. Instead of pizzas and junk when I went grocery shopping I got frozen stir frys, chicken breast, eggs, wheat bread, etc. One more thing is a high protein diet instead of carbs. I ate small meals throughout the day with the target of 15-20g of protein in each meal, then I would always take a 50g protein shake after lifting.
I kinda of made it up as I went along and it seemed to work. You really need to experiment with different techniques and diets to see what suits you best!