So this will not actually be a concern for me for another year and a half or so but I am currently building my chest muscles as much as I can because i have a relatively small chest and I could maybe be a candidate for keyhole
But my question is how much muscle will I actually lose in the whole surgery process ?
Like pre op and during the post op recovery period

I know it’s probably quite subjective but I’m still curious

Nothing super drastic so far, but i'm someone who has struggled with weight loss for my entire life, I only become motivated for short bursts of time a few weeks to a month at most. Then, I get in my head about not seeing what I want to see and I give up.

Two things have recently happened:

1) I used to be an avid lover of mountain dew, but I switched to coke zero about 2 months ago.

2) I've been too broke to afford to eat out multiple times a week like I used to.

I guess it sounds kind of crazy, but that's been the hack for me.

I haven't really been active more, or changed anything but those two things.

This is probably like one of those 'duh' moments for most people, like obviously if you're not drinking sugar every day, and not eating super processed food and cooking at home, you're gonna lose weight, but i guess it surprises me that I haven't been trying lately and it just happened.

Maybe this is like my 'hack'.

Anyways, thanks for reading.

I workout five times a week and I’m only 5’3 and 125 lbs. I’m not a super big person but I’m pretty muscular. Sometimes my maintenance calories is 1,500 cal and sometimes it’s 2,000. Is it normal for there to be a change in maintenance calories depending on the day or other factors?

I’m also on some psychiatric and other health medications so I’m not sure if that plays a part.