November Tummy Tuckers Check In Here

Well done - hard work does pay off then! I still can't lose my 5-7 lbs but I give up watching the numbers on the scales as I know I look better. How much are you working out in a week?

Minty, I have been running 15-20 miles (several three to five mile runs) and doing 30 day shred maybe twice. I walk sometimes too, with my kids or dog.

There's nothing wrong with that routine - I love exercise it makes you feel so good! I do 3 x BodyPump classes and 2 x BodyBalance classes a week, plus walking at the weekends. The way I look at it is that I don't want to be dependent on exercise to keep my shape, I want to do it because I enjoy it and if I want a treat, I'll have one - not very often though :-) 5 weeks until my holiday which will be the first time with my new tummy and I can't wait!!

I am pretty dependent on exercise to keep my shape! This tummy tuck proved that to me. I couldn't stand watching my butt start to sag when I didn't run for a few weeks. Of course, I am also dependent on exercise to keep me sane. After four weeks of not even walking for exercise, my husband told me it was time to start...not because of my figure (he wouldn't dare) but because I was so moody and cranky. He walked 3 slow miles with me and I just worked up from there.

You're definately right about the sanity and moods - lol, and I'm going to go through it again with the lipo :-( but hopefully it wont be for as long this time........

Hi sweetie, congrats on getting it done! Were you awake for the smartlipo? Please give details on that and how much pain you are in now. (I am obsessed with pain after the miserable TT experience and recovery! Might eventually like to get a little more lipo but so worried about another recovery!)

This way you can enjoy your summer pain free, though! Woohoo!

Minty26 and NewSelfNC you are both too funny!!! I totally can relate thou. Whenever I feel fat I look in the mirror and expect to see this big fat stomach with rolls and instead see a very flat stomach! I too always feel much bigger than I am. If I could have fat redistribution where I wanted it would be in my butt. I would love a nice, curvy, fat butt. There is nothing I can do to gain weight there. You both think you want boobs but trust me you don't. It is hard to buy clothes and can be embarrassing to be top heavy. It really is over-rated.

The thing about my boobs ttisme is that the left one doesn't know the right one exists, so if redistribution does happen - I hope my body realises that there is spare room there - lol. I have been waiting my photos from my ps with a view to putting them on here, but I think he has forgotten. I'll remind him when I see him next. I never took any photos myself because I didn't want anyone to know about this, so in my head, I didn't want any evidence! Now I regret not taking any!

Nobody will ever know it's you! I made copies of all my photos with the printer and deleted all the pictures in my camera. I don't want evidence either. I had to go to the dermotolgist today for my yearly body check and he saw my belly button and didn't say anything but I knew he knew! I was kind of embarrased! I almost wish I would have said something. Whatever. I'm certain I'm not the first one he has ever seen. My Internist saw my tummy tuck when I was about 3 months post op and we talked about it. All he said was that my scar looked like it was healing well. I LOVE that nobody knows I did this. How is your weight doing? I still have my 5 -7 pounds. Too funny about your left and right boob - go buy those rubber things and put it in your smaller boob! I feel like buying those padded underware so my butt will look bigger. I actually saw some at a store but they feel like they weight about 10 pounds. I think I'd rather walk around with a small, flat butt!

I too feel bigger than I am - I sometimes think I am swollen and then look in the mirror and everything is flat - weird!! I know there will be some more downtime with my lipo but I just need to get rid of my flanks! I read somewhere that when you have your flanks done it makes your bum look peachier and if there is any fat redistribution, I wont mind it going to my boobs :-) If downtime is roughly 3 weeks - is it still tender to touch after that?

I want some fat redistribution to my boobs as well! I swear anything I have gained went only to inner thighs! I thought some went to my boobs but it was swelling, evidently, and is gone now. Anyway...your nerve issues sound just like mine! I look in the mirror and think "omg, my belly is practically concave" but when I am not looking at it, it feels swollen or even sometimes like there are rolls like there used to be. So weird. I guess people with amputated limbs have a similar experience. We had amputated akin, if you think about it, and my abs were lipo'd so I kind of "amputated" fat too. Not sure if fat has nerve cells. I didn't think it did but who knows!

My lipo sites were tender out to nine weeks, I think. But my lipo sites were so close to the MR sites that it could have been either, you know?

I've been there done that... You must get the extra skin removed.. Lipo of the fat ONLY remove the Fat what the doctors don't tell you is ....YOU will have Extra skin and to get the results you want the extra skin must go as well.. Check out my story...

Good luck! I think you are smart to so the lipo and not just Coolsculpting.

I tried coolsculpting prior to my tummy tuck and it was very expensive and I didn't have hardly any results. I think you are smart to do the lipo instead. Good luck tomorrow and let us know how you do. We will be thinking of you!!

Hi NewSelfNC - I'm doing ok - I very rarely swell now and am definately back to full on workouts. Am having lipo on 5th Sept to my love handles coz they just don't seem in proportion now with my flat tummy. My ps is also doing a bit just above my scar line which "bulges" a little bit. Can't wait but now after reading lots of info, am worried about fat redistribution. Although there are as many cases disagreeing with it as agreeing! How are your thighs going? Any loss yet? Do you happen to know what the down time for having lipo done is - hopefully not as long as TT - can't bear the thoughts of 6 weeks away from the gym again.