Beach Ready! - Calgary, AB

Top ten reasons to get a TT:
1. Look better
2. feel more confident
3. better wardrobe choices
4. I deserve it after 30 years of marriage and 3 kids
5. get rid of those ugly stretch marks
6. Look sexier at 27 than I did at 47
7. motivation to stay fit
8. continue to wear a bikini into my 60's
9. lose inhibitions
10. get ready to retire to the beach!!

I'm like many, having kids messed up my bod, but it really got bad in my 40's I could no longer suck it in and hide it, it was starting to sag :( My husband was very supportive of my decision both financially and emotionally so it has be a great journey for me.

I'm 47, weigh 168 pounds and am 5 foot 10. I have always been active, not necessarily skinny, but fit, in fact in my 40's I have gotten super fit by doing Zumba and other group classes at my gym. My social life revolves around my friends at the gym, which keeps me going back!

My experience with Plastic surgery has been great. I had a BA in March and my TT in October. There has been ups and downs but I have not had many side effects, including swell hell yet, fingers crossed...

I am so glad I found Real Self, i found out so many things I would have freaked out about if I had to figure it out myself, not to mention all the phone calls to the PS :) thanks my friends for your input to this site, it is so incredibly helpful!

Holy Hell, 1st day of work was rough! The commute was the worst, i don't know how you girls who have to travel 3 hours back and forth to appointments do it! my 45 minutes there and 1.15 hours back about killed me! my muscles spasmed and tensed most of the way. Funny thing is that my swelling is better than yesterday.......

PO day 22 got the BB stitches out! Im posting a pic of the before the stitches came out horizontal bb.

PO day 24: i feel like I should be getting better at a faster rate. In the beginning the progress was exponentially better everyday of course that can't continue. I guess I'm at the phase where I am getting a bit tired of it. I saw the PS on Tuesday to let the stitches out of my bb and he couldn't believe I was only 3 weeks po, he thought I was 6 weeks and was in the middle of telling me to get spanks and ditch the CG, when a nurse walked in and told him NO. Goes to show you the nurses are really the ones in charge, I'm not even sure the nurses didn't do the surgery themselves too :) I LOVED my post op nurse, thanks Carol!

6 weeks officially tomorrow! I won't see the PS until Nov 28th, so i'm not sure when he will let me exercise full on yet. I really miss the Gym, I'm not a weights person, but I really love group fitness classes and the friends I do it with. I feel like my mental health needs a lift from some sweat and cardio!

I'm pretty happy with my results. I have swelling on really busy days, but I feel like I look pretty great. I am very active and have continued to hike every weekend this summer, and not giving in to any excuses. Sometimes I have even used my binder during hiking when it is really steep.

I've been asked about my belly button, and upon review of my pictures, I don't love it! I guess I have decided not to look hard at my procedure anymore, I just don't need the stress of picking every bit of it apart. I thought my BB would straighten out, but it is still somewhat crooked :\ Overall, I love my look, so I have included a picture of me on my way to work out, with clothes on :)