I'm 35 and a mother of 2 - Done - Chicago, IL

I'll be 6 months post op in 3 days:) Yea!!! Everything is going well with my recovery. I still swell at times depending on what I eat but it's not soooo bad. I'm also in the 2nd month of the Insanity Program. I'm exercising 6 days a week and sometimes I do a workout after work (about 2x week). Why so much? There's been a lot of stress going on in my life. Back to back deaths in the family and I'm getting laid off next month. Exercise helps with my stress level. Anyway, I'm still working on eating better. I'm still a junk food junkie. I would like to keep my size but lower the amount of fat in my body. I'm at 35% body fat. So far since stating Inanity I'm down 2.5% body fat. And believe me.... I worked my a$$ off for that. lol. The other workouts that I'm doing is Zumba and Bootcamp. My groupon will be expiring soon; therefore, so will my bootcamp classes. I've got plenty of stuff at home to keep me occupied with exercise. I'm loading the 6 month post op pics. Sometime this week, I'll call to schedule my 6 month follow up appt with my ps. Overall, I think my recovery is going well. No major problems. I still think I look "uneven" on my right side. It's minor. I'm going to wait til I lose more body fat to see if it looks better.

3 1/2 months post- op.... I'm still working out. I exercise 4x week. I'm doing zumba, spin and bootcamp. I would like to go back to boxing soon. I can really feel the stomach muscles working when I do core exercises in bootcamp. It's not a pain but more like the tightness. Anyway, the swelling is still there every day. I don't wear that binder any more. I probably should but oh well. I saw my ps a few weeks ago. He told me that I do not have dog ears and my incisions on both sides are nice and smooth. I asked about the unevenness on the right side. He wasn't concerned about it at all. He told me to watch what I eat and try losing a few pounds. Harsh. But... I gotta admit I was really downing the sweets. lol. Since then, I've lost a couple of lbs and don't eat as much sweets as I was a few weeks ago. The right side still looks uneven to me. I know there's still swelling there too. I'm gonna wait til Spring time and see how it's looking. If it's still there.... another round of lipo gotta be considered. My hubby still thinks I'm nuts for saying that. lol. Overall, I would do it all over again.

2 months post- op.....
Well, I'm gonna include pics in this update. A lot has happened since my last update. There were 2 deaths in my family so I wasn't thinking about posting any updates. At night I'm still swollen. Now, that I've started ab work again.... it looks as though I'm always swollen. I called my ps office and asked them how will I know the difference between being swollen and having dog ears. They told me that it really could take up to 6 months for all of the internal swelling to go away. They said if it's still there by March when I see the ps again then it's dog ears and that can easily be taken care of. They said some people just heal that way. My hubby thinks I'm nuts and worrying over nothing. I say we paid good money and I want it as perfect as it can get. You guys will see that on my right side more than my left side looks uneven. Both sides stick out to me. Don't get me wrong.... I still love the flat tummy and I'm glad I got this done. I was already well away of the possibility of dog ears.... was just hoping it didn't happen to me:) During the day 50% of the time I wear a binder and all the time when I'm exercising I wear a binder. I'm using the squeem binder most of the time over all all the others. If I get dressed up, then I wear the body magic binder. What do you all think of the unevenness? I'm gonna definitely get it fixed if it's still there in March.