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A Little over two months post op and NO REGRETS!!! - North Port, FL
UPDATED FROM A New Me Regi
1 month post
Well it's been seven weeks since my TT and BA. I...
WORTH IT$12,150
Well it's been seven weeks since my TT and BA. I feel so wonderful and happy. I know I had been promising updated photos of my incisions and breasts so I have posted them. It's crazy now that I am completely healed I cannot stop. I am like a steam engine I just can't stop doing things. I am running all over the place. Spending a ton of time working out trying to get that little extra weight off to get to my final goal. and I am feeling so good that I never want to be home I am always at the beach or out with friends. Involved in some kind of activity in one way or another! LOL! I love my life and I think my family (husband and son) see just how much happier this surgery has made me. I have only but my arms left to get done and I will feel complete. I hope everyone is doing great. Have a wonderful weekend!
UPDATED FROM A New Me Regi
1 month post
It's hard to believe it's been five weeks since my...
It's hard to believe it's been five weeks since my TT and BA. I am so pleased and happy with my results. I finally found a bikini I was both comfortable and happy with and I did buy it and I have already worn it to the beach. ;D I have posted a photo of it. I also realize that I need to post an updated photo of my breast and scar so you can see where I am with healing. I've been so crazy busy with getting prepared for our move that I've had very little time to get on the computer. Not sure anything will slow down much until after the move is complete.
Wishing everyone a fast and pain free recovery and for those of you getting down to the wire, many blessings to you. Hang in there it will be all worth it!
Wishing everyone a fast and pain free recovery and for those of you getting down to the wire, many blessings to you. Hang in there it will be all worth it!
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Regi, i think you have been an inspiration to all of us, for those that want to lose weight, get their life together, work on their marriage and to get the surgery done, you are one heck of a person, would love to get to meet you, who knows maybe somewhere, some time, you look great and i can so tell you are happy with yourself no matter what, you have real strength............you go girl, wear that bikini and be proud ! kathyÂ
Aaaawwwww Kathy, Thank you so much. I really am happy that others can find me to be an inspiration. I owe all the praise to the man upstairs, I know without him I would never had been able to get through the past two years. It just goes to show that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. I've made it through and will always pay it forward as the good Lord above would have me do.
I must admit I was adament about getting a bikini, much less wearing it out in public. But I was really surprised with how comfortable I was wearing it to the beach. It's so funny, my children are amazing, I said to my son, "I want you to be honest with me and don;t be afraid of hurting my feelings, I need to know the truth, Do I look OK in the bikini?" He said yes you look great, to be honest with you I think the one piece suites make you look old! LOL! Not what I expected to hear for sure!
I must admit I was adament about getting a bikini, much less wearing it out in public. But I was really surprised with how comfortable I was wearing it to the beach. It's so funny, my children are amazing, I said to my son, "I want you to be honest with me and don;t be afraid of hurting my feelings, I need to know the truth, Do I look OK in the bikini?" He said yes you look great, to be honest with you I think the one piece suites make you look old! LOL! Not what I expected to hear for sure!
AWESOME REGI
You look hot as hell in a bikini!
;D Thank you T, your going to look hot too, you just wait and see. It's so funny how my husband is reacting to my new body. He took me out tonight and sitting at the dining table at the restaurant he looks at me and so serious he says "you know I am really enjoying the hell out of the view I am getting of your breasts" LOL I almost spit my drink out in laughter. It was awsome though I love the way he loves me now!
she does look great,
how is the breast comeing is the swellin down i wish i could do my breast too
you have a fuul picture of the strip suite i like it
They are feeling great they have come down a lot, they still have a little to go but the implants are softening up feeling more natural anf they look great. The swelling in minimal and usually only at night. The incision from the half moon cresent lift is lightening up and since I've been back to tanning that is helping it to blend in.
Thank you, I had a lot more space in the dressing room with the last suite. The first two I had a really hard time getting decent pics due to the tiny dressing room! LOL!
regi, at one time i thought i had seen on here not to tan the area where the incision was for quite a while but i have never ask my doc about this and he never mentioned it that i recall, are you allowed to tan anywhere you want ? just curious
Yeah I had heard the same thing Kathy, I thought my PS would tell me no but when I asked him he said I could go back to regular activity when I feel comfortable enough to do so. I said even tanning and he said sure. I have been back at it for about two weeks now and no problems, In fact the scars are really fading much faster since having been back at it. I've not had any sensitive parts of my surgeries burn or have a bad reaction from the tanning and I thought for sure I would be pretty red in those areas, but I wasn't!
ok thanks regi
Reg where are you moving??? Out of Florida??
I'm moving to Virgina in September. My husband has been commisioned into the Air Force as a Captain and his first duty is at Langley, Virginia.
Hey Regi.I haven't talked with you in a while.looks like you are doing good!!!!lookin hot in those bikinis!!,I finally posted my 11 week pic.it is at the beach Iny new white bikini...I wore it with confidence!!,so hay I did this!
Thank you Sunny, I'm doing fantastic. I got on the scales this morning and I am down to 170. Incredible feeling I am only 5 lbs away from my initial goal when I started loseing weight. I may see how I look and lose more weight but my husband said he thinks I should stop at the 165 mark. He thinks it's perfect. I may try just to see how I look and if it's too much I will put it back on. LOL!
Now I have to go see how you look in your new bikini! ;D
Now I have to go see how you look in your new bikini! ;D
Awesome Regi!!!!!i think you look great the way you look now!you should be so proud...and you should strut around like the queen of the world confidence!
;D Thank you Sunny, I am very proud and I have more confidence then I know what to do with. Unless someone has been where I was and where those of us have been they can never quite understand just how incredibly happy I am right now!
regi, i do get it and i am very happy right now also.........................enjoy !
;D Awesome! I think most everyone on this site have all been in the same place or we wouldn't be here. Ironically though as of late I get these looks from woman as if they can't stand me. I remember giving that look to the skinny hot girls when I was over weight. If they only knew where I came from they would not be so quick to hate me. But it's ok I wouldn't trade the way I feel now for anything. And I'm certainly not about to hide the body I've practically killed myself to get! LOL!
UPDATED FROM A New Me Regi
27 days post
Tomorrow will be four weeks PO for me and I...
Tomorrow will be four weeks PO for me and I finally have some bikini pics up. I went a tried on bikinis but have still not found the one that I want. I know in my mind what I want and when I see it, it will be mine. ;D Anyway not to bad I suppose. I'm still not use to seeing myself in a bikini so I may end up never getting myself in one. I can talk myself right out of things almost faster then I can talk myself into it! LOL! I donlt have to see my PS until August 15th I had no fluid in my tummy last visit. I am able to move more and more every day and I will be starting back on the P90X workout tomorrow. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can get through it witout complications! ;D
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reg, is that the beach body shakeology program? im starting it soon, the chalean extreme i think mine is called.
No, I've never heard of that one. This is a series of DVD's that you workout to they are extreme. When I first started I passed out the first two workouts. But no I do them all or well I did before surgery LOL! It also comes with meal plans and several types of plans for different body types and what your goal is whether it be to loose weight maintain weight and gain muscle and a few others. Mine was and still is to lose weight!
you look so great reg, dont know if you really need to lose weight, but anyway sounds somewhat similar, this is shakeology where for one of your meals you have a protein type shake with lots of supposed good stuff iin it, you get dvd's with this also and meal planning and a coach on line(she lives near me) and like you can sign up for 90 day challenge, so i dont think it matters what program you do just as long as you do something, i just hope i can do it, i can modify some of it and i should get my package in the next couple days, maybe we can help each other, "penster" is also doing the shakeology but a different set of tapes, they have tons of different programs, so wish me luck i have not wokred out much lately, i used to all the time and actually loved it, i habe started some upper body workouts with some tapes i have and walking, i want to lose like 20 lbs., im not unhappy with my body at all but i need to take a little more weight off i think will be healthier etc...............kathy
Thank you Kathy! I think they might be from the same company. I know the one I'm doing have several different programs out there. Your right ach person is different and some work well with other programs then what you or I would be comfortable with. You don;t need to use any program as long as your doing something. I did not use a program at all to lose my weight it was all me. I did my elliptycal every day and I played tennis everyday. I kept myself very busy and I ate extremely heathly. I started the P90x workouts only once I had lost most of the weight. I had tried to do it ealier on and could not, as I said I had passed out my first two tries and never tried again until I knew I was in good enough shape to at least not pass out. And your also right in the fact that once you get in a routine and you apply excercise to your daily routine you start loving it and miss it when you no longer are doing it. Like now I miss it so bad. My husband wants me to wait another week but I'm tired of waiting I'm going against his wishes this time. I've done a good job listening to him thus far but this time I'm going with my gut! I feel perfectly fine to start back up with working out. Even if I have to start slow. I have about ten more pounds to go to get to MY goal weight. Now the chart stats I should weigh between 240 and 265 for my height. If I still look like I shoud take of more then I will but if I look good at 260 then I will stop I donlt want to look like a pencil! LOL! I am tall and have DD boobs now and I donlt want to look out of perportion with a large chest and tiny body! LOL
regi, wish we all lived by each other, we could walk, hang out, talk, exercise together, swap recipes and have a blast with our new bodies ! well lets stay in touch on here, you are such an inspiration every time i see your pics from beginning to end !
Reg.........there is no no no way you weigh over 200lbs.....am I reading this wrong?
Reg.... Are you still numb? I am and I hate that feeling...
Yes around my BB and incision, the muscles inside though are no longer numb and it feels like I've just overworked them in a workout! the feeling is starting to come back though. It's not really annoying to me my breasts adjusting are more annoying then my TT!
LOL! No I wrote it wrong! I have been over 200 lbs for so long I still have a hard time saying or writing 100. I am 174 lbs right now and want to get down to at least 160 more if I feel I can look OK being smaller! We shall see! So no to answer your question your not reading wrong I just wrote wrong! ;D
That would be AWESOME and how inspiring it would be to have others that know where you've been and know the battles you've been through. Thank you so much I glad you find my story inspiring in some way. I have been asked to be a trainer at the gym I was working at before my surgery and he has already had several people tell him they would love to have me train them. TOO FUNNY!
i was just about ready to reply to that on your weight, i knew you did not weigh that much !!!!! yes nude beach, wouldnt that be hilarious, all us girls sporting our new look and our beautiful scars, thats right, i even love my scar !
Wow Regi, you look amazing!!! I know what you mean about the perfect bikini. I hope you find the right one soon and don't talk yourself out of it. Maybe you will feel better about a bikini next summer. You should be completely healed by then. They say your implants don't really completely settle and all your swelling from both surgeries don't go down until about 6 months later so, although looking beautiful now, you might look different in 6 months. Or maybe you will already be used to your new gorgeous body by then and ready to buy a new bikini. Or forget the bikini all together and just go to a nude beach! lol j/k
I'm with Kathy. You don't look like you need to lose anymore weight.
I'm with Kathy. You don't look like you need to lose anymore weight.
LOL! That's funny a nude beach! I again think I am being critical of my body and that fact I'm not use to seeing myself in a bikini and the thought of going in public in something that looks like my bra and panties is just so unrealistic to me. I love the way I look in my bra and panties so if I can find a suite that is similar to those I should be ok with it. I'm going to take my husband with me bikini shopping I know he won't lie to me and if he thinks it looks good then I can rest assured it looked pretty good! LOL I want to get down to 160 at least possibly more if I feel I still look good at a smaller size and size 6 would be very cool! Ha! I'm eager to see the difference in six months too I just can't imagine looking much better then I do right now even with the swelling!
Ha! I was actually thinking that. Since you stated he's such a good shopper, let him go with you and help you decide! I am sure he will more than enjoy that!!! I know how you feel though. It's been so long since I wore one, it would seem pretty scary the first time. I do plan to wear one though!!! That is my goal. To be able to wear one outside of the dressing room and then outside the comfort of my home. lol Eeeek! Nerve wrecking even thinking about it! My surgery is in October, so I should be good for next summer to wear one. :)
Yeah I told him I went trying them on and he gave me the pouty lip! LOL He said I want to go shopping with you for everything we buy you, he said I'm just as ecited as you are about your new body! LOL! I believe it! 8^P
I will try it at least once! I made myself a promise that when I do all of this that I would step put of my comfort zone a one piece is my comfort zone so I will be buying a bikini and I will be wearing it even if its only one time! ;D
I will try it at least once! I made myself a promise that when I do all of this that I would step put of my comfort zone a one piece is my comfort zone so I will be buying a bikini and I will be wearing it even if its only one time! ;D
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u look great what size are you and your breast now
Thank you Saint Joseph, I am now a size 8 and wear a 36D bra but was told when they finish settleing I will be a DD. ;D
Reg...OMG...you totally ROCK those bikinis...are you kidding or what!!!!!! YOU BETTER WEAR A BIKINI because you look FAB totally FAB!!!!! NOW when are we going to meet up...since we are both on the road to a full recovery...and we both had the same things done..... Let me know and I will send you my cell so we can make plans..
LOL! Thank you JHowell! I am ready any time you are It will be exciting to meet up with someone that has had the same things done! Private message me you cell and we can discuss where and when we'll meet up! ;D
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Wow!! You look amazing Regi! I am so happy for you:-)
Yea trying not to think about too much cause I will go crazy! Trying to keep busy w/ yoga, lunches with friends ect...
I so agree Reg you know i dont think i have ever felt better, i am in an exercise program, workout every day, i finally am no longer sore, i have to admit, it takes about 3 months for a full recovery, but wow i would so do it all over again, i feel so good right now, i know i am getting much healthier also, my doc is gonna be proud of me, the better you feel the more you do and the more you are out and about and the more you take care of yourself, i do things now that i had not been doing, just like putting lotion on every time i get out of shower and just the little things, life feels good right now and i dont think any of that is vain, i think its healthy ! kathy
i hear ya regi, but do have fun with the old friends, sorry to hear about your son leaving, yes im sure your proud of him but scared also, so when hubby leaves for his training when he gets out of that is that when your moving ?