msrubi

Restylane Not So Great for Smile Lines (47 Y/o)

Money Well Spent - Crow's Feet and Fine Lines

Zingers Yes, but Worth It - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Not Sure Yet - Cooper City, FL

More on loosening

S1 is nothing to play with. Mine was L4 and L5. PT and rest weren't helping; actually was getting worse until I had no feeling in my left leg from knee down. The nerve was being so compressed and they feared without surgery it would do permanent damage. I just started abs. he PS had just cleared me a week prior to the back really getting bad and i never started them. Now the Ortho has given me the okay (within reason). They are sore as heck when I am done and hen get SUPER tight. The next day I feel trussed up. I love my tummy but the back fat? Yeah, that's all the crap I was eating while I was out of commission for six weeks and since because I'm still not doing much. No cardio with impact (no running, no plyos). Once I can get back at it if the back fat isn't gone by summer's end then I guess I will be doing lipo after all. Funny. The pooch will go. Everyone is so different in this process.

Thanks Metal Momma-Yes I guess the heavy stuff is done but it really IS what made the difference in body composition. It sux. I am rethinking everything while I am impatiently waiting to heal-lol. I will come up with a plan that I can use that won't wreck my back. I know deads and heavy squats are out but there's still a lot out there. Will keep all posted but it'll be early summer before I start that stuff again.

I talked about the poochy back in early Dec. He said it was normal, especially if there wasn't extensive lifting beyond the TT. I still have no regrets and love my results but I ended up screwing up my back at the gym, I think, and re-herniated two discs bad and ended up having surgery because it just took me down-pain like never before, out of work, out of he gym. I didn't take pain killers for my TT annd was eating them like M&Ms for my back. So now I have a nice 8 " vertical scar in the small of my back on up, which is oh so visible in a bikini AND however he gathered the skin, it looks like 2 lumps of back fat. My PS hasn't seen it yet as i have my final post-op in April. My T scar is great. A little darker and wider at one end but really? Compared to all that gross skin, a very minor trade off, and besides, now I have the there uglier scar. Hope everyone else is happy with their results and doing well.

I am back at it at the gym pretty normally. Pulling heavy weights except on legs. I really have to enage the abs for heavy squats, lunges, presses, etc so the weight is still lame on those. The cardio puffs me up more then anything. I am back to eating about 1800 cals a day, 40/40/20. Weight is same as it was pre-surgery, BF also same. My thighs look bigger to me. Don't think it's swelling. I think it's proportion. There is some "extra" on the flanks but I truly doubt I'll have lipo. I just can't obsess like that. The tummy was a huge thing for me because it was gross. A little extra fat around the back, at 51? Not so much. Hope everyone else is doing well and back to normal.

I stopped wearing my CG a couple of weeks ago (8 weeks PO). I bought a new abdominal binder that I wear when I lift.