1 Year!!! post op! Best thing ever!- Arlington Heights, IL

It's been just over two years, well, two years and a few months actually! I would still do this all over again! I have more core strength than I ever thought possible and I love my body. Though I will give you a couple of warnings. This is not a cure all where you won't gain weight again! I have gained about 20 pounds and am working hard to get it off. I can do more physically but I was working out a ton more to lose the weight in the first place and am now working and can't dedicate as much time to my work outs and didn't really change my eating habits. Plus I'm starting peri-menopause! Such fun! I'm at a point now that I'm trying to again change my lifestyle, this time with the food. So, I will update as soon as I can and I'm going to use this forum to keep track of my changes.

It's been a year and I am absolutely in love with my breasts. I think they are incredibly natural and my scars, (went in through the aereola), are almost invisible! I have included a picture of me laying down. My breasts are naturally spread far apart and they are far apart when I'm laying down, but they would be even if they were small. When I'm standing, I have good cleavage and they look fantastic in clothing! I have a few stretch marks, but it isn't too bad. I still put on lotion, but at this point it is probably more for me then for the stretch marks. Though it can't hurt. I haven't had any problems since about six months out and even then, they weren't really problems. A few spitting stitches, some pins and needles but not a lot of pain. I wish I had done this years ago. I would recommend them to anyone!

As you can see, I haven't updated in awhile. Not because I don't still love what I did and not because my results aren't amazing, but because I've back slid a bit. I've put on about 15 lbs. I started working, which meant no time to work out and the food hasn't been great. I go for my one year check up on the 22nd of January and I have made the decision to hit the gym and watch my food. I didn't go through this to go back to where I was. My bosses have told me that they will pay for a gym membership in the building where I work and let me go at 3:30 so that I can get a work out in before leaving with my sister, (who I work with). I will get my tight body back. I know I can do it!
I have noticed that since I stopped working out like I was that my body is getting all sorts of aches and pains. I have tennis elbow from using the computer,(work), and problems with my opposite shoulder! But I will work through it, without hurting myself.
The biggest changes over the past year are me going through a midlife crisis. Basically I have this great body and not getting the attention from the hubby I thought I would, plus being in my 40's and sexual prime, it's making me think about sex all the time! I feel like a teenager! Well, a teenage boy! LOL! Though I knew this would happen with losing weight and having a banging body, but I'm trying to find the way to deal with it. I will post pictures after my year check up, but I will tell you the biggest change in my body is that it's softer from not working out. I'm planning things for the new year that will make me have to be in shape. A 5k color run, getting a kayak and getting out on the water, just being physical.
My advice is to keep up with your workouts when you can and watch your food intake and talk to people if you start feeling depressed or anxious. I'm jealous of everyone just going through this. Don't worry, the pain goes away and you feel great and normal. I would do this again in a heartbeat, but not because I let myself go again! I certainly wouldn't rule out other surgeries. This has changed my life and even with my anxieties, for the better!