35yrs, 5'7", 175, 2 Kids, Breast Lift No Implant with Fat Transfer, Tummy Tuck with Muscle Repair, Lipo - Austin, TX

Finally went back to class this AM! 8.5 weeks post op. SO tired of sitting around. It went GREAT!! Time to get this body back into shape.
I did modify a little bit - lighter weights (15# instead of 25's for dumb bells during the warm up and lightened a lot for barbell cleans - 55# instead of 100ish and did push ups from my knees instead of my toes because I could feel it in my abs less).
The workout was:
400m run + some warm up dumbbell work
2x12 every 45 seconds 55# bar bell power cleans
400m run
5 rounds 4 time (complete in 12 minutes) of the following:
10 push ups
10 push press @ 35#
10 weighted back squats @ 35#
Finish with a 400m run
I finished all the rounds but didn't get to the last run. Don't care, I survived didn't have to modify the weight and it felt GOOD!
So very glad to be getting back to the gym. It's been too long!

Hi all!

No new changes, I'm posting pictures, but they really look just like last weeks! I'm almost a week behind, because after I took the pics, I got lazy and didn't upload them on time. Anyway, these pics are from 3/16. I'm living most of the day binder free, but still put it on at night. My sides are still sore from lipo and it feels good to have the compression. I'm a couple inches bigger all the way around at the end of the day, thanks to swelling, but it's not uncomfortable, per se, just annoying. My muscle repair feels almost completely normal now and I am dying to get back to normal workout activities. I feel like I could easily run and I would LOVE to get back to playing soccer.

Still spitting stitches, and every day or so I manage to pull a couple more small bits out.

My wound is healing really well and almost totally gone. Happy about that. I'll be glad when I don't have bits of gauze everywhere!

I have a few places spitting stitches on my TT incision, two of which are slow to heal and if I press around them, drain a little bit of pus looking fluid. I'm not sure if they are slightly infected from the stitch or if that's partially dissolved stitch material - probably a mixture of both. I keep an eye on them, clean them, push and squeeze on them to make sure there is nothing in there put some silvadene on them and forget them. I actually think some of these spots are pubic hairs (I know, gross) trapped in the incision, because my incision is so low. I will definitely be heading in to my laser lady once my PS gives me the thumbs up for laser hair removal. I wonder if laser would lighten/soften my scar as a side bonus to the hair removal. We'll see.

Anyway, that's it! Oh, I finally tightened up my diet and am eating like my regular self (paleo), food logging for some accountability and have started walking an hour every day, plus doing some quick rounds of squats, and some other leg exercises, plus some upper body/arm workouts with some 10lb weights I had laying around. They're pretty light, but better than nothing and I don't want to push it. I have my eye on heading back to (modified) crossfit a couple weeks after Easter - 8-10 week mark.

Hope everyone is healing nicely and just trucking along. Still loving my results and look forward to using them as a spring board to see what I can do with my physique in the coming months!

Oh yeah, and I clearly need to get rid of these granny panties, now that everything is flat in front, I don't need these high waisted things to hold everything in and up. Shopping soon! :D

Cheers!

Hi everyone! Getting close to my 6 week anniversary on Thursday, but I saw my PS on Monday to check over my plethora of spitting stitches (no news over here, still have a handful, still causing irritation, still no big deal, but still annoying) and he said I can finally ditch my binder this week, woohoo! He also said I could ride my bike (leisurely around the 'hood) with my kids and start very light exercise... air squats here I come!! He said to be protective of my TT incision because of the stitch situation - it causes somewhat of a weak spot and I don't want any tears etc. I desperately need to work out! I eat out of boredom and sitting around doing nothing is not serving my waistline well!!

Anyway, check out this wound!! It's looking awesome. Its super shallow and it's less than half the size it started out as and I'm pretty convinced that it will basically be closed up by next week. Overall, a good week! Happy!