27-year-old Twin Mom Got Her Body Back! TT, Lipo, Breast Lift in March - Birmingham, AL

I'm currently 13 months post op, and life is great. Having this surgery gave me back my confidence, which has led to some amazing accomplishments. I decided to take my fitness to the next level and aim for a goal to keep me on track. It was a crazy goal- one that I would never have the courage to even think about doing pre surgery. I decided to start lifting weights and train to compete in a fitness competition. When I fully recovered from my surgery I started going to the gym and teaching myself how to use the machines and weights- YouTube videos were my how-to guides. After a few months of that, and toning up all over, I found a competition coach and entered into a prep for my first NPC bikini competition. I trained for 8 weeks, and it was HARD (just google what a bikini competitor training schedule and meal plan looks like.. it's intense).
Fast forward to two weekends ago when I stepped on stage and accomplished my goal! I took home first in my class and first in true novice, and was incredibly proud of the hard work I put in. I'm currently training for my second competition at the end of May.
My journey is more about my internal growth and transformation than my physical. The physical was an obstacle holding me back mentally, and once that was out of the way, I really saw what my body was capable of.
If one woman reads this and is inspired to aim for something seemingly impossible, and decides to try anyway, then it's all worth it. You are so much stronger than you think

Swelling is gone! Today is a much better day and I'm back on track.

Well, it finally happened. My swelling has officially set in! So here's what happened.

Yesterday was my birthday, and all I asked of my husband was for him to take the day off, girls go to daycare for the morning, and we lay on the couch and watch Spotlight (GREAT movie btw). So we did that, and then afterwards we went out to lunch. It was the first time I had been out of my house in a whole week, so I was excited. I also didn't take any pain meds, so that was just dumb.

I got dressed in jeans (because I'm an idiot?) and my regular waist trainer (because the binder was too bulky for my outfit), a cute top, and my cute new Michael Kors shoes from Amazon (if you remember THAT post). Felt cute, and ready to feel like a normal person going out for lunch.

I walked like a grandma, was super uncomfortable the whole time in my waist trainer and wooden outdoor chair, and the SALAD I ordered had super salty shrimp, which of course, I ate. All of it. About licked the plate.

20 min afterwards, I could barely move because I was in so much pain, ended up taking a pain pill once we got home, and started swelling like a balloon. I'm still swollen, 7 hours later.

I know my results have been abnormally advanced for how many days post op I am, but this just goes to show you that anything can happen and anything can change. I deviated from what I WAS doing, and my body reacted. I walked way too much (without a walker), ate salty food (oh! And cake tonight), and didn't drink enough water. Lesson learned. I won't be pushing my body to do anything that it's not ready for. I'm sitting my ass in my chair, drinking my water, and getting back to my smoothies and lean proteins.

Oh, and I'm not sure what that red line is by my belly button, but it seems to be getting worse. Ugh. Just an off day, but I want to share the good and the bad with everyone.