POSTED UNDER Tummy Tuck Reviews
43 Years Old, 100 Lb Weight Loss - Much Anticipated Tummy Tuck. Claremont, CA
UPDATED FROM Nubba9
11 months post
I'm so ashamed. I've gained 55 pounds since my Tummy Tuck.
WORTH IT$7,300
I've had a very rough few moths and I've gained 55 pounds since my surgery. I'm so ashamed. How could I spend that kind of money and throw it all away?
My depression returned and I allowed it to consume me. I ate just like I used to. There are a lot of things that I attribute to it but I feel like I am simply using them as an excuse to eat. I know I was depressed (probably still am although I'm doing much better) and I've gone through a lot of emotional turbulence over the last year and a half. It doesn't change the fact that I've gained the weight and now I have to start all over.
I'm writing this embarrassed but hoping it will keep me accountable.
My depression returned and I allowed it to consume me. I ate just like I used to. There are a lot of things that I attribute to it but I feel like I am simply using them as an excuse to eat. I know I was depressed (probably still am although I'm doing much better) and I've gone through a lot of emotional turbulence over the last year and a half. It doesn't change the fact that I've gained the weight and now I have to start all over.
I'm writing this embarrassed but hoping it will keep me accountable.
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UPDATED FROM Nubba9
3 months post
3 months post-op
As of yesterday, I'm officially 3 months post-top from the tummy tuck. I wish I was feeling better but this weight gain has me down in the dumps :(
I've been dieting again for about a week and a half. Working harder on the treadmill (more incline since I can only walk per the PS) also. The scale isn't moving. Literally. It has stayed the same for 5 days in a row. My body has done this since I started this journey 6 years ago. Any change to diet and/or exercise and I stall completely. The hard part is sticking with it until I push through the plateau. Ugh! I feel so guilty and angry with myself that I let my old habits and cravings creep back in. The binge eating and the lack of self-discipline.
It helps to read stories here on RS of others with similar struggles. I don't like to feel sorry for myself because that is how I always ended up just throwing in the towel and succumbed to my old ways. I'm praying that I will stay the course and see the weight come back off. Wish me luck girls!
I've been dieting again for about a week and a half. Working harder on the treadmill (more incline since I can only walk per the PS) also. The scale isn't moving. Literally. It has stayed the same for 5 days in a row. My body has done this since I started this journey 6 years ago. Any change to diet and/or exercise and I stall completely. The hard part is sticking with it until I push through the plateau. Ugh! I feel so guilty and angry with myself that I let my old habits and cravings creep back in. The binge eating and the lack of self-discipline.
It helps to read stories here on RS of others with similar struggles. I don't like to feel sorry for myself because that is how I always ended up just throwing in the towel and succumbed to my old ways. I'm praying that I will stay the course and see the weight come back off. Wish me luck girls!
Replies (3)
B
May 6, 2016
Look at that beauuuuutiful belly!! Don't worry about the 10-pounds... just vow to yourself that it will not become 12 or 15 or.... !!!!! Concentrate on the exercise and healthy diet (with an occasional "treat") and your body can't help but respond. Don't forget you're still in the major healing phase so your body is going to hang onto weight more easily I would think. Again, just stay the course... make healthy choices + exercise the new NORMAL... and when feeling blue, just drop your drawers and look that that thing of beauty! *Big Smile*
N
May 7, 2016
You are so sweet to say that :) Thank you so much. It means a lot. I will vow to get it back off and keep it off! You are looking great too! I LOVE reading your posts.
B
M
July 9, 2016
You look amazing. I'm 3 weeks out now. Slight infection and very swollen. It's hard to keep focus. Your on your way.
I'd love to know how you are in a few more weeks.
Keep up the good work.
B
July 26, 2016
How's it going? We haven't heard from you for awhile. Hope all is wonderful!! :-)
UPDATED FROM Nubba9
2 months post
It's not necrosis! Whew!
Saw my PS yesterday and the sore I have is not necrosis. He said it's likely a burn (I was in the sun for half an hour the day the bruise showed up) or a reaction to the sunscreen. The reason it I taking so long to heal is that is the furthest area from the blood supply after the tummy tuck. He said it doesn't look infected and to keep treating it as I have been. That's good news!
I still cannot workout though :(
He says I am still healing as it is still sore when I cough or press on my belly. He said to walk and keep wearing my binder. This was kind of upsetting. Even though I have no intention of going against his recommendation, I am struggling to keep weight off with just diet. And to be honest, I'm not making very good food choices and feel myself thinking like I used to. Exercise was my anti-depressant and not having the ability to do that, I start to feel sorry for myself. Especially with this 10 pound gain since the surgery. I should weigh less not more. Ugh! So frustrating. Enough complaining. I'm still happy I did it and would do it again knowing what I know now. Off for a walk! TTFN LADIES!
I still cannot workout though :(
He says I am still healing as it is still sore when I cough or press on my belly. He said to walk and keep wearing my binder. This was kind of upsetting. Even though I have no intention of going against his recommendation, I am struggling to keep weight off with just diet. And to be honest, I'm not making very good food choices and feel myself thinking like I used to. Exercise was my anti-depressant and not having the ability to do that, I start to feel sorry for myself. Especially with this 10 pound gain since the surgery. I should weigh less not more. Ugh! So frustrating. Enough complaining. I'm still happy I did it and would do it again knowing what I know now. Off for a walk! TTFN LADIES!
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M
April 23, 2016
Thank God !!! I'm so glad you are ok and you have to be patience while you healed I had a breast reduction with Dr. Wali 3 years ago and I know he's the best PS, that's why I'm going to get my tummy tuck! Thank you for posting the good news ♡♡♡
N
B
April 24, 2016
Congrats on the good news! And I see your fold is gonzo! Lucky you!!! There will be good and bad days, for awhile yet... focus on the good ones and just live through the less-than-good. Your belly looks amazing! :-)
N
April 25, 2016
And yours is going away too! Really...I can tell. Thank you for the kind words and keep updating us all. I love reading your posts :)
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I hear you, Sistah. I am you. I eat when depressed too. Or bored. I discovered I wasn't reaching for the crap stuff the entire month leading up to the holidays because I was sooo busy... and even during the holidays I only ate a couple of sweets. It was after the hullabaloo ended and I could sit back with a loud "Phew!" that my trips to the freezer (oh frozen Nanaimo bars, how I love you!) began. What are your triggers? Don't minimize emotional turbulence... it's real and the after-effects can last even when we think sweeping them under the rug will erase them. It's not only a physical health issue, it's an emotional health issue too; it's just not healthy to keep up the yo-yo-ing and the inevitable beating yourself up about it. Would speaking to a counsellor help you to sort out all of the emotional turbulence? Sometimes just saying stuff out loud helps hugely; sometimes just having someone there to witness your pain and provide tools to help you through it is what we need. You know best.
Remember, you lost the weight before; you've been at this place of feeling helpless or hopeless or out-of-control and you changed it all before. What did you do then that you can begin to do again now? How can you show yourself enough love today to NOT DO something, ie: reach for the "insert your choice here" (mine would be Nanaimo bar). Just for today. And then maybe... just for today, what one thing could you DO to help yourself get back to where you want to be... I got back on the elliptical (after weeks off!)... maybe a walk, even a short one? Just for today?
There are no magic bullets, Nubba. You know that and I know that and we keep wishing it was different, that our new tummies will be enough to keep us accountable. Except they're not. We still have our patterns, our demons, our beliefs. They're just tummies. (But they're pretty beautiful tummies now... even with some extra pounds in there!) So because I'm not there to do it, give yourself a hug and tell yourself it WILL be okay and maybe even have a little cry because maybe you let yourself down. (I am saying all of this to myself as I write it too.) And then just do that one thing. That's how great things happen... one step at a time.
Big hugz and even bigger cheers... because you're already on your way back to yourself!! xo