38H NO REGRETS JUST RESULTS 26 No Kids. Atlanta, GA

Hello everyone it's officially been one month and I want to update you all on my progress... Love love love my boobs!!! I went to my doctor last Monday and everything is healing well... He cleared me to workout and I've been going to the gym steady ever since. I'm on the journey to a better version of myself.

Last week I official stopped putting dressing on my incisions and they were covered ever since my surgery I really think that keeping them covered helped minimize my scaring... I started using Mederma PM Scar Cream and when I get a chance I'm going to buy the aloe plant and start using that..

I really just wanted to show you some pics. I don't want to make it to long but I'm happy with my healing process

I started my weightloss journey in October 2014. I looked in the mirror and didn't recognize my own face and my own body. In high school and early college I was a small framed tall girl with big boobs. As I got older I stayed drinking, partying and eating out more I got thicker and thicker... and my boobs got bigger

In October I got on the scale and it read 261, I'm 5'9 that is the biggest I have ever been in my life and on that day I vowed to make a change. In the first week I lost 11.8 lbs. I would weigh myself every Monday. I started with soup and salads and water only for the first week (shout out to my crock pot) and I kept that up for about a month but I would have a meat and veggie meal here and there when I craved something different.

Other things that I have done is I don't eat anything white, (no white bread, rice, sugar, pasta etc.) I am a fiend for juice it's my weakness I no longer DRINK MY CALORIES. Water, water, water and when I'm craving something else i drink flavored water with 0 calories by Pure Life. I also only shop the perimeter of the grocery store it will change your life anything down the aisle is processed and you don't need it (that's what I tell myself) and fresh not frozen has become my motto.

#1 thing is when I'm hungry, I EAT... I eat fruits and when I don't feel like eating them i just them in my nutribullet... I don't sit there and starve myself because that's depressing it might not be what I want but I eat and get over it lol. It's crazy because when I do cheat the bad foods aren't even fulfilling anymore so I'm like why did I do that.

I workout here and there but I'm not going to say that working out is what got me here because I know I slacked on working out because my back hurt, my neck hurt, and my shoulders hurt. So eating right is what got me to where I am now.

I went to the gym today to do some walking for the first time since surgery it was AMAZING my posture was so much better I didn't have those heavy boobs weighing me down. I can't wait to see what is to come when I add consistent workouts to my journey.

I'm excited I just wanted to share that with you all. My goal is to get back to the woman with confidence that I once knew and loved *sap moment* Closer to my dreams

The picture on the left was taken today and the pic on the right was taken in October.

I love my boobs!!!! Just got out the shower I'm like heeeyyyyy boobs!!!! They haven't been giving me any trouble... scab areas are starting to smooth out! Both nipples are getting hard at the same time (woop woop) the left one is super sensitive to the touch.

Only thing I put on them is neosporin and I have been showering with carbolic soap since my first shower post op. Carbolic soap is a good disinfectant soap. (My Caribbean ppl may know about it) check a local farmers market they should have it or Google it... It's also good for acne...

Healing is going great I JUST WANT TO HIT THE GYM THO!!!! I'm patiently waiting until my doctor's appt next Monday to see what the doc says... I'm going to try to get some walking done this week but I prefer to go to a gym its like I know if I go there I have a job to do vs trying to do something at home.

I went bra shopping at Walmart to find some bras that button up in the front... I'm still wearing waaaaaayyy bigger bras so it's hard to tell what size I really am. I may be a C I may be even smaller it'll definitely be interesting to know. The sports bras I bought button up in the front and they have padding I like the padding for extra protection they were only $5... Buying a $5 bra tickles me every time

LAST THING... My sides were the incisions ran up under were HARD as a rock and they're finally softening and going down that's good to know because I thought I would have to work out to get rid of that side fatty tissue sooo yesss keep on going down. It's hard to tell on my body what's permanent damage and what's not permanent damage... At first I'll see something and be like well I guess I'll have to live with it then I'll see it go away so yay my side swelling is going down and it's not extra fat I have to worry about. Since this is clearly a first for me I'm watching my body do its thing I have no expectations every new thing I see is just a plus...