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Tummy Tuck with MR Journey - Folsom, CA
UPDATED FROM AJ2
1 year post
One year pics
WORTH IT$8,500
Here are my one year pics. So happy with my results and so grateful for my good fortune to make this happen.
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UPDATED FROM AJ2
1 year post
One year update!
Wow. Amazing that it's already one year. TT healing is like the parenting saying: The days are long, but the years are short. :) I remember the healing process very clearly and thinking that it was taking forever. Yet here I am, at the 12 month point, and loving my results. I'm so grateful for my PS, Dr Clark, and her skilled surgical work. It really is worth taking your time to choose a PS whose work reflects your own aesthetics. I wanted an athletic square waist (and not a princess waist), and Dr Clark helped me achieve that goal.
Residuals: I still have some numbness on my lower abs, my incision can be tender if it gets knocked into, and the top sides of my thighs can be tingly. The feelings, however, are coming back gradually, and I'm optimistic that they'll keep improving.
Would I do this again? Absolutely. My tummy is tight and taut, and it's exactly what I wanted it to be. I love going into yoga in just a sports bra and tiny shorts and having a tight ab, and I love wearing tighter fitting shirts without worrying about my belly button sticking out.
I'm still a fitness nut--yoga, workout, crunches, and I still eat vegan and healthily, using all those apps listed above to help me maintain and achieve my goals. My tt is an investment, and I need to take care of it, just as I would any other valuable asset.
Wherever you are in the healing process, I hope it's going well for you and that you're loving (or will love) the results. Healing takes time, but it happens. Hang in there, and happy healing to you!
Residuals: I still have some numbness on my lower abs, my incision can be tender if it gets knocked into, and the top sides of my thighs can be tingly. The feelings, however, are coming back gradually, and I'm optimistic that they'll keep improving.
Would I do this again? Absolutely. My tummy is tight and taut, and it's exactly what I wanted it to be. I love going into yoga in just a sports bra and tiny shorts and having a tight ab, and I love wearing tighter fitting shirts without worrying about my belly button sticking out.
I'm still a fitness nut--yoga, workout, crunches, and I still eat vegan and healthily, using all those apps listed above to help me maintain and achieve my goals. My tt is an investment, and I need to take care of it, just as I would any other valuable asset.
Wherever you are in the healing process, I hope it's going well for you and that you're loving (or will love) the results. Healing takes time, but it happens. Hang in there, and happy healing to you!
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UPDATED FROM AJ2
11 months post
TT pix 10.5 months
All is well here. Still plant-based diet, still doing Bikram, still doing 10k or more steps a day, and still doing 300 crunches a day--the crunches only take 10 mins, so worth doing.
I have found Fitbit zip plus the Fitbit app, the Lift app, and the Myfitnesspal app all really helpful in building and maintaining healthy habits to maintain my Tt investment. If you're interested, they might work for you too.
Have a great day and happy healing!
I have found Fitbit zip plus the Fitbit app, the Lift app, and the Myfitnesspal app all really helpful in building and maintaining healthy habits to maintain my Tt investment. If you're interested, they might work for you too.
Have a great day and happy healing!
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June 8, 2014
You look amazing! I'm finally getting my surgery done on the 18th of June :-) thank you for all the advice!! Dr. Clark is amazing!
June 8, 2014
Hi Pretty: thank you for visiting the review and for your kind comments. You're in the best hands with Dr Clark--she's highly skilled and very personable. I had no doubts at all about trusting her with my TT investment. I think the best results are easiest to achieve with a healthy work ahead if time--clean and green diet and plenty of workouts. :) I'm sure you'll love the results. They're not immediate--the journey can seem trying and long, but the ultimate results are worth it! Here's to happy healing for you too!
July 2, 2014
AJ you look awesome!! Keep doing what your doing girl because it is working!! Some don't realize the surgery can ably do so much, it's so important to keep up a healthy lifestyle for max results (that you have clearly proven) xoxox go girl!
July 14, 2014
hi Finest! Thanks for the note! I'm loving my results, and the "taking care of my investment" approach helps motivate me to eat clean and keep working out. Hope you're doing great too! Can you believe it's been a year? Woohoo! Happy anniversary, TT warrior! You go, girl!
July 2, 2014
I'm on mfp too, elise4270. Id love to be able to see how u eat. I think i do okay, but in rural oklahoma its so hard to even find good food. Or im not looking in the right place. I use a HRM for work outs so I don't over estimate my calorie burn (which I've been doing for years now). And I'm a data nerd. I'd love to get near 20% bf, prob 23+ now. I can't do a crunch to save my life! You always an inspiration!
July 14, 2014
hi Elijah: I just eat green and clean, really. For example, today's supper: spinach, strawberries, bean sprouts, peas, corn, shredded carrots, with low fat sesame-ginger dressing, followed by some fresh fruit and a piece of fresh wholewheat bread. Breakfast today was almond yoghurt, a piece of wholewheat toast/jam, and a nectarine. Lunch was lentil soup and a fresh fruit desert. I snack on carrots and hummous or sugarsnap peas and hummous, or unsalted nuts and raisins. I'm fortunate in that I live in a healthy-minded city/state, and I have pretty easy access to healthy food. Still, I think most groceries will carry most of these ingredients? For me, it's a matter of keeping healthy food in stock in the house, so that that's all there is for me to eat. :)
Throughout the day, I drink plenty of water, and I drink fresh fruit juice, powerade zero, vitamin water zero, or Propel Zero to keep the electrolytes in balance.
Watch the movie Forks over Knives for ideas and inspiration perhaps, and maybe invest in time online looking for vegan recipes (Whole Foods is a good resource or the Forks Over Knives website), or get hold of a vegan cook book for ideas and guidance. There's lots of vegan/vegetarian support online, and maybe just go meatless for a few days a week at first.
And then for crunches and working out,----I just had to start off gradually and make them part of my daily habits. I didn't start out with 300 crunches; I started out with 20 a day, and then I build it up over time, but I think it does have to be a daily thing. It doesn't take that long, however--just a few mins, so I can fit it in just about anytime.
The Lift app and the MyFitnessPal app help me keep myself accountable, and the Fitbit helps me click off 10K steps most days, which is nice. Like you, I'm a data nerd, so those resources help me fill that need while keeping me on track. It's all, really, a matter of habits and making these things part of your personal culture (or at least it was for me). Hope this helps you.
July 14, 2014
Yes I can find most of that stuff in the local stores. I am allergic to nuts and seeds (migraine triggers) and off the soy, dairy and wheat (IBS type symptoms). I can eat veggies and fruit all day long. Thanks for your help!
July 14, 2014
Keep track of the protein, using an app like MyFitnesspal; you'll be fine! Glad to help out.
July 14, 2014
You can get protein from all sorts of veggies---spinach, broccoli etc--but also from beans--chickpeas, pinto, black, black-eyed peas etc. Quinoa also a good source, but that might be a grain....
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