The New and Improved Me - Los Angeles, CA

I have finally made it to 6 weeks!!!! I can finally sit, sleep on my sides, sleep on my back, and work out. I am still a little tender on my butt and hips. I can't sit for too long and sleeping on my back or sides is a little uncomfortable. I have to rotate around. But I will heal soon. I'm just happy I have options now.
I will try and exercise tomorrow, I'm just having an issue with consuming enough calories without gaining weight. I still get dizzy and weak when I don't have enough to eat or drink. I assume after I add the exercise I will need to compensate. Also, I need to find my exercise was it trainer, I put it away before my surgery and now I cant find it.

Swell hell!!!!! I have had a very hard time with the swelling. Mainly because I can't find a good girdle. I have been wearing 2 garments at the smell time plus the foam AND the abdominal board. Reason being is that the garments are now loose on me and the one I ordered from Chiseledlux.com has not arrived yet. I will review them once they arrive. Currently I am wearing the vedette style103, and the white garment from Hugues on top of it. It worked well up until a few days ago, it was too big so I began to swell up again. So to fix that problem I now wear the foam on each side, the abdominal board, the vedette, and the white garment on top. Yes it sounds excessive and unnecessary, I had to just order a new garment. But until it arrives, this will do.

My butt has maintained its size quite well, and I am so happy about that. It's a roller coaster of emotions. Right after surgery my butt measure at 47inches, I am now at 46 inches. I am so happy about that. I didn't want to measure myself every week or day and torture myself with the fear of a shrinking but lol. I have a 35inch waist and before surgery I was at 41.5. This is the biggest advantage overall for me. For the last 6 weeks I have worked hard on maintaining the fat on my butt, now I have to work on loosing the swelling on my stomach and preventing any weight gain. It's harder than I thought. I can say I definitely don't have the smell appetite or cravings for bad food anymore. And my portions are smaller now. Here are some pictures from yesterday, you will notice that I am very swollen from my torso, the night before I was smaller. The swelling is my biggest problem right now.

I used the Ann Cherry 2024 latex waist trainer and I was very swollen by the end of the day. It is probably because latex did not provide uniform compression. Currently I am wearing my old Hugues garment and it is doing the trick. It is so frustrating. I would think that finding a good garment would be easier, but I am having a hard time with it. I have done some research on the other reviews but it is not that easy to find it without reading through the whole review. Ladies if any of you have had some success or received some advice on a good garment please let me know. Much appreciated.