On the Flatside!! 28 Yrs Old, 2 Kids, Delivered by C-section - Santa Barbara, CA

I think it's been about 8 months now... nearly 9. Things are good. No, I am not 100% happy, but I am about 80% happy. There is STILL extra skin there even when I lose the weight. I feel like the Surgeon could have taken more skin off, or perhaps I should have lost more weight before surgery. I was trying, but it was unsuccessful. Kind of a bummer, but you know what... 90% happy is pretty damn good. I feel confident enough in a bikini at the pool, walking around my house in just a bra, or running in just a sports bra down the street. To have that confidence is priceless to me. The pictures I'm posting were from when I was on vacation. Too hot to run with a shirt. I love my body so much now, I appreciate it.

I'd gained about 5 lbs over the summer that I'm working back off right now, back in the gym l'm lifting, stairs, running, rowing, rope pulling, biking. Pretty much doing all the exercises all the times. My abs feel good. I did have the muscles repaired and can still feel it. I wouldn't say it HURTS, but it's like I've constantly done an abdominal workout. I can definitely feel it on the row machine. I can do all the ab exercises without problems, I can run as far as I want to, my body doesn't hinder me in any way anymore.

Running another marathon In November, and perhaps a few halves... we'll see. Life is pretty good! I'll call the PS to see about my belly button piercing but it's been so long, if they're not still willing to do it for free like they'd originally quoted then I'll just leave it alone. Not really a big deal. Happy healing ladies!!

Let me say again, I'd totally do it again, still want to do my boobs, wish I'd shopped around more to find someone who would do it for cheaper and do the boobs too. Lesson learned.

I don't know how many months it's been 7, perhaps? Things are going well. I'm hover around and just under 120, I've been lifting, and exercising a lot. I'm feeling pretty happy with my body, no real complaints. There is some extra skin and I wonder if perhaps I should have waited to have surgery until I lost as much weight as humanly possible? I actually went to the pool, and the beach and felt really good about myself in my bikini. Pretty fantastically happy about that. I would have done the surgery again in a heartbeat. Sure, I'm a little pissy about the tiny bit of extra skin... but that's okay. I can deal with that. I look amazing in my clothes.

working on my abs. they're starting to show SOME definition. I might just not be one of those people who's skin will cooperate with abs. It's fine. But that's not going to stop me from working on it daily.