12 weeks po, finally starting to feel like my old self again

Well it's been 9 months and it all seems like a distant memory. My scar doesn't disturb me anymore. Finally I look the way I feel. It feels so great to not drag around my old belly butt. For all you new tummy Tuckers, stay positive and know that everyday gets a little better. :)

Hello everyone, its been a while. I was 12 weeks po yesterday . It's been a long road but I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I went back to work 5 weeks po and I wanted to go home as soon as I got there. Weeks 5 to 11 were rough because I have to do quite a bit of heavy lifting and was not ready for that. Luckily my coworkers were nice enough to help me out but I didn't tell anyone I had surgery. This past week I have been working at 100% and they were all surprised and someone asked "are you all better?"I was like yup and that was that. I must have looked pretty pitiful for those few weeks but they didn't ask and I didn't tell.
About exercise, week 5 I started with yoga and stretching. Anything that has to do with plank, up dog or down dog was excruciating. So week 6 I tried some p90x Kempo and that was tolerable but would just tire me out just too much by the end of the day. Week 7 and 8 I tried some insanity every other day and it was making me feel exhausted and my belly was just cramping at night. I couldn't even stretch in bed. My belly muscles were just spasming. So I just took a few weeks off from any exercise and just started feeling sorry for myself. Then I decided that starting on march1st I was going to start just running on the treadmill every day for the entire month and see how I feel by the 31st which is my birthday. Well I have to say its working. I get up every morning at 445am and head to my treadmill with 2 binders on my belly and do what I can. Usually it's 4 or 6 miles but this morning I did 10 miles and I am so happy with myself right now. This recovery is slow but we just have to make the best of it and just keep on trucking . This surgery was so worth it. I can't wait until summertime. My scar has flattened out a lot in the last 2 months. The itchiness and horrible back pain is gone. The 5 lbs I had lost I gained back which totally means my muscles were wasting away just sitting around and I feel great. I still can't do any a work and I am not even going to try until I can get back to all my other exercise without draining my energy like I have been. So here are some new pics. Happy healing everyone. Spring is around the corner. I can't wait.

Hello everyone, its been a while. I was 12 weeks po yesterday . It's been a long road but I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I went back to work 5 weeks po and I wanted to go home as soon as I got there. Weeks 5 to 11 were rough because I have to do quite a bit of heavy lifting and was not ready for that. Luckily my coworkers were nice enough to help me out but I didn't tell anyone I had surgery. This past week I have been working at 100% and they were all surprised and someone asked "are you all better?"I was like yup and that was that. I must have looked pretty pitiful for those few weeks but they didn't ask and I didn't tell.
About exercise, week 5 I started with yoga and stretching. Anything that has to do with plank, up dog or down dog was excruciating. So week 6 I tried some p90x Kempo and that was tolerable but would just tire me out just too much by the end of the day. Week 7 and 8 I tried some insanity every other day and it was making me feel exhausted and my belly was just cramping at night. I couldn't even stretch in bed. My belly muscles were just spa among. So I just took a few weeks off from any exercise and just started feeling sorry for myself. Then I decided that starting on march1st I was going to start just running on the treadmill every day for the entire month and see how I feel by the 31st which is my birthday. Well I have to say its working. I get up every morning at 445am and head to my treadmill with 2 binders on my belly and do what I can. Usually it's 4 or 6 miles but this morning I did 10 miles and I am so happy with myself right now. This recovery is slow but we just have to make the best of it and just keep on trucking . This surgery was so worth it. I can't wait until summertime. My scar has flattened out a lot in the last 2 months. The itchiness and horrible back pain is gone. The 5 lbs I had lost I gained back which totally means my muscles were wasting away just sitting around and I feel great. I still can't do any a work and I am not even going to try until I can get back to all my other exercise without draining my energy like I have been. So here are some new pics. Happy healing everyone. Spring is around the corner. I can't wait.