Hello September!
Summer is coming to a close, school is back in full swing,
and fall is just around the corner in a week or two.
GIVE ME THAT COOLER WEATHER!
x)
We are 2 weeks away from Tummy Tuck Day.
Pre-op this morning.
I am so amped right now, I don't even know where to begin.
So in August I reached my weight goal of submerging into the 160's. Check!
Tubes tied and recovered. Check!
Maintained. Check!
Now here we are.
All paper work is signed and submitted.
All I have to do is lab work, and pick up my scripts for post surgery and we are settled.
Post op care is accounted for and the kids sports are frozen until October.
All I can do from here on out is stay healthy, keep the house in check, which we finalized this past weekend, and wrap up some photo work by next weekend.
My incision will be very low, thankfully. My c-section scars were very low to begin with, so he's very happy about that. My doctor got excited when he saw how lax my skin was and what he was working with. He told me my recovery time will be great based off of how active I've been.
6 weeks post will be the length of my wait time to go workout again (ease into it and go essentially and build myself back up)
He even expects that I'll have ABS once I'm back in training again. Like real abs.
Things I've dreamed about for YEARS.
I know I look thin now, even with clothes on.
But when you see me nude,.. okay in a swim suit, and just raw skin -- crinkled and stretched out to the max, you'd think I was far from that at first glance. He described it as 'deflated' since I've lost a lot of body fat since I delivered Jensen. I have a 'huge separation' he stated in the center of my abs above my belly button that he'll tighten, as well as a small weak spot/ sports hernia above my left hipbone. It's always burned and hurt if I stood up too fast or strained with squats or dead lifts from time to time, so that made sense when he found that.
I'll have very little stretch marks left, most of which will be able to hide beneath a bathing suit bottom. And I scar nicely so they'll fade well. He was very happy to say the least from my visit today and said that he expects really great results.
SCORE.
So, this means this week and next I'll be review my diet and keeping a close eye on that.
Really guys, this whole things feels like a dream.
All I know is my skin pooch and it frumping over when I sit or bend.
I can't imagine things tight and flat. It's been 7, almost 8 years since I've had that.
I'm feeling quite blessed to say the least right now that this is happening, and so very thankful that it is.
I'm currently hovering between 168-171 (sodium has really been a sensitive thing that will make me fluctuate, and if I don't get in enough water to flush it. This can bounce back and forth in a matter of hours, or days. So I'm mostly in the 160s 90% of the time.
Another cool thing is the nurse said that I can lose another 10-15 lbs after surgery, AFTER they take off an estimated 2-5 lbs. So if I go in at 168... after swelling I'll be (at most) 160-163. Hack off another 10-15, and at most I could be looking at 145. My ultimate goal was 155, but if I entered the 140's and maintained it, then hell yeah! :)
I graduated high school at 165. I could have eaten better and worked out more, but it is what it was. I'm only a couple pounds heavier than I was in HS so I'm really resetting. Once I'm back into bikini competition mode next year, I'll probably drop and tone way easier than I have this year. I can't wait for the before and after photos then from when I had Jensen till then. Even after this surgery. My mind is giddy with anticipation.
AH, my transformation Tuesday will be a biggy soon. A month from now I'll have a flat tummy. *Squeak!*
Anyhow. I'll make a post a day or so before surgery and once I'm back. Lots and LOTS of photos to come soon. We are in the count down now. 14 more days. Praying for a safe procedure and speedy recovery. This mama has 3 little ones to chase...after she's cleared that is.*
Anyhow, my excitement is growing! >:)
Let's do this. <3
(new selfie because I was bored with old ones. <3 )
Keep your eyes peeled. More very very soon.
xoxo
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