jpowell3976 Member

It took about 20-30 pounds (not sure how many stones that would be) before people started to notice for me. :) As long as YOU can see the difference, that's all that should matter right now. Keep at it & everyone will realize in due time. :)

I had a fleur de lis tummy tuck which removes more skin then a normal tummy tuck. I had 3 drains than I had to "milk" every couple of hours through out the day everyday and record how much each one put out. The first week was rough. Second week was a little better. I know a few people that only took off a week, but they…

There was a process. When I lost 30ish lbs, the apron caused rashes during/after exercise and I needed prescriptions to help. After so many, the TT became medical and not cosmetic.

Here's mine! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/681209-before-after-7weeks-post-op-tummy-tuck-45-lbs-down

I paid for about half out of pocket ($4,000), but insurance picked up the rest because of the documentation of problems due to the size of the apron. Good luck to you too & thanks!

It took about 6 months to lose the 45 pounds. Hang in there!

Recovery wasn't too painful (good pain meds the first week and Tylenol for the second week). I was also pretty numb until recently. The doctor also lipo'd my flanks and they are still pretty swollen (should be gone completely at 3 months) and numb (again 3 months before normal). Everything is so much easier without the…

Lol! The tummy tuck is the result of losing 45lbs+. The tummy tuck took off an additional 8 pounds of skin, etc. though...lol!

Thanks hats!

Thanks Lisa!

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You are my new favorite person! :laugh: I'm 32. Still healing from surgery to remove all the extra skin my weight loss left behind on my tummy. I can't wait for all the swelling to go down.

@crazy~23 & I love your hair! :)

I was 16...and thought I was so fat! Poor little 16 year old self...if I could talk to you now! Oh the fun we could have...lol! BTW, not my baby...my niece...lol! Who is now 16 herself!

Agree!:happy:

Conroe/Woodlands area here.

Bookstores or libraries. I love the smell of the books/paper. :tongue:

Muahahaha!!!!!:laugh: :laugh:

I was 16 (1996) same height as I am now and 135 lbs. I can remember thinking I was "so fat"...O.M.G.!!! To be a size 6 again!!! :sad: And now. 195ish in this picture from August of this year (32 years old)...before school, Bells Palsy, and steroids (I'm only 8 lbs away from being back here now!!).

Awesome! :bigsmile:

Not anymore. Feel frumpy most days.

Thanks! Hope you have a ton of success! I love MFP!! :)

Took me what felt like forever to see any difference. Everyone kept telling me they saw it, but I couldn't. I started taking pictures. That's when I could see it. I STILL can't see it when I look in the mirror...lol! Here is my last B & A...before I fell off the wagon during the holidays...lol! I'm up a little bit &…

Wow! Guess all of the moms that can't breast feed, not by choice or lack of trying, are child abusers! Damn! That doctor that told me I needed to give it up after 3 days because my son wasn't getting anything from my breast because nothing had come in due to all the medications that were keeping me alive to be his mother…

HAHAHA!!! You go get your "pop" and I'll go get my "coke"...lol! :laugh: :drinker:

I was born and raised in Texas (Houston & surrounding areas). Unfortunately I have only left the state twice in my 31 years, but I can tell you that while I don't think I have an accent...or at least a heavy one...I do...lol! Whenever I would visit my dad in Oklahoma, people would just smile at me while I spoke to…

Bump. Thanks!

Wow! That was awesome! Almost made me cry.

I'll be 32 in March. :)

Stacy-32?