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Jo-Anna,

I am almost 5 weeks post op lower body lift, and so far I am down 6 inches in my waist 2 inches in my bra band, and 4 inches in my hips.  I was an 8 before surgery, and now I am wearing 6's and 4's.  I still have a lot of swelling too, so I am anxious to see what I will end up.

Jessica

Dr S took 3 lbs of skin and 6 lbs of lipo, but he transferred about 3 lbs back in to my butt (700CC in each butt cheek) and my implants are 400CC each.  From what I have gathered, 500CC is about  1lb, so I should have lost about 4 to 5 lbs after all is said and done.  I am still 160 as of today, but I have been as low as 157 .  I weighed 157 right after I got home from my flight, and I was REALLY swollen!  I am hoping to be at least 150-155 when it all settles, but I would love to be 140!  

My back is the most swollen, and I know that is still adding inches on to my waist.  I hope to have a 27-28 inch waist when all the swelling is gone. 

Yikes.

It seems as though two pants sizes lost is pretty common, but I don't have two pant sizes to lose. I'm already in a loose 2, and can barely find those. I can't imagine trying to find a 0 or 00.

Seems like such a contradiction to have to gain weight after plastics.

Dang, I knew I was forgetting something!  I took before pics and weighed myself the morning of my surgery, but I forgot to measure myself!

Oh well, I'm kind of jealous of everyone else - I haven't lost any weight at all.  I weighed 156 the morning of surgery and still weigh the exact same thing this morning (I've checked every day). 

I wore a size 4 jean before surgery.  I was positive with all the swelling they wouldn't even come close to fitting, but I tried anyway and they actually were a little loose even with my compression garment, binder and some tummy swelling still hanging around.  So, I'm thinking I'll end up down size-wise, even if not weight-wise.  Not sure why I haven't lost any weight at all - huge bummer!