It's been a long time! Whats new in my wls journey.

Mar 11, 2010

Since my last entry I am down (I think...which I'll explain soon) by another 9 lbs. I am in a size 10 blue jean, and a size med - lg top depending upon the make of it.
On Feb 8th, I took the plunge and had my plastic surgery. They estimate that 3 to 4 lbs of skin were removed during the procedure. I did have implants put in which added a little back. Now when I say I am down by another 9 lbs, I hit my wls low of 158 just a few days back. But have bounced all over between that and 165 since. This tends to be a very common theme following plastic surgery, as swelling occurs often and can cause 5 to 10 lbs of water weight gain or loss in a single day. I am certain I did not gain 7 lbs in actual "fat or tissue" gain overnight. (which is how quickly the scale jumped back up!) Even though I realize it is water weight at play, it can be frustrating. It can take 6 months or more for the swelling and additional water weight fluctuations to subside.

All in all i am very happy with the plastic surgery procedures i had done. I will make another entry very soon about what I had done, what I am happy with, what I am not too sure about yet, etc. But all in all for the most part I am very pleased. I am going to be 5 weeks out from plastic surgery on Monday, March 15th. I have experienced no complications as of this posting, and hope and pray it continues like this. I still experience quite a bit of tenderness in the stomach muscles, due to the tightening of them, but this too is to be expected. I am on a 10 lb or less lifting restriction until 6 weeks out. This is very difficult to follow when my grandkids are around! They are so used to Grammy holding them, and grammy loves them oh so much!  So I try to have someone else set them in my lap, so we can still have that closeness.

I find myself looking forward to being able to do my powerwalking again. Right now my pace is much slower than it typically is, and my enduance is much less (as far as distance). I am also looking forward to beginning some stregnth training after I am fully recovered.

Stay tuned for the rest of the story...coming very soon!

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