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I was banded 3 and half years ago started at a size 24 and now wear a size 8 or 10 depending on the pant. I have mantained my 125 weightloss for 2 and a half years. So def you can get to that size 8

hey im 4 weeks post op for Tummy Tuck and breast reduction/lift. Ive been wearing my tummy binder and since thurs my doc wants me to wear Spanx. Well either i have too much swelling or something but i ordered according to my size the hip to high waist compression garment and i couldnt get over my hips period. Anyway i ordered the breif compression and hope that works better but until then i will stay in the tummy cincher. How long did you have to wear your compression garments?? Thanks

my dr told me that i have to wear my binder 24/7 for 6 weeks.

Could you post before and after pics...My aunt is having this done next month and I would love to show her what to expect....

Congrats!

I do have some befores but i am about 20lbs heavier in them i forget the day i went to the hospital to take before pictures but i will take some afters and post the ones i took a little while ago of my befores.

Well i am 6 days post verical Tummy Tuck. I am fininaly starting to feel a little better. Everything went wonderful. No complications. The Dr removed 7lbs of skin. They binded me up in this binder of death it was so dam tight i could hardly breath and it made me black and blue form my breasts to my hips i wasn't aloud to take it off or shower until i seen the dr monday. It was a rough 4 days waiting to see what my bellie looked like. Well i went to the Dr's monday and the took all the bandages off it was so scary. It looked wonderful i almost cryied to see my bellie with no fat rolls for the first time in my life it was amazing (i been obese since i was a kid). The dr did such a wonderful job the lines were perfect, straight, and very thin. I was very upset at first when the dr said about doing a vertical tummy tuck because i didn't want an cut to go up my whole bellie but now seeing the results he would have never got my bellie to look this good without the vertical cut i had way too much skin above my bellie button. I am worried about having to go back to work on monday this was the worst pain i have ever experienced i wish i had more sick time to take but i will just have to deal with it.

I am 6 days out of an extended vertical Tummy Tuck and let me tell you i have no i idea how i am going to go back to work on monday which will be 11 days post-op. This was the worst pain i have ever experienced.

my insurance approved my whole extended Tummy Tuck with musle repair which i am having done in Aug.

Though i would post a new before and after

first photo 285lbs second two 177lbs

i lost a average of 2lbs a week sometimes less sometimes more during my first year now i am losing about 1/2 to a 1 lb a week.

I can't live without my shapwear i wear dr reys from sears i buy it when it is on sale. My bellie didn't turn out so well i am having a Tummy Tuck in aug and i am going to burn all my shapwear but untill then i would not go without it.

congrats it will be here before you know it

I am so thrilled for you. I have 40 lbs to lose until I can consider my Tummy Tuck next year. I have Aetna insurance and they cover the Panni but not abdominoplasty - I will have to pay the difference. BUT I WILL!

Why is it there are so many cute dresses out there that are sleeveless -- if they at least had short sleeves I could hide my flabby arms some but sleeveless - that is asking too much. I will definitely be getting my arms done but that will all be out of pocket too!

Omg i know what you mean that is one area on my body that i hate the most i will never wear anything without sleeves after a 103 lb weight loss i still have 15 inch arms i can't seem to loose anyweight on them i am considering Lipo on them

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Here is my before any after first one at 285 second at 183.

I just got the call from my Surgeons office today that my insurance approved my whole extended Tummy Tuck with musle repair not just the pani removal. The office manager even seemed supurised she said she has only seen that a few times they usually only cover the pani removal and you have to cover the rest. I don't have to pay anything for my tummy tuck. I am scheduled for Aug 19 so i still have 3 months to loose the 19lbs i have to get to goal. I cant explain how excited and scared i am all in one. The office manager told me that she thinks why i got approved is because i took pictures every single month of my rash for the last 6 months and i was also getting infections in my bellie button. I can't wait i wish it was sooner.

How are you feeling Less of me? I am so scared i am waiting on insurance i should be having my surgery soon with in a month. I didn't fair so well when it comes to my skin my bellie is so bad it hurts to run when i excersice because of it.

My one year aniversery was May 12 as of today i have lost 101lbs (i need to post a new picture). What a journey i love my band. And congrats to everyone here you all have done so great.

I have been here in a few weeks i really missed everyone. My computer went and i need to get a new one.

last week 192.5

this week 189

I only have 4 mores lbs to be down 100lbs but it is slow going now this is the first big week i have had in 3 weeks.

I have a PS consult tomorrow. I am about 30lbs to goal and have a very large panni. I wanted to wait to goal by my lap band dr told me that i needed to get it taking care of because of the rashes i am getting. I am very scared about my appointment i have had several surgerys but nothing like this with a cut from hip to hip.

I voted hope you win good luck

I think it has gotten worse for me. my thighs look like cottage cheese lol. The skin on my thighs have gotten loose so i think it makes them look worse.

I can only eat the flatbread from subway. I alway get a ham on flatbread (only 320 calories) with no dressing or it is more calories. I can eat the whole thing most days but i don't get any veggies on it. I only get ham cheese and the flatbread. I weighed it one day and it only weight 7 oz so less then a cup of food. I can't eat regular bread it gets stuck.

OMG this is exactly how i felt on wed. I was really hungry all day. Well we went out to dinner i ordered some bbq chicken wings. Well i went to town i felt like i eat and eat and eat. Well when i got done eating i said to my husband that i feel really bad i eat so much. He had a weird look on his face and then he said honey you only eat 4 small chicken wings. I realized i hardly eat but i normally only eat about 2 chicken wings. And then i thought even on a really bad day banded i only eat 4 chicken wings. I can remember when i could eat a whole dozen of chicken wings and several slices of pizza with no problem.

Last week 196.5

this week 195.5

down 1lb

I wish it was more but i wil take it

today

B- oatmeal (160)

Tea with splenda and light Creamer (15)

S- yogurt (100)

L PB and J sandwich (400)

s one furtune cookie (35)

D Sauage (300)

total 1010 calories

I have lost over 90lbs and i currently weight 195lbs and i have a plastic surgery consult in two weeks. I still have 30lbs to goal but because i have such a bad amount of skin (completly covers my pubic area) That he said that it needs taken care off. But he did say it can take up to 3 months to get approval from my insurance company so by then i hope to be at goal. It never hurts to start now and see what a plastic surgeon will say. I would never be able to go two years with this skin not because i want to look good but because it gets in my way gives me rashes ect.