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Feeling depressed today... I think surgery does that to you... I'm sick of my big house and just want to move into a smaller one that's easier to clean and all of the sudden I'm all about downsizing and simplifying my life lol.... random but I said it...

Wish I could downsize my fat too! lol :leaving:
 
wow Paula! I can not believe the difference in your before and after pics! holy cow! I bet you feel really great...well ok, maybe not NOW (although you should) but you will!
I'm really happy for you!!
 
Korrie said:
wow Paula! I can not believe the difference in your before and after pics! holy cow! I bet you feel really great...well ok, maybe not NOW (although you should) but you will!
I'm really happy for you!!
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Thanks Korrie! Feeling really good about it and the scar is healing nicely... I'm haven't taken any pain meds for the past 3 days and I've been up and moving around this whole weekend. My lower back is a little sore but that's really about it....

Weighed in this morning at 153 so my goal this week is 150. I'm going to go for some (easy) morning walks and eat really healthy this week and drink plenty of water. :)
 
paulab_5 said:
Hi Jess and Sam, thanks for stoppin' by! I think I have now officially seen ALL of those shows I can stand for a while...

I'm standing straight now so maybe now my lower back will stop hurting lol! My abs hurt right down the middle; right where they were stitched but that's about it... I plan on going on easy walks starting monday. I know they said 6 weeks til weight training but I'm going to play it by ear. I might started in a couple of weeks. I think there are definitely body parts I could work on that wouldn't be too hard on my abs, especially if I'm using light weight... we'll see. I'm just ready to get my body in AMAZING shape! I mean like fitness competitor shape!

I've decided to post pics finally. These pics are from before surgery and 1 week later.... I will continue to take update pics every week for a few weeks. The doctor said it could take as long as 9 months for the FULL effects of the surgery to show. There is still A LOT of swelling but it's crazy that I'm THAT swollen and STILL FLATTER than I started lol... Here are the pics:
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WWWWWWWWWWOOOOOA girlie!!! AMAZING....and I feel you about being depressed and downsizing......you'll get through this soon !!! :( :grouphug:
 
Alta818 said:
WWWWWWWWWWOOOOOA girlie!!! AMAZING....and I feel you about being depressed and downsizing......you'll get through this soon !!! :( :grouphug:
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Thanks ALTA! Feelin' REALLY GOOD today... FEELING LIKE just randomly CAPITALIZING words LOL (Alta joke lol) LOVE YA GIRL!!!

So I went to the doc and I'm down 6 POUNDS on his scale which is amazing considering those scales are just plain EVIL!!!! YAY!!! AND my scale is down another pound this morning which is great too considering I sometimes think mine is the offspring of a doctor's office scale... watch the ticker drop baby! LOL

Hubby said he can see my six pack comin' in already. He needs his eyes checked lol but my stomach is lookin' good and I am SO MOTIVATED to get the rest of me in check... posted some pics of me at my best weight (and shape) in my profile... those are my motivation! I am really stoked today! HOPE IT STICKS!!! Only 17 pounds to go!!!!

If ya get bored, check out my profile pics... I didn't know you could even put albums in there lol... going to put my weekly update pics of my surgery in there and I posted some wedding pics too (I'm only 4 pounds away from what I weighed when I got married 2 years ago :)).... everyone should use their albums... I went through all my "forum friends" this weekend and no one has any... kinda fun to do and look at!! Maybe I'm lame lol...

Ready for a great week... rambling... I'm going for 149 this week!!!! See ya 150's!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!! HUMPS... I'm comin' after ya!!!! ;)
 
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Your before and after pics are awesome. Imagine when all the swelling is gone how it will look. Congrats on a successful surgery and weight loss!!
 
LovelyLadyHumps said:
Your before and after pics are awesome. Imagine when all the swelling is gone how it will look. Congrats on a successful surgery and weight loss!!
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Thanks girl! YOU are truly my inspiration right now! You've got your sh** together in all areas and it's obvious you're feelin' GREAT about YOU and LIFE!!!! I'm on your heels... don't feel bad when I pass ya up! ;)
 
Hey Paula!

Just saw the before/after pics of your surgery on the other page. Looks amazing. It will be so cool to see what it looks like in just a few weeks even. Looks like your healing quite nicely :)

Made a trip up to O-town on Fri. Took me two hours to get up there with the damn traffic. Had a blast tho and got to help my best friend's boyfriend celebrate turning 30.

-Sam
 
sammyboy24 said:
Hey Paula!

Just saw the before/after pics of your surgery on the other page. Looks amazing. It will be so cool to see what it looks like in just a few weeks even. Looks like your healing quite nicely :)

Made a trip up to O-town on Fri. Took me two hours to get up there with the damn traffic. Had a blast tho and got to help my best friend's boyfriend celebrate turning 30.

-Sam
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Hi Sam! I read about your little trip to O-Town lol... I haven't been to a kegger (sp?) since I was like 16 lol!!! Thanks for the compliments on the pics... getting ready to post my 2 week progress pics now... hopefully there is a little more difference.

Once thing I have noticed is I can't eat as much... like if I eat (what used to be) a regular meal, I'm so uncomfortably full... I'm going to just start halfing all my meals I think.

Anyway, I'm going to post the 2 week pics under my profile so if you want to, check 'em out! Thanks for stoppin' by! :D
 
sensa516 said:
eh almost cried earlier haha but I'm ok just dealing

Is there still pain with the recovery?
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Man I better go to your diary and catch up on you!!!

Yes but it's minimal... Honestly the worst was when I first woke up... that few minutes was amazingly painful!!! I remember looking at my husband like WTF did I just get myself into? LOL!!!! Don't remember much of the next two days lol... Now my biggest pain is my lower back. Because I haven't been standing completely straight for 2 weeks, it's all tight and sore and wakes me during the night... And I've noticed today that I'm starting to get feeling back in my ab muscles so they are a little tender to touch but, really, my knee surgery and recovery was MUCH worse than this has been.
 
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