princesstia

hey there! I am 14 weeks pregnant and 10 month post op! I was 256 pre surgery, 180 at the time of conception, and currently 155. the baby is really messing up my eating and ability to keep things down. I just take it 1 day at a time and stay with the basics.

thank you!

Been a while since I've last posted, and lots have been going on! Stepped on the scale this morning and i am officially 155 pounds! hooray for me. never thought I'd make it to that goal but I surely did. In other news, I'm 14 weeks pregnant. Complete shocker I know. It's been hard, but this pregnancy is pretty much treating me like im 3 months post op. Slow and steady has been winning the race. I hope everyone can continue to be inspired by all that I've come thru. There is life after the sleeve, and a much more rewarding 1!

compression garment is just another name for shapewear but the compression is a lot stronger and designed to contour the waist area. most of them using a strong fabric called powernet. many people wear compression garments after liposuction to contour the body.. I recently began considering lipo and got into research on compression garments and figured if i wear them around the clock, i should get a good contour without the lipo (i mean im losing weight anyhow). there are many different kinds. the number one brands are Vedette Shapewear, Squeem Miracle Vests and Body Panty and Fajas Columbianas. Im sure there are tons more but these are the ones i currently have, and i use the squeem around the clock. they are uncomfortable but the more you wear them the loser they get (inches are coming off) and as you train the waist, you move to smaller and smaller sizes. i started off in a large squeem now i am in a medium. i sold my large on craigslist and it went so fast. people really are obsessed with squeems. makes a huge difference and looks great in clothes. hides unnecessary rolls and things like that. i've become obsessed and i even sleep in them.

So today i did some shopping and have recently been purchasing larges and 11/12 in bottoms. I began waist training and wearing compression garments throughout the day and when i workout. i use a brand called Squeem which is a compression garment made of rubber and cotton. it is sooo comfortable and the rubber (for some odd reason) has done wonders in fading my stretch marks and tightening my abdominal skin! I have been stuck at 180 despite my continuous efforts at the gym and the scale hasnt moved in two weeks! but today when shopping all the larges and 11/12's were too big. that's right, i've gone down another size. im now a medium (even in leggings which are already tight) and an 8/10. this is such a wonderful feeling. dont be discouraged when the scale doesnt move. inches are coming off! i think i can attribute some of that to the compression garments. my waist is now a 30 and waist training works!

I would get medical clearance first! for me, I was cleared to start walking lightly 2 weeks after surgery. It also helped me heal and keep from being stiff longer. from that point, i worked my way up as my body was able to adjust.

no problem! the best thing about this site and the overall experience, is how much you learn, can motivated, and be motivated. just doing my fair share

Cardio gets the fat off! If you’re in the early stages of this weight loss, I just want to share and point out, that the best thing you can do to see inches lost and pounds keep coming off is Cardio! And tons of it. Cardio can be boring. I’ll agree. But it’s soooo effective in getting the heart rate up and also building the endurance required to get through those intense weight training sessions when they are added into your exercise regimen. I have been doing some tests on myself just trying to figure out my body. I am a gym rat at this point nearly 7 months post op. I do a lot of strength training and cardio. I notice some weeks I just don’t have the energy reserve to weight train, but because my endurance is so great I just go cardio crazy just to say I didn’t sit on my a** all week. This usually happens about 1-2 weeks before my menstrual comes along. I notice during this period I lose pounds (somewhere between 4-6 pounds in a week if I go consistently 5 days straight at 1 hour each day). Then when I jump back into my weight training, there is no loss, but rather a small gain (usually about .5-1 pound) but inches are loss. I’m guessing this is because muscle is replacing fat, and a pound of fat is much fluffier than a pound of muscle, thus why weight stays the same but body looks and feels smaller. Unintentionally I have been playing this game with my body, and it happens to work! Bodybuilders would call this cut and bulk phasing. Where they’d do massive weight training and eat like crazy to bulk up and gain some serious muscle, then do massive cardio and cut calories to cut some serious fat. They play this game alternating week by week sometimes longer, and this is what creates that chiseled ripped look. You bulk up for muscle, and cut to get rid of excess fat! In spite of it all, if you’re beginning to work out, don’t overwhelm yourself trying to weight train. Leave that for later when you’ve plateaued and want to switch up your regimen and jump start your metabolism. Just get into cardio for now. Your intake is already limited. The cardio will do its job for you. Become comfortable (not bored) with it. Switch it up. Try walking 30 minutes a day. When that gets easy, try a treadmill at the same pace but with an incline. You’ve doubled calories burned that quick! When that gets easy, jump on the elliptical (low impact and easy and burns a ton of calories once you get your breathing right). When that gets easy, add the stair master. Incorporate programs like 0 to 5k to increase endurance. Just work on that heart! It is essentially what burns fat and boosts the metabolism. Once you’re good with that, start weight training. You’ll have the endurance necessary to get through the workouts, and you’ll begin to tone and build muscle. The best thing for your body at this stage in the game is to get active. Don’t just sit around because your stomach is the size of a tennis ball and wait for the weight to fall off! Be proactive! Nothing worse than a skinny fat person! Meaning a person that is in the ideal weight range as far as BMI but has a body fat % of over 30%. Believe me, most skinny people are fat! Also don’t get bogged down with BMI charts. They are very misleading. For example, a man 5’8 at 200 pounds is considered to have a bmi of 30 which is obese. But what if he is only 8% body fat (like most bodybuilders)? Is he really obese or unhealthy? Or in vice versa, a female that is 5’5 at 130 pounds and 38% body fat. Her BMI is 21 which is in the normal range, but she is unhealthy. Build muscle, burn fat! And the best way to jumpstart that is cardio. You will look better and feel better.. hope this helps you guys, especially the beginners!

Cardio gets the fat off! If you’re in the early stages of this weight loss, I just want to share and point out, that the best thing you can do to see inches lost and pounds keep coming off is Cardio! And tons of it. Cardio can be boring. I’ll agree. But it’s soooo effective in getting the heart rate up and also building the endurance required to get through those intense weight training sessions when they are added into your exercise regimen. I have been doing some tests on myself just trying to figure out my body. I am a gym rat at this point nearly 7 months post op. I do a lot of strength training and cardio. I notice some weeks I just don’t have the energy reserve to weight train, but because my endurance is so great I just go cardio crazy just to say I didn’t sit on my a** all week. This usually happens about 1-2 weeks before my menstrual comes along. I notice during this period I lose pounds (somewhere between 4-6 pounds in a week if I go consistently 5 days straight at 1 hour each day). Then when I jump back into my weight training, there is no loss, but rather a small gain (usually about .5-1 pound) but inches are loss. I’m guessing this is because muscle is replacing fat, and a pound of fat is much fluffier than a pound of muscle, thus why weight stays the same but body looks and feels smaller. Unintentionally I have been playing this game with my body, and it happens to work! Bodybuilders would call this cut and bulk phasing. Where they’d do massive weight training and eat like crazy to bulk up and gain some serious muscle, then do massive cardio and cut calories to cut some serious fat. They play this game alternating week by week sometimes longer, and this is what creates that chiseled ripped look. You bulk up for muscle, and cut to get rid of excess fat! In spite of it all, if you’re beginning to work out, don’t overwhelm yourself trying to weight train. Leave that for later when you’ve plateaued and want to switch up your regimen and jump start your metabolism. Just get into cardio for now. Your intake is already limited. The cardio will do its job for you. Become comfortable (not bored) with it. Switch it up. Try walking 30 minutes a day. When that gets easy, try a treadmill at the same pace but with an incline. You’ve doubled calories burned that quick! When that gets easy, jump on the elliptical (low impact and easy and burns a ton of calories once you get your breathing right). When that gets easy, add the stair master. Incorporate programs like 0 to 5k to increase endurance. Just work on that heart! It is essentially what burns fat and boosts the metabolism. Once you’re good with that, start weight training. You’ll have the endurance necessary to get through the workouts, and you’ll begin to tone and build muscle. The best thing for your body at this stage in the game is to get active. Don’t just sit around because your stomach is the size of a tennis ball and wait for the weight to fall off! Be proactive! Nothing worse than a skinny fat person! Meaning a person that is in the ideal weight range as far as BMI but has a body fat % of over 30%. Believe me, most skinny people are fat! Also don’t get bogged down with BMI charts. They are very misleading. For example, a man 5’8 at 200 pounds is considered to have a bmi of 30 which is obese. But what if he is only 8% body fat (like most bodybuilders)? Is he really obese or unhealthy? Or in vice versa, a female that is 5’5 at 130 pounds and 38% body fat. Her BMI is 21 which is in the normal range, but she is unhealthy. Build muscle, burn fat! And the best way to jumpstart that is cardio. You will look better and feel better.. hope this helps you guys, especially the beginners!

Soooo.. As i approach my goal weight (40 pounds away), I'm seriously considering plastic surgery.. well a brazillian butt lift to be exact. i've spent many hours doing squats and situps and working out... and my body as a whole has really benefitted from it (i really see results).. my only problem is my breasts are starting to shrink (and sag unfortunately which i have been trying to combat with heavy bench presses) and all my butt has left the building. may sound a little self conscious of me, but when your a woman, curves make you feel sexy.. they are the essence of a woman.. and the stubborn fat can go, but i want my curves back. anywho, i went and had a consultation with a popular surgeon here in LA and he pretty much told me he could make me a work of art.. i was ready to lay on the table and head in operation right there! but i said to myself.. give yourself a least a year to work hard and transform yourself. Be at least 1 year post op and at goal weight before making any changes.. and thats what i'll do. my goal weight is between 140-150. but at 180 i am already in a size 10/12.. 40 more pounds and i'll probably be a 4/5 or something lol so i think 150 is in a normal bmi range and will probably look best on me because i am so tall with lond legs. the doctor assured me however, that even at that weight, he could successfully transfer 1500ccs of fat into each cheek and 200ccs of fat into my hips.. and possibly removed 5 liters of fat from my body total. i havent decided totally if this is the route i am going to go, but i definitely will give working out and eating right an honest hard shot before i do this. all i want is my bum bum back

wow this just got me excited all over again!

i have a lot of mixed reviews about this surgeon. there is a great site you can go to and find out everything you need to know about any procedure your looking to have as well as the top surgeons who do them. Cardenas has loads of reviews on the site as well. Realself.com great site!

there is a site called realself.com that gives great reviews on plastic surgeons all over the country. not sure what procedure your interested in but this is a great starting point!