New date and a lower price!!!!!

I will have my surgery April 28th.  So, my countdown has begun and I am super excited.  What will I do with the next few weeks????  I am super happy I have changed surgeons and I have found a way to drastically reduce my out of pocket expense.

I am having a complete tummy tuck and breast lift with augmentation.

Between now and the 2nd of April i need to make a choice on size.  I will get around to that.

I will up my protein and I will reduce my weight training but, I will also increase cardio.  I was told it is better not to over stress the muscles so,  will take head.   I just wanted to update everyone on my "plastic" journey.

That's fantastic! You must SO excited!!! I'll definitely be following your progress as I have 2 months and 3 weeks till it's my turn (not that I'm counting down or anything - hehe).

Very excited to say the least!  So I will be ahead of you by about a month will be great to see your progress as well.

So exciting, and the time can be a killer, trust me!  I knew 30 days in advance, I don't know what I'd have done if it were more than that!  I just finished my LBL, which was tt included and fluer de lis cut (down center of tummy).  I did BL last year but no aug...

I'm super happy.  I have heard people say to keep doing the weight training as strong muscles heal faster...but I would say obey your surgeon's advise.  Protein is definitely a factor too! Promotes healing.

Good luck with it, it will be tough, but always worth the results!

Thanks for the vote of support...I intend to step my game up with the protein though because, I know it will help with the healing and I will take all the help I can get.

I get about 100g protein daily, but my PS wants me to increase my daily protein even more about a month prior to surgery. He also told me to stock up on protein shakes for post op so that I can boost protein/make sure I continue to get in lots of protein.

And you know, it sucks waiting 3mos for a surgery date - but I'm post-op 5 years, and there have been times that I have despaired that I would never be able to have this done. I've waited for this long, I suppose I can wait abit longer. lol I've been on cloud nine for a week. I can actually smile at my saggy belly now - because I'm daily waving good bye to the last reminders of my formerly SMO self. :)

What do you eat/drink to get 100 grams of protein per day?

I eat 3-4 oz.baked chicken and/or tuna salad 3 times a day, plus string cheese and turkey pepperoni for snacks.  

Do you eat anything else that isn't protein?  How do you make your tuna?  Do you have chicken or tuna for breakfast, too? 

 I don't care for breakfast foods (unless it's the stuff that I'm not supposed to have, carbs) I bake a TON of chicken breasts every week ( I buy in bulk from Sam's). I usually have a small salad with a 3-4 oz backed chicken breast diced up with a light dressing for breakfast and lunch (or swap out for tuna salad, breakfast or lunch), then have a nice dinner. I make different chicken dinners - stir fry, chicken wraps, soups, chicken parmesan, etc. Dinner is usually mostly protein, a little veg, and a bit of carb. Rarely I'll have beef, but it settles heavy on my stomach, so I don't get as much protein in.

Oh and my tuna salad has a pouch of mesquite tuna, 1 boiled egg, a bit of mustard, a bit of sweet relish, a bit of mayo, some pepper and some old Bay. (I don't care for fishies - so I load up on flavor to cover the taste, lol)

My wls prefers that his patients not depend on protein shakes, and to do 3 small (normal?) meals a day, with preferrably no snacking, but if we must - then it must be a protein snack. I'm trying to drop about a few before my PS in June, so I'm on my wls weight loss plan. It's slightly different for the maintenance program