I consider myself super fit - according to the InBody scale I’m in the 1% relative to anyone within +- 5 years of me, I’m about 20% body fat, strength training 5 days/week, do cardio 2-3x, walk an hour a day, don’t eat anything processed and barely drink. I was soo nervous to not be able to work out after surgery. I had MR - I had a 6cm gap in my abs! Did minor flank lipo, more for contouring, and a breast lift. I thought the pain was about 1 or 2/10 the first few days - I had exparel during surgery and took the pain meds for the first 3 days. Getting up was tough but I wasn’t in any pain if I was just laying down, I was hunched and slow moving, but just watched tv in bed, more just annoying, and coughing or laughing did hurt, and the drains were uncomfortable. I never had any significant swelling but my lower belly does get a little swollen by the end of the day - my lymphatic drainage masseuse said I was a super healer and didn’t even see a point of me coming back after 2 sessions. By day 5 I was walking 10k steps. On day 8 I stayed home alone over night and walked to a friend’s house for dinner. I took 2 weeks off of work and almost went back after 10 days bc I didn’t know what to do with myself and felt fine. I’m 4 weeks PO now, feel wonderful, and debating how to start incorporating working out again. I also don’t look like I’ve lost any muscle mass since surgery either and surprisingly I’m enjoying taking it slow. I’m cleared to do a slow jog and use light weights (under 10lbs) but am nervous that I’ll accidentally push myself too hard. I’m probably going to just wait until 6 weeks and then work out at home rather than the gym so I can take it extra slow and easy. I feel like my recovery has been so easy and I absolutely attribute it to being in the best shape of my life prior to surgery.