After surgery last October and coming home with a determination to refocus on losing some weight and eating healthier, I can say that now I'm down 27+ pounds since then, below my pre-hysterectomy weight. The hysterectomy (in 2008) was not only the start of weight gain, but I developed incisional hernias from it. Two mesh repairs in 2010 and 2013 didn't hold, so I went in for a component separation abdominal wall reconstruction. That was quite a bigger deal and can only be done once. So I wanted it to hold; I figured less pressure from within would be helpful!
I think I'm about to drop a clothing size, can't tell for sure and have been kind of busy and on a tight budget to go shopping to see. But I pulled out some shorts that were a size or so smaller and I can get them on now!

Yippee!