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Two thousand hours at the gym and two years after being Mommy-made over. Worth it! - Budapest, Hungary
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I guess I just really want the body I've been...
WORTH IT$7,000
I guess I just really want the body I've been working so hard these last three years to get. I've lost a ton of weight through diet and exercise, but my tummy and boobs just won't tighten up. I know no matter how much exercise I do, they'll never get back to anything resembling normal. So, here's my way of rewarding myself for my hard work.
I'm lucky enough to have a really supportive circle of people, from family, to friends and colleagues. My boss is giving me three weeks paid time off work to have the procedure and have enough recovery time to make sure I'm healthy.
I'm excited and scared all at the same time...but mostly excited. It's a bit premature to post any pics, since my surgery isn't until August, but I'm here to listen and learn from those who have been through it. Any advice, input, anything at all, will be greatly appreciated.
I'm lucky enough to have a really supportive circle of people, from family, to friends and colleagues. My boss is giving me three weeks paid time off work to have the procedure and have enough recovery time to make sure I'm healthy.
I'm excited and scared all at the same time...but mostly excited. It's a bit premature to post any pics, since my surgery isn't until August, but I'm here to listen and learn from those who have been through it. Any advice, input, anything at all, will be greatly appreciated.
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UPDATED FROM PsyKat
4 months pre
Leaps and bounds to tiny little baby steps...
Before ever thinking about plastic surgery, I just wanted to change my body through diet and exercise. I was actually pretty doubtful about plastic surgery and thought I could do it on my own through hard work and perseverance...I mean, it's worked for almost everything else in my life. It worked when I decided I wanted to live in Italy and made it happen 8 years ago.
At first, the weight came off like melting butter (yummy). I was losing like 3-4 kg (8-9 lbs) a week, but when I hit a certain point, the weight wasn't coming off as quickly. I was working out and eating healthy, but I had plateaued. I lost more weight in the first 8 months than I did in the last two years combined. Mind you, I still wasn't at my goal weight, and my boobs were still quite plump and (mildly) perky. I figured I'd just have to do more flys and them babies would perk right up.
Yeah. No. Not the case. The closer I got to my goal weight, the flatter and saggier my boobs got and the saggier my belly got. No matter how many planks/sit ups/twists I did, it never went away.
So, I seriously started to consider plastic surgery. It took me about six months of serious contemplation and discussions with my husband before I decided that this will be my reward for my hard work.
So, after a lot of research, and looking at prices, we decided to not have the surgery done in Italy. For just a tummy tuck, it's about €15.000 ($20.740), which is way out of my price range. So, we started to look abroad. We'd heard amazing things about Hungary from other women from the UK and Italy who have gone. The standards are high, and the prices are literally half of what they are in Italy.
Surgery has finally been scheduled, hotel has been booked and I'm ready to look as good as my hard work should have shown. I look good clothed, I just want to look ok naked, too.
I've posted some pics of my journey with my transformation so far. Excited to add the new ones, after my surgery, to see the final stage.
At first, the weight came off like melting butter (yummy). I was losing like 3-4 kg (8-9 lbs) a week, but when I hit a certain point, the weight wasn't coming off as quickly. I was working out and eating healthy, but I had plateaued. I lost more weight in the first 8 months than I did in the last two years combined. Mind you, I still wasn't at my goal weight, and my boobs were still quite plump and (mildly) perky. I figured I'd just have to do more flys and them babies would perk right up.
Yeah. No. Not the case. The closer I got to my goal weight, the flatter and saggier my boobs got and the saggier my belly got. No matter how many planks/sit ups/twists I did, it never went away.
So, I seriously started to consider plastic surgery. It took me about six months of serious contemplation and discussions with my husband before I decided that this will be my reward for my hard work.
So, after a lot of research, and looking at prices, we decided to not have the surgery done in Italy. For just a tummy tuck, it's about €15.000 ($20.740), which is way out of my price range. So, we started to look abroad. We'd heard amazing things about Hungary from other women from the UK and Italy who have gone. The standards are high, and the prices are literally half of what they are in Italy.
Surgery has finally been scheduled, hotel has been booked and I'm ready to look as good as my hard work should have shown. I look good clothed, I just want to look ok naked, too.
I've posted some pics of my journey with my transformation so far. Excited to add the new ones, after my surgery, to see the final stage.
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UPDATED FROM PsyKat
3 months pre
Feeling much more positive
I've been trying to get as much information as possible about my doctor, procedure, aftercare, etc. I've watched the procedure done on a video, so I know exactly what's being done to my body, I've read damn near every blog and website I can get my hands on written by people who've been there, done that, and I wrote to my doctor, and asked him to give me some email addresses and phone numbers of past patients who had the mommy makeover, so I could hear first hand experience from people who used the same doctor.
So far I've felt nothing but relief or positive when I have read the responses from the women I've spoken to. They loved the experience, the results, the doctor and staff.
The video didn't freak me out at all, I actually found it very very cool. My husband and I have watched it together, and he was just as intrigued as I was.
I feel a bit premature looking all this up and wanting to see ALL THE THINGS right now, as my surgery isn't for another three months...I don't want to burn myself out., but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
I'm just tryng to get as educated as possible before I go through with this...I know I can handle anything, but I'd prefer to have to deal with things I could prepare for, instead of being surprised and not know what to do.
Anyone else get pre-OP research burnout?
So far I've felt nothing but relief or positive when I have read the responses from the women I've spoken to. They loved the experience, the results, the doctor and staff.
The video didn't freak me out at all, I actually found it very very cool. My husband and I have watched it together, and he was just as intrigued as I was.
I feel a bit premature looking all this up and wanting to see ALL THE THINGS right now, as my surgery isn't for another three months...I don't want to burn myself out., but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
I'm just tryng to get as educated as possible before I go through with this...I know I can handle anything, but I'd prefer to have to deal with things I could prepare for, instead of being surprised and not know what to do.
Anyone else get pre-OP research burnout?
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