Finally After 3 Pregnancies and 120 Lbs Weight Loss - Wilmington, NC--new pics-3 weeks post op

So, I just turned 30 last month. I had 3 pregnancies in my early 20's, which I gained a TON of weight from (100 pounds with my first child)yuck! About 5 years ago while my husband was deployed overseas I got serious and lost about 75 pounds in 7 months. Then over the next couple years lost about 50 more pounds. I went from 255 at my heaviest to now I'm at 135. (I'm 5'8") I changed my entire lifestyle, try to eat clean and really really enjoy weight lifting. I'm in better shape now then I was when I was 18 before I gained all that weight! However, my skin is disgusting! The tiger stripes dont bother my that much, its just the skin that hangs there! My husband and kids dont understand, they tell me I'm beautiful, but they are very supportive as they know how badly this affects me. Everytime we go to the beach I think everyone is staring at me and thinking whats wrong with her....I feel like a monster. I'm very self concious because of it. When I soak in the bathtub the skin floats up so its like I have a tummy mohawk, its just gross! So I finallt found a doctor that my husband I like and I'm just gonna do it and get it over with! I like others on here feel guilty about spending the money, (I also had a breast lift 3 months ago where they took away a LOT of skin, went from being a D/DD cup to a B, and they only took skin, no tissue, thats how much skin I had to stuff into a bra...) But I just need to do this, I'm not getting any younger, I'm in good shape and I want to feel pretty and confident, my husband calls me his trophy wife, I want to feel like it for once!! The date is set for Dec. 31, so I will start out 2013 without all the extra skin! They are doing TT and repairing the muscles, no lipo on tummy, but a little bit of contouring on my flanks, and seeing what he can do with the cellulite on back of thighs, probably nothing they can do there though. My preop is next week on the 11th. I'm so excited and so scared! Hubby is taking off 2 weeks of work, and my youngest is almost 8 so hoping it wont be too bad. We do have to drive 2 1/2 hours for me to have the procedure, and then 1 hour every week for follow ups. Kids and hubby are getting tablets from me for Christmas so they arent too bored when they all take me for my surgery! lol