SALAMA Mommy Makeover-YAY TEAM SALAMA ALL THE WAY BAAYY BAY!! - Aventura, FL

Hey Ladies. I've been trolling this site for about the past 2 mos looking at every type of procedure, reading and commenting on reviews, and staying up til wee hours of the morning trying to figure out what PS would be the one to perform my MMO.
I'm in my early 40's and I have a 19 y.o. and a soon to be 2 y.o My last one really did a number on my belly. It's not like a prune or anything but I do have some excess skin and stretch marks I'd like to do away with and 15 y. old implants that need to be replaced. I plan on having some lypo of the flanks to hopefully give me the hourglass figure I desire and possibly some lypo of the thighs.
I am 5'7" and currently weigh around 182. When I started doing my consults a couple weeks ago I weighed in at 191.5 So I've managed to lose almost 10lbs! ZULU (can't remember the rest of her handle) has an awesome post about calorie cycling and I have been doing a bit of that along with going to the gym 4-5x's/wk. My goal is to be in the 160's by surgery day.
I started leaning towards Dr. Salama even though there were barely any MMO reviews to speak of from him on RS. His sculpting skills are remarkable and his bbl's are off the chain! I figured I at least needed to do a consult for kicks and giggles. At first Dr. Azurin was at the top of my list because he too has impeccable sculpting techniques and he shows 100's of before and after pics per procedure not just 2 or 3. That's pretty impressive.
So I scheduled a consult with another Ps on 9/4, Dr Salama 9/11 and one with Azurin on 9/16. The first dr's quote for a MMO was $18k!! Now I'm not bargain shopping but at the same time I don't want to be taken. I had sticker shock and went running for the hills. Next, I saw Salama and I left his consult very pleased. His waiting room was jammed pack with wall-to-wall patients and perspective patients. At first that kind of gave me a bad taste in my mouth because it sort of felt of a turn factory. I don't want to be just a number. And after sitting there for an 1hr 1/2 waiting for my turn I was really starting to get a little perturbed. I turned to another girl and said "If I have to sit here all this time and wind up getting a quick consult he can go F himself!!" As it turned out he was patient and thorough and addressed many if not most of my concerns an questions before I could even ask them. He also measured the area from my breast fold to my collar bone I'm assuming to see what would look best on my frame. I was so happy to finally be back there with the king of BBL's by that time I didn't think to ask why, but one of my friends said her PS (who's known for his boob jobs) did the same thing so I was happy. He's a really scientific kinda guy and he writes e'thing down. Seeing a PS during an initial consult can be sort of a daunting and intimidating thing but I felt at ease with him contrary to what so other reviewers have said about his lack of smiling. I'm not paying him to smile but he smiled with me so that's cool. In the end, his quote was close to $8k lower than my first quote and I left there feeling more confident about his overall surgical skills than My mind was pretty well made up at that point because I felt I was getting more bang for my buck. That's what you have to weigh out at the end of the day is what kind of value you're getting for your dollar not whose the cheapest. I'm getting a more than competent surgeon who's gonna rock it out!
I went home and began looking at Azurin's tt pics and BA pics and started picking them apart to see if there was any thing that made him stand head and shoulders above Salama and I couldn't find it. In fact, I started to notice that many of his tt's have this vertical gathering or lines that I just didn't want to run the risk that I would be someone who ended up with that. So on 9/12 I called to book Salama and cnxl my appt with Azurin. There it is!! My sx date is 10/22. Team Salam here it come!!

I'm starting to go from excitement to anxiety along with a little bit of self-guessing. I know I want this but part of me asks "Am I playing with God's work for the sake of vanity?" I keep going back and forth in my head. Does anyone else ask this question? I'm a deeply spiritual person so I've been feeling a little guilt ridden lately.
I justify it with thoughts like I definitely NEED muscle repair and repair of a small hernia so I might as well get rid of the stretch marks, skin folds, and blubber while I'm doing it. Lol. Not to mention that I'm having a problem with one of my old implants. This has to be done but I still feel a little guilty about it.
On top of it I feel like maybe some of my friends or so called friends are going to start hating all of a sudden I look hot. Maybe they'll think I cheated when they have to work at it. Deep down inside I don't give a hoot but I can't help thinking that some of my relationships could change. We'll see...

Well as of Sunday I weighed in at 182.5 lbs. It was a 10lb weigh loss so I decided to reward myself with a "cheat day". I really should've just had a cheat treat because I went ham on some homemade pizza and chocolate chocolate chip cookies. I really didn't think I was all THAT bad cuz I made everything with whole wheat dough but when I weighed myself the next day I weighed a whopping 186.5!! Four lbs overnight. So I've been hitting the gym with a vengeance since then. I'm happy to say I'm down to 183.5 and it's only Wed. Muscle weighs more than fat, right? My guess is this is a real 183 not a water weight loss 183. So here's my progress so far...

9/2-192
9/9-187
9/15-186
9/21-182.5
9/23-186.5
9/25-183.5

I really need to get rid of the scale but it's hard to resist. I'm making myself a promise not to get back on til Mon. I'd like to be in the 170's next wk. I'll have 3 full weeks of gym time by sx day and my goal is to lose just over 3 lbs/wk til by then. It's a lofty goal but I'm determined. I think the last week I'll do a protein drink for breakfast, lunch, and "a sensible dinner" (a la slim fast style lol).