23 Year-old, No Kids, Healthy but Stubborn Belly Fat That Doesn't Want to Leave - Belgium, BE

Hey ladies! I'm going to do stomach and lower belly liposculpture next week, and I am excited but terrified at the same time. I have decided to keep it entirely secret, even from my boyfriend (we currently live in different countries, and I am seeing him in less than two months from today, so I hope to have enough time to unbloat by then!) only my mum knows since she is going to help me pay for the procedure. I wanted to do my flanks too (or love handles) but mum had a good point when saying that I'd lose a lot of shape if I did that too, so I'm just going to focus on working out that area a little bit more to be more toned, and embrace them :) Going through this alone is quite scary, but I can do it, because this is something that I have always wanted ! So I want to share this story with you, and hopefully help those who wish to do it in the future. I did a lot of research on what to do pre op and post op, which I will share with you as soon as I start :) Since my body changed at the age of 16 I've always had a problem with it, particularly my belly and love handles. I went from being very skinny and being able to eat what I wanted to suddenly installing fat in those mentioned unwanted areas. I was overall quite bloated back then, not overweight but still. I hated my body so much in the past that I developed an eating disorder, to be more precise bulimia (when I was 16), which lasted until I was 19. I have been going to the gym regularly over the past five years, in addition to eating well (fruit and veg everyday, protein, limited amount of carbs, healthy fats, seeds & nuts ect). BUT, that goddamn belly won't go away! The bulimia obviously didn't help at all, I was lucky that I was never overweight with the amounts that I ate sometimes... My belly has always made me feel uncomfortable, at times when I look at myself in the mirror I just want to cry, at times I feel disgusted by myself. I am happy with the rest of my body, i'm not skinny but I do like my curves, my full C cup and waist, but then there is the belly and love handles ... So here I am! I want to post photos but I'm afraid that someone I know will find them and recognize me, but I will try and find a way to do this !
On Friday it will be one week until my operation, so until then I'll try and post some photos, and keep you girls updated with how I am preparing my post-op. I have eliminated salt from my diet since a few days now, it increases swelling. I did have pasta today though which had salt (a friend cooked it), but I'm not really dwelling on that to be honest as long as I'm careful the remaining days. Anyways, I have a European Law exam this Friday, so I will get back to revising!
Before I go, just to give you a rough idea about my size, I am 1m65 and weigh around 56 kilos, so yeah, healthy weight, stubborn belly :(

Hey there! So as I promised yesterday I figured a way to take photos of myself in a way that I won't easily be recognized (a little paranoid I know I know haha... but since this is completely secret I'd rather be safe than sorry! ). As you can see my tum is not flat, and on the picture where I am showing my profile it was taken in the morning so I wasn't bloated, but seriously sometimes after eating a lot/ bloaty foods I seem pregnant if I don't hold it in! I also wanted to show you what I wish to took like, with a picture of me holding my tum in ( looks good huh, wouldn't be able to pull of crop tops without that technique, it's a killer though on a night out and I'm always afraid to sit down). My wish pic is also included, which is realistic to some degree :)
Anyways today I met up with a friend to ask her if she could drive me to the operation next week, since I am not allowed to travel after in order to get home (at first I honestly thought that I was just going to take the train home). She is thus the only person here in Belgium that I know who is aware of the operation, I am both thrilled and relieved that she accepted to drive me to the clinic and back! It's at 8 in the morning, poor gal...
Tomorrow it will be exactly one week from the operation. I have stocked up on a few things already, notably arnica montana, bromelain, probiotics and whey protein for after surgery when it may be difficult to eat. All the mentioned supplements seem to have healing properties and may speed up recovery. That is great because my biggest fear at the moment is post-op bloating and bruising... I'll let you know when I start taking them & how many i'm taking pre-op and post-op :)
Have a lovely day x

Hey ladies. So today I got some bad news, the person who was going to drive me to the hospital on Friday won't be able to anymore, so I'm pretty much alone on this now. I need to be there at 8.am, the bus ride is about an hour from where I live so I don't even know if there are buses that early... Further, I am scared because the clinic sent me an e-mail specifically saying that I needed to be accompanied by someone. So yeah, I'm freaking out a bit. Post-op I could stay in the clinic, but that is going to be expensive, and again, I'm going to have to travel alone the next day when I'll be able to leave, which will most certainly be a painful experience. I'm getting very worried about the whole thing now, and I feel really alone. I won't give up however, because I really want this.