38 Year Old 5 Feet 4 Inches Tall, Recent 70 Lb Weight Loss: Tummy Tuck, BL with Augmentation - Chattanooga, TN

I am a 38 year old wife and mother (although I've never been pregnant or had a baby biologically). I work full time from home as a nurse and home school my daughter (who will be a Senior in the fall). I have always struggled with my weight and last year I decided that enough was enough. The closer I got to 40 the harder I knew it would be to get to a healthy weight. So, I got serious for the first time in my life and made some great lifestyle changes and dropped 70 pounds with diet alone. In the last 2 months I've added back cardio and now am trying to add strength training to my routine. So, I am at 140 pounds right now. My heaviest was 217. I would love to lose another 10 before surgery to give myself some weight gain cushion but I'm not sure if I can do it without some hard core exercising. I had a hydrostatic body fat test and only have 10 more pounds to lose to get to 'optimal' body fat. With all this great change, however, I still see myself as a fat person. I have a large stomach both above my belly button and below. I have always gained weight in my abdomen and the area of fat above my belly button protrudes beyond my breasts. Oh and the breasts! They have fallen southward and lost so much volume. So, I started consulting with local PS and have scheduled myself for a TT with breast lift and augmentation. My husband is supportive - although terrified of my drains - and my daughter (age 17) is ready to be my nurse for a few days. I look forward to posting updates along the way. Right now I'm 82 days away. With vacation and all the summer events I know it'll be here before I know it. Will post pictures closer to my surgery date.

Waffled on telling my mother about the surgery (I'm an only child)...but, we are very close and I decided I'd be upset if my daughter (also on only child) didn't tell me she was having this done as an adult...I'm glad that I did! She and my dad - being the avid yard sellers they are are on the lookout for some soft button down short sleeve shirts for me. I work from home so I don't care how they look or how big they are. I realized today as I was pulling my tshirt over my head when changing out of my pjs that those were not going to work for post op. I have some long sleeved button ups but I can't sleep in them as I tend to get hot. My mother - ever the southern lady - suggested looking for some 'dusters' also! She is hilarious...these are just some thoughts I'm having and since the weather is warm and I bet most of you guys have yard/garage sales and flea market type things going on. It's a good place to look for clothes on the cheap that we can toss if they get messed up during recovery. I'm currently kicking myself for getting rid of my XL panties that I shrunk out of.

Stocking up for my procedure. I bet I'll like these enough to keep wearing them. They are 50% off!

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