Lower Body Lift with Lipo to outer thighs

I cant believe after years of wanting a tummy tuck this actually is happening. Surreal. That's how I feel! I have wanted to do this for years but my husband never agreed. He said he loved me just the way I was. I appreciated this but also knew this was for me...not him. Anyway, he finally came around and I am elated. Dr. Breazele in Knoxville, TN will be doing my surgery. He has a great reputation. I have also seen his work on the tummy and am very impressed.
I cant believe how long it takes to actually get a surgery like this done tho. It was March 2018 when I scheduled the consult and couldn't get in until May...ugh! Now have to wait till July (due to work) to have it done. I am so excited and freaking out all at the same time. Even had a couple of panic attack in the form of...do I really want to do this??? I am thinking of the pain and possible complications that could even lead to death...yikes!!! Then, I calm down and know this is what I want and try to focus and not be irrational. There are many nights I cant sleep because I am thinking about how different I will look. I have gained a lot of weight and lost weight then gained several times giving me a lot of loose skin. I am 5'11" and currently 199. My heaviest four months ago was 225. I am watching what I eat and exercising with cardio and weights. I am a "big girl" as my surgeon says (not sure I wanna know exactly how to interpret that) in my words...curvy. I like my curves, but as I am losing weight they are disappearing. My boobs and butt :( Subsequently, Iadded the breastlift on after I saw Dr. BREZEALE, but havent gone for my consult yet for those. I am not even sure he will do them because the lower body lift takes so long to do...I am just praying he will. There will be no going back to get them done if he doesnt. I would like to have implants too but my husband doesnt want that. So, I will compromise. I am going to go ahead and post my embarrassing pictures. Uggghhhh. But, I feel it's necessary for u to be transparent with our stories to help others who are thinking of or are going through the same thing. The strip on my belly is a scar reducing strip. I had gallbladder surgery three weeks ago, trying to lighten those scars as much as possible.

Wow...I cant believe it's only three weeks till my surgery. Time is going quickly but I am ready to be done with it and on my way to recovery. But it's the journey, right? ???? My preop is in a week and a half. I still dont know for sure if Dr Breazeale will do my breast uplift ar the same time as the "lower body lift". I hope he will but if he wont I will forge the hip, flank and thigh lift and get the breast lift with lipo to the axillary region as well as an extended abdominalplasty, lateral thigh lipo abd the MONS LIFT. Hopefully he will do all of that together but would rather have everything including the lateral thigh, flank, and butt lift. I think it would make it easier to wait if I just knew what he would do. I trust him though to make the right decision for me.

I am trying to get my shopping list together but still feel like it's to early to do this. I keep feeling like something is going to happen that will mess up me being able to get this done. Fingers crossed and praying nothing will.

I have bought compression thigh highs and compression socks. I am trying to figure out now what meal preps to make for us for.at least a week or two.
My husband is going to take off work for the surgery and two days after. Then my daughter will come sit with me on the third day and I will be by myslef on the fourth day. Hope I can manage alone. It'll be just me and my dogs. I will just need to be able to manage to get to bathroom, and let my dogs out to bathroom with is just a few steps to the back door.
I want to be sure and get my house nice and clean and straightened before surgery. Nothing worse than being debilitated and the house be a mess. I will have gone to grocery store to have healthy low salt food on hand and have my rolling medicine chest beside my recliner in the living room.
Tomorrow I will start cardio twice a day to see if it will help me shed the remaining 10 pounds. I want my stomach and botty as small as I can get them before the surgery for a better result. It's so hard tho cuz I love to eat!!

That it for now. I'll keep you posted:)

Tomorrow is my consultation with Dr Breazeale for my breast lift. It is also my PREOP appt ???????????? for my abdominalplasty with lateral thigh, buttock, and flank lift, lateral thigh lipo. I soooo Hope's he will do the "lower body lift" AND Breast lift at the same time. If he wont, I may just do the extended abdominalplasty with breast lift. It is gonna be hard if I have to pick one over the other because I dont k ow which one will have the biggest effect. I also know I wont get the opportunity to have another plastic surgery. I am super excited and not as nervous I was a few weeks ago. I am just ready for it to be here!!! I have picked up a couple of extra shifts next week in hope of it making the time go by quicker. One of the shifts is the day before my surgery...I hope that one wasn't a mistake just in case I have to do a colon prep or something. I am also going to meal prep for me and my husband. He has been super supportive and I want him to have to do as little as possible to take care of me. So, I think meal prepping will help. I
Am disappointed I havent lost more weight than I have at this point. I was hoping to get down to 190 my at still stuck at 200. I am working out with weights and cardio and staying about 1300 calories per day. I cant consistently go lower than 1300 calories because I just love to eat !! Maybe this next week I'll do better. I know you all know the struggle too!!
I will update you tomorrow on the final decisions for exactly what I will be having done