The Waiting Game IS OVER - Manitoba, Canada **UPDATED POST OP PHOTOS***

Hi All, Decided to take the plunge and join the group of amazing ladies posting their hearts on this site. I am 41 (how is that possible) with three amazing boys 10,9 and 4 and a super supportive husband. My adult life has been a constant struggle with my weight. If I am honest I can't remember a time that I haven't worried about my weight. I was unable to get pregnant until we met the most amazing fertility specialist who performed a procedure on my ovaries that resulted in almost instant success. I developed PCOS and until the drilling of my ovaries I was unable to concieve. The PCOS also contributed to a rapid weight gain, that and my love for entertaining and gourmet meals! Over the last 15 years my weight topped out at 260ish pounds. This was during my last preganacy which also left me with Type 2 diabetes and HBP. So, end of the long drawn out sob story. I decided it was time to take back my life and have been working very hard especially over the last year to bring my wieght down and try to get off the copious amounts of medications that made me feel awful! My endo ( a very supportive physician) listened to me when I told her point blank that I did not want to have to continue with injecting insulin and precribed Victoza for me to try.

This was truly the start of changes for me. I joined Weight Watcher's online (AGAIN) and decided to make the necessary changes to get myself to the point where a tummy tuck could be a possibility for me. My husband has always told me that we would find a way to pay for the surgery if I could just lose the weight. This somehow clicked for me this year and so here I am about 77 lbs lighter and still working on it. I made the couragous decision to bare my belly for the PS as embarassing as it is for me. He was wonderful and I felt at ease immediately with him and his style. I am not looking to be a bikini model, I just want to feel like myself again. I want to remember the girl I used to be before I met "the belly". I want to feel sexy again, to feel good in clothes, to not feel as though I need to hide behind big, long shirts. I have a great life, God has blessed me in so many ways. I just don't want to not feel so self conscious. I want to wear a bathing suit and not have my tummy hang out the leg holes! I want to wear cute panties that won't look like g-string from the front! I am scheduled for my tummy tuck on June 5 so the countdown is on LITERALLY! I have a sticky note pad on my desk and I rip off a day at a time. I just want it to be here. But, until then I will continue to try to lose more weight, walk on the treadmill, and read the posts here. I meet with the PS again for another preop talk to answer any questions that I have. I am starting a list, if you have any suggestions let me know. I will post photos soon, just have to take them!!

I'm getting impatient... How can it still be a month away?.

Ok posting of the dreaded before photos. This poor tummy has seen better days....the days before the 2 hernia surgeries, the emergency c- section, the exploratory laproscopic surgeries, the 3 pregnancies with an all time high weight of 260(ish) and now the larger than life rectus diastasis.