Vanish This Trucker Belly! - Mississippi

I am a female truck driver, that should explain it all right?

I have the normal "mommy" issues of a mommy pouch on the lower stomach, and I have flabby inner thighs. I am 5'2" and weigh 149. At one point I weighed 189! Yikes. In my line of work it's easy for one to get lost in the lifestyle of bad food and other unhealthy habits. When I say easy... Most places to get a decent meal are gone and have been replaced with fast food venues. We all know how unhealthy those places can be. Thankfully better options are being presented in some stops. A lot of stops have started offering boiled eggs, fresh fruit cups and veggie cups.

In 2010 I was looking over my vacation pictures and discovered I looked like a cow! Well, I guess I knew for a while my shape was aweful but I chose to wear blinders!

I've played with the notion in the past to have cosmetic procedures but have never aggressively pursued them due to lack of funds, fear of missing too much work and just basic fear of having a procedure period.

In 2011 and into 2012 I started really watching what I ate and fine tuning my eating habits. In 2012 I started a diet program and I have lost 40 pounds. Even with my weight loss I still have this spare tire around my stomach, my theighs have gone to pasture and my breast are, well ugly!

I decided to get serious about having a little cosmetic help. I searched out liposuction in my area and stumbled upon smart and vaster lipo not too far from where I live. I then talked to my husband about what I was considering and he told me to set up a consultation. So last week I went for my consultation and the doctor I seen and his nurse were awesome! They made us feel very comfortable in their environment and with them. I filled out the forms an got a good laugh at the doc. It asked what my occupation was and I entered truck driver. He looked at both of us and wanted to know which was a truck driver, we "both" are! Doc was able to get on our level and talk trucks. I don't talk trucks much, as to me it's just a job that pays decent in these troubled times, my husband on the other hand can talk trucks day and night, even in his sleep. Doc won my husband over! Lol

So here's what doc told me, he said my stomach needs to be done upper and lower and my inner theighs. I have very little to no fat on my back, bra area or my bottom side. All in all I'm not in as bad of shape as what my brain tells me. We decided on doing both stomach areas, and my inner theighs. On the stomach area I will have excess skin cut away. Is a small up charge, but we all agree I have stretched skin that's already hanging from babies and weight loss and it more than likely will not go flat. So my recovery will be a bit longer by removing skin but I will be happier with my end results.

After we left the doctors offices I knew that I DO want this done, I just had to look at our calendar and figure what time will work good for us. In our line of work you have peak times, slow times and slower times. Our slowest time is the first quarter of the year, however I do not want to wait that at long, so I needed to look at a slow time and one that would not conflict with the holidays. At first I actually scheduled for November during my vacation, however my vacation is taking me into foreign countries and the nurse has advised she just isn't sure that would be good for me. I was just thinking of the time off to convolece. I seen her point and have now changed my procedure to my other vacation period in September. I feel like this will also allow me to feel better before the holidays start. Maybe I will even look good enough to get a super knockout new dress to wear!

As far as my breast issue I will battle that in the start of the new year when work is very very slow as I will NOT be allowed to drive for a few weeks after having a lift and up size!

I will post some pictures soon.