Minus 111 New Tummy! - Morehead City, NC

I have worked for 3 years to lose 111 pounds and am now rewarding myself with a tummy tuck. I have quite a bit of lose skin on my abdomen and I am ready to look as good as I feel.

I am now 17 weeks post op and still so happy with my decision to have this surgery. As spring and summer role around and I am beginning to wear swimsuits I am so proud of my new belly. For so long I have been embarrassed of my extra skin and worked so hard to cover it up. I am thrilled to be able show it with pride. I am about 9 pounds heavier than I was when I had my surgery but I am attributing some of that to my workouts. When I look at my pictures I don't see that I look any bigger so maybe it's muscle. I still don't have feeling in many places on my front side and still no feeling on my sides where the lipo was done. I have gotten used to it though, which I didn't think I ever would. I ran my first 5K race since my surgery and it was wonderful to do it without having that mass of skin bouncing up and down. I actually came in 2nd place in my age group! This surgery has given me motivation to do so many things that I was emabarrassed to do before. So grateful to Dr. Rizzutti for doing such and amazing job!

So 2 years have gone by and a friend of mine has just had a TT. I have been sharing pictures and offering advice so I decided to update my profile. Since my surgery I have gained 25 pounds and am still proud of my TT. I was worries that if I gained weight it would look bad. The worst part of my TT was that I got out of the habit of working out and have never really gotten back into it. I think that is the cause if my gain. I still run during the summer and occasionally during the winter. My friend who just had a TT has motivated me to get my body back in shape. Here are some current pictures.