33, No Kids, over 100 Lbs Weight Loss - Ottawa, ON

Just booked a few days ago and it hasn't really sunk in yet. I almost don't want to go out in a bathing suit this summer because next summer I'll have the flat stomach I deserve! The last of the old me (the one who weighed 258 lbs) will be gone!
Less than 4 months to prepare and I know the time will fly. I'll be working my butt off in the meantime because I'm soon to be making loan payments for this for the next 6 years. Gulp! WORTH EVERY PENNY!

I was always a chunky kid, who developped into an overweight teen and finally an obese young adult. My whole family yoyo dieted, struggled with their weight and had bad self image and a terrible relationship with food. I remember announcing I was going on a diet at 6! Fast forward to my early 20's - At my heaviest (close to 300 lbs but I don't know exactly because I NEVER weighed myself) I bought an exercise bike and a book with home kickboxing workouts. I pedaled and punched my way along for about 6 months. When I finally had the courage to step on a scale I knew I had lost around 30-40 lbs but I THOUGHT I would be just under 200. Instead it turns out I was 258, much heavier than I thought I was even when I started. I knew I couldn't get any further on my own so I joined a gym (the most terrifying thing I'd ever done). Eventually I met the trainer who changed my life. Two more years of sweaty work that I grew to love, food prepping and emotional healing. I loved the process so much I never wanted to be anywhere but at the gym helping others. I became a personal trainer and nutritional consultant.
I've put the old me so far behind that I've even competed in several figure competitions (with very clever posing and suit construction it IS possible to hide the extra skin somewhat).
I'm very lucky when it comes to my skin condition after my weight loss, even my PS mentioned this. But it's the last piece of the unhappy teenager that I need to say goodbye to. Not to mention that I like to think I'm pretty damn fit and deserve to have the stomach to match the rest of me. I was very middle heavy so my stomach sticks out above and below the navel in 2 bumps. My belly button is only a slit unless I bend over backwards and all the stretch marks in the lower abdomen have left no elasticity so it sags and pooches out with the tiniest amount of fat. While I can get down to 135 lbs (I'm 5'7 and have alot of muscle) for competition I can't maintain that. So I usually sit around 145-150. My PS told me that I hold more fat in the front than most ppl so I would benefit from lipo there even if it's not much. I asked if he could include the love handle area too since I always have muffin top, even when I'm leaner.
In my consultation we discussed breast implants as well since weight loss doesn't help that area either but it's not in the budget this time around.
15 weeks tomorrow!

So I finally got around to taking some very unflattering before pictures of my current tummy. I'm currently maintaining my weight at 149 lbs. That's 14 lbs above my "stage weight" in the competition photos I posted earlier. I can't wait to be able to see my belly button while standing normally (note the massive arch in back in my comp pictures, nobody can stand like that all day at the beach, ouch!) and the pouch of empty skin above my belly button is the bane of my existence.
I better news I scored a gently used recliner off kijiji for 20 bucks last weekend! Woohoo!