Lower Body Lift w/ Fleur de Lis

I have finally scheduled the first step towards ending my weight loss journey. I'm excited and terrified at the same time, but this is something I have been wanting for a long time. I'm 39 Y.O. with 1 child and I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. My highest weight was 265lbs and at 5'4" that was taking a toll on me and I finally had enough. I have a 6 Y.O. who is very active and I wanted to be able to enjoy life with him. After many years of trying different diet plans, nutritionists, personal trainers and after my Dr suggesting that I really consider surgery because my PCOS was making it difficult O lose weight in my own I decided to have Gastric sleeve done.
Unfortunately my insurance declined me and I made the decision to go to Mexico. I found a great coordinator trough A Lighter Me and he the best experience with them. My gastric sleeve was done on 12/30/15 and my weight is currently at 170lbs. Because of my PCOS my weight loss was very slow and has pretty much been stable for the last 8 months. My goal weight was originally 150lbs, so I'm hoping that by having my surgery date scheduled, it might motivate me to work extra hard and try to shed at least another 10-15 lbs. Overall I am happy with my size, I'm fitting into size medium tops and size 8 pants.
Now, my skin did not bounce back like some other more blessed people. Not sure if it was my PCOS but I have always seemed to store more fat around my mid section and have always been "flabby"- thank the lord for body shapers! I have also always had huge arms and although I have shrunk in size, my arms, thighs and belly still remain flabby. I will see the 265lb me when I look in the mirror and I'm not wearing any clothes. It's time to shed this skin and fat suit I'm carrying around.
My plans are to have an arm lift, bra line lift, breast lift, thigh lift and LBL.
I have been following many surgeons and I finally decided to also trust A Lighter Me and have my plastic surgery with a surgeon they work with. I have been following Dr. Castillo in my FB support group and I have been very impress with his work. I wanted to really sick to one surgeon for all my process and he has consistently done great work with all the issues I want addressed.
My first stage in September will consist of a LBL that will include a belt lipectomy with a fleur de lis that will include muscle repair and liposuction. The second stage that will address all other areas will be roughly about 6 months later. I am willing to live with the vertical scar to achieve the results I want d/t the large amount of fat and lose skin I have in my upper abdomen that I know will not be addressed by a standard tummy tuck.
***I will post some pre-op pictures soon***

So I'm getting closer to my surgery date- 15 days and I'm feeling a bit nervous. Trying to get all my things in order and gathering all my supplies. I decided to be brave and post some before pics. Hard to believe I manage to fit all that into a size medium/8 pants ????. I'm so ready to start getting rid of some of this excess skin and see what lies beneath.

Met Dr. Castillo yesterday for my Pre-op appointment and he is truly a great Dr. Made me feel really comfortable and you can tell he really knows his craft. I know I am in great hands and looking forward to my big day tomorrow.

Also, the ALM staff has been fantastic. It was nice to see some old faces from our last trip here for VSG almost 2 years ago.

He took about 10 pounds of tissue. I forgot to ask how many of inches of muscle plication he was able to do. I'll update later.

They did a spinal block instead of General Anesthesia, which I'm grated for! Coming around after the surgery was way more smoother compared to when I had General during my Gastric Sleeve.

The staff here at CER Hospital in Tijuana have been great! Both my husband and I are nurses and have been impressed by the hospital and the nurses here. I'll try to post some pictures of the hospital later.