25 Years Old, No Kids, Stubborn Belly Fat

So I’ve always thought of myself as pretty healthy, I eat well and I eat little and would consume most of my calories on the weekend. After I went through a heartbreak last year I kind of fell off the wheel and starting eating more and exercising less. My stomach was never skinny, i always had belly fat even when I was at my “skinniest” I never truly felt like it . I’ve been looking into lipo for a while and have been on this site checking out for its reviews and pictures since November 2017. I decided to go in for a consultation with dr Demianczuk and he was the nicest doctor ever! I knew that if I going to go through with it I would not look into any other doctors. He didn’t pressure me into the surgery and told me everything about the surgery Including pre and post care and recovery. I almost went for a tummy tuck in Jan 2018 but I chickened out and cancelled the appointment. I tried going to the gym and eating healthy since, I did the keto diet but my belly fat didn’t change. So I decided that I was going to go through with the surgery because I wanted this to be my year. I didn’t do the tummy tuck because I didn’t want the big noticeable scar and I read a lot of reviews that liposuction would give me the results I seek and the recovery time is much less (as I didn’t want to miss 3 weeks worth of work). So I went through with it and did it today! (May 4th, I booked in advance obviously). The process was great, all the nurses I talked to were the nicest people, the doctors were super friendly, I just had the absolute best experience. They did my stomach, hips and back and took out a gallon of fat. They told me I’m going to love my results but I have to wait and see in 8 weeks (I can’t wait to see it) I can already feel my stomach being smaller and I can tell the shape of it in the compression garment. I’m surprisingly in little to no pain, I only feel a slight pitch when I move around (guess I have a high tolerance) I am about 6 hours post op and I feel pretty great. Hopefully the pain doesn’t come tomorrow. These photos are pre surgery and I’ll post some post-op ones later

So today is Day 8 since I got the liposuction to stomach and back and I feel great. I’m still pretty swollen and the stomach still had numb area but I slowly feel the feeling coming back. I was able to walk around the day after surgery and since I work at a desk job I never took any additional days off. The first 2 days I was pretty stiff because That’s when the swelling and bruising was all taking place but as the week went on I’ve been able to move my body more freely. I still don’t feel comfortable bending over or touching my toes but I should get there soon. I see a huge difference in my body and it’s only a week in and the Dr said I’m still very very swollen so I can’t wait to see what I look like by the end of it! :)