10 wks Post Op love love!

I've been wanting a tummy tuck for over a decade. After having my 12 year old my body has never been the same. 2.5 years ago I had my son and now we are finished having children. At my smallest (before kids) I was 140. The decade between my kids my weight fluctuated between 185-195. Then in 2009 my mother passed away unexpectedly and I had an ectopic pregnancy. Between those I ended the year at 205. Then I got pregnant with my youngest. I was 235 back in November 2012. I've joined a gym and have worked towards releasing more weight. I'm now at 218. My hope is to lose another 10 before my TT. My TT is scheduled for May 6, 2013 (6 wks away).

About my body type, I'm 5' 4". 218 lbs. I'm a strong girl, I build muscle easy. I have an umbilical hernia, I had surgery on it a few years ago and then it came back while doing pilates. So I plan on having that fixed as well.

I am 99%, 1% nervous. I can hardly imagine having a waistline, I don't even hardly remember having one in my life.

I have been working out more and more, refinding my fitness routine after being done having kids. I don't have hardly any stomach strength. I can't even hardly suck in my abs unless I have on either my belly bandit or tupler band. I think those help put my abs back in the correct position and then I'm able to tighten them.

My husband is super supportive, I'm excited to finally want to wear lingerie and cute feminine clothes again. My daily outfit is black yoga pants and a black old navy t-shirt. (I have about a dozen of each all in black). I'm lucky that I work from home so I'm not too worried about the work thing, more the kids and the 2.5 jumping on my, etc. I did have my gallbladder removed last year though so I feel like that was a prep for this. Only I didn't get to plan ahead on that surgery.