Let me get a few things out in the open right away. My real name is NOT “Lucy”, that is my alias. Only 4 people in this whole world know that I am going to get this “make-over”. And NONE are family …. and a lot of my really close friends have no idea. I just don’t feel like other people knowing my business… yet I love to journal and I know this will be a good read for other women contemplating plastic surgery… so that is why I have decided to document it!
The FACTS- I am a 32 year old Mom of 4 children- oldest 8, youngest 9 months. I have been married 10 years to my soul mate. I am getting a FULL tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) and also a Brow lift. I am at my ideal weight- which for me at 5’5″ is around 130 pounds. I have a fit and muscular build.
I have ALWAYS hated my “belly” and have always thought that I was over-weight when in fact I was NOT because my belly is disproportionate to the rest of my body. I exercise A LOT. I am a runner and from 5days postpartum have been running regularly in hopes of getting my belly in shape- up to 50 miles a WEEK. (that’s about 7 miles a day!) That really didn’t work…. my belly was still loose, saggy and big. So I started lifting weight also- I was hoping that resistance exercises and ab exercises would get things where I wanted them…. nope. I eat healthy, I workout a lot…. and still I look 4 months pregnant. Once day I was doing a workout and I looked in the mirror and realized that I looked really great…. except for my belly. And my belly would NEVER go away on it’s own. Never. So I got on the Internet and made a consult with a plastic surgeon…. someone my friend recommended to me…. and I am so glad that I did!
And so this is my blog to document everything that I am going through! From consult to surgery to recovery…. I hope you enjoy!
The FACTS- I am a 32 year old Mom of 4 children- oldest 8, youngest 9 months. I have been married 10 years to my soul mate. I am getting a FULL tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) and also a Brow lift. I am at my ideal weight- which for me at 5’5″ is around 130 pounds. I have a fit and muscular build.
I have ALWAYS hated my “belly” and have always thought that I was over-weight when in fact I was NOT because my belly is disproportionate to the rest of my body. I exercise A LOT. I am a runner and from 5days postpartum have been running regularly in hopes of getting my belly in shape- up to 50 miles a WEEK. (that’s about 7 miles a day!) That really didn’t work…. my belly was still loose, saggy and big. So I started lifting weight also- I was hoping that resistance exercises and ab exercises would get things where I wanted them…. nope. I eat healthy, I workout a lot…. and still I look 4 months pregnant. Once day I was doing a workout and I looked in the mirror and realized that I looked really great…. except for my belly. And my belly would NEVER go away on it’s own. Never. So I got on the Internet and made a consult with a plastic surgeon…. someone my friend recommended to me…. and I am so glad that I did!
And so this is my blog to document everything that I am going through! From consult to surgery to recovery…. I hope you enjoy!
