Well I'm down to 125. Doc wants me to gain and so do I. I was back up to 130 from 127 went I went to see doc. Now I'm at 125. Man I'm going crazy. Who would have ever thought? Don't have much time to post now just wanted to give update.

Well you read it right. I am now 140 pounds which is 5 pounds less than what my dream goal was. I'm not trying at all to lose weight. I'm just losing. I wonder where my body is going to stop. Too bad I've been dealing with depression and not able to really enjoy this new life that I've been given.

Well I did it. I'm finally normal, when it comes to a bmi that is. My bmi is now 24.4. Since the last time I posted I went to have all of my procedures done. I had the lbl, thigh lift, anchor cut tummy tuck, bl/ba, and arm lift. When I went to have them done I weighed 173. The doctor removed 6.5lbs of extra skin which takes me down to 166.5. This morning I weighed in at 149. That is 17.5 pounds less than when the skin was removed. For some reason I keep losing weight. Don't get me wrong losing weight is a good thing, but it makes me wonder why am I losing this much weight so fast. I had stopped losing weight from surgery and now I lose 17.5 pounds in just a little over a month. I didn't lose like that at all from having my revision. Well when I first had my revision I said that I wanted to get to 145. Since my weight loss was pretty slow and in some months nonexistent  I changed my goal to 165. I was really getting depressed and thought that if I get to 185 I think I'll be okay. Who would have thought that I would end up being 4 pounds away from my original goal weight? It really is a reality for me now. Well I just thought I'd do a quick update since it has been so long. I hope my journey is encouraging to someone.

I know that I was so excited to have gotten my panniculectomy and breast lift approved, but I've decided to move into another direction. The surgeon was suggesting that I have other things with it like with the breast lift he thought I needed an augmentation because I would be left with basically nothing there. He thought with the panniculectomy that I would need an anchor tummy tuck as well. This was starting to cost me a great deal of money and it didn't even address my arms, thighs or any part of my back. Well that started me to thinking. I had seen work on someone I knew who went to the same DS doctor and her work look great. She told me who did it and invited me to check out a page or board or whatever you want to call it specifically for this surgeon. Anyway after reading about everyone's results and seeing his before and after pics I've decided to go with this surgeon. Mind you he is in Mexico. I've been getting a lot of mixed feelings about me going to Mexico, but after seeing his work first hand and doing a little research myself I believe this is the way to go. I won't even mention the money I'm going to save. Well my surgery date is December 13th two days after my birthday! I'd appreciate all of the prayers and well wishes I can get. Believe me if I like the results you will see all kinds of before and afters posted everywhere of me :).

Yay me!!! Called the surgeons office today and was informed that the requested panniculectomy and breast lift were approved by my insurance today! I had been a little discouraged because my weight was back up to 174 but I had told myself that if I didn't lose anymore I would be satisfied. Now I'm even more satisfied :) I wished we would have requested everything that I wanted done like my thighs, back, and arms; but the surgeon wouldn't have done it all at once anyway. I'm so so happy. My authorization is only good until 12-26-2011 so I have until then to come up with the money needed for the rest of the stuff I want to have done at the same time. Everyone please say a prayer for me. I really want this to work out.