Hi Vanessa, Congratulations on your weight loss. You look terrific. Prayers to your GI Joe, God bless him and keep him safe. Take care Cindy

Hi Jenn!! As a die hard South Beacher, I can say if my body felt the cravings I'd know it was trying to tell me I had to many bad carbs and to step back, take some out, maybe a lot out, and try again. When I am PMSing I have major carb cravings, so what do I do? I eliminate them for the most part.............even the good ones. We have to learn to listen to what our bodies are saying, and work with them. If you are craving it, you're getting too much, time to cut back. I hope this is helpful to you. XOXOXOOXOO Sharon @ 5'7" 289/261/162/140 Start/Surgery/Today/Goal

Well today I had my consult with Dr. King (Plastic Surgeon). I was very impressed with him and his staff. Hopefully in Jan I can remove all this excess skin. His office manager said January looks good and it will definately be on a Monday as I will be in the OR for the full day. They are submitting to my insurance for a Tummy Tuck. I am upgrading to a Belt Lipectomy. So here are the totals with and without the insuance. I will be having a Belt Lipectomy, Bilateral mastopexy and bilateral brachioplasty. Without insurance total 17,852. With insurance covering the plain tummy tuck and me upgrading it will be 14,982. So there it is. Arms wings, stomach, butt, outer thighs, mounds area and breasts lifted. He recommended that I do NOT do implants as my breasts are just saggy and he feels that with a lift and making them perky again I will have a full B-C cup without the implants and will be well proportioned with my frame. I was happy to hear that and agree with him. He will do it all in one long surgery. As for the inner thighs, he will not do that with everything else as it will be to much swelling around the pubic area. However he said some of that will pull up with the belt lipectomy and I should wait and see how everything looks after the surgery and the swelling is done. If I still want to do the thighs it can be done at a lter date. So I will hope that they will look ok and I won't need more work. I am so excited and with or without the small amount my insurance may or may not cover I am going for it. I have met several people who have had him and have had amazing results.

Man I do not know what is going on but the last two days I have wanted carbs so bad. I even had a half a bagel today, which by the way made my tummy upset. At lunch I had a wrap and even when I was full I wanted to eat more for the flat bread that was there (I did not, do not want an upset tummy twice in one day). But now I am sitting here and would kill for any bread what so ever. What the heck is going on with me today. Jenn

I am scared to death of dumbing on surger, I am also scared of not (because then I will know I can have it) so I did not try any real candy. I did have a few pieces of sugar free to curb my need. I think I was pretty good. Jenn