Pre-plastics pics boldly posted

I've decided to get over the embarrassment and post my pre-plastics pics. I love reading other profiles that include photo's because it is so helpful to others. So, my pride is out the window. I'm going on faith believing that my prayers will be answered. I have some consults scheduled for later this month and we are working with several lenders to get the best refi rate on the house. Please say a little prayer for us so this will all work out. My goal is to have an arm lift, breast augmentation, and a mini tummy tuck all for less than $15,000. I really need those prayers!! See my profile if you dare.... Hugs, Pam 250/142/125??

IM praying that all this works out and you can have your dream plastics done! KEEP us updated on your venture as we all care and will probably be following your steps soon PRAYERS are being sent your way for all positive news. LISA

Pam, My prayers will absolutely be with you as you travel this new journey. You are the best, with or without surgery! Hugs, Kerri

i know you are going to want to smack me for this, but i am SO jealous of your tummy! mine is so so so ugly, you can't even see my belly button! you have all my prayers that this will all work out for you...i know the feeling of NEEDING to complete this journey! hugssss~mary jo

Nahhhhh, I won't smack ya! I carried my weight mostly in my arms, leggs and hips. I'm wierd. However, if I was sitting naked in that pic, you wouldn't see my belly button either. I turn into a sharpei when i sit!! I put a post about my pics on the plastic surgery board and ask Dr. LoMonaco if he thought I could get away with a mini-tummy tuck and he didn't think so. He thinks i would probably still need an extended tummy tuck. He's so nice to look at my pics and answer my questions. I wish i lived in Texas! And I wish I could get enough money to do a LBL - but there's no way I could afford to do all that. We would probably be looking at $30K if i could do it all. That's just too much. I narrowed my list down to the three things that mattered most to me. I can deal with the saggy leggs and saggy butt. I think maybe if I keep weight training at the gym, I can build muscle to fill them in at least a little. If my leggs still bother me after another year or so....maybe i'll do something about it. Maybe not. I'm praying that you get your miracle too. I'm praying that we all get our miracles. Everyone here deserves it. Hugs, Pam

i never thought i would say this, but ideally i probably would need a LBL, too. i was just changing into my jammies and was looking at myself in the mirror. all i can say is YUCK. i don't know if i will ever have the courage to post pre-plastics pics...well, not unless i really ever get to actually have plastics! if i could pick what i would want done, it would definitely be the boobs, TT and my butt sags a lot! i hate it so much, it is really depressing, but i would much rather have this sagging than what i had 9 months ago...and all the health problems that would have come along with it. i love ya, i hope we all get our miracles, too. wishin, wishin, wishin... hugssssssss

You know of all the things we have to fix....the butt is really and truly the easiest. I use to have to go to physical therapy for the arthritis in my hips (HA! NO MORE!) ... Anyway, they had me doing all these different exercises three days a week. My butt never looked so good! I'm talking JLO muscles. I just need to get serious about doing those exercises. One of them was laying over a big balance ball on your belly, placing your hands on the floor in front of the ball... then, bend one leg at the knee and lift it up - hold- lower...and do it over and over. You can really feel that in your butt when you do it. Another one was laying on your back on the balance ball....rolling the ball until it was as far up your shoulders as it could be without falling off - keeping your body flat like a table, knees bent. Then one at a time lift one legg up straight out and hold it....then repeat. They made me do the stair climber.... a ski machine thing that went side to side....a bunch of leg exercises with resistance bands....and squats. You know what would be really nice???? If a PS saw our pics showing the need for plastics and offered a really good deal - or better - to do it for free in exchange for the advertising! Or maybe MTV Real Life...or PS Before and After....or you get the picture! hugs, Pam

Wishing you the Low Rate Approved loan, locked in for a long time.

My arms and tummy look similar to yours. What I am seeing as the worst right now though are my thighs!! They look like a sharpei standing up!!! Ugh. I look o.k. in clothes now but swimsuit-ugh! Good luck hon!!! Jo

I would have to say that my thighs are the worst right now too. I honestly didn't think that they would be this bad. The scary part is that I'm at 205. I still have a lot more to lose. Yikes! My boobs and stomach are next in line. I just pray that insurance will cover some of it. My fingers are crossed. Dawn