Sandiantoytrain

I've been having some problems with my weight for the past 6 months. Since the planning for my daughter's wedding, I sort of fell off my exercise routine and let myself indulge in too much of the wrong foods -- carbohydrates. I've gradually gained back 15 pounds or so, my current weight is up to 190 pounds.

However, I've been increasingly frustrated by my hanging tummy (pannis) which seems to hang nearly halfway down to my knees and looks ugly (to me) under my slacks.

So I finally too the plunge and scheduled a couple of consultations with plastic surgeons. I saw the Kaiser plastic surgeon last Friday (March 24th). He said I need to loose at least 45 pounds before he would be able to do a tummy tuck on me. Well, at least now I have a goal.

I made another appointment with Dr. Green, who is a noted plastic surugeon in the Sacramento/Roseville area for doing great work on people who have lost large amounts of weight, especially over 100 pounds. He's got a great reputation and I know several people who have had tummy tucks as well as breast lifts and even one guy who had male breast removal. All I hear is good things about him. However the earliest appointment I could make with him is for April 20th. I want to find out how much weight he thinks I should loose before he will do the tummy tuck on me.

On top of all this, I caught a cold last week and I've been trying to drink lots of water and hot medicinal tea, and I've been using the steamer at night. I haven't felt like exercising much either. I hope this doesn't mess up my weight loss efforts this week.

As soon as I can get rid of this cold I plan on getting back to going to the gym at least 3 times a week and exercising at home again every morning and evening.

Well, that's my update for now.
--Sandi