Tummy Tuck Blog
One year after surgery, |
What is a Tummy Tuck Blog
A tummy tuck blog is a web site specifically dedicated to providing information about tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) plastic surgery. It is created and updated by an individual with regular entries of personal commentary, descriptions of events, pictures, video or other material. A tummy tuck blog is usually displayed in reverse-chronological order. A tummy tuck blog is a form of an online diary.
Why I wrote this Tummy Tuck Blog
I am a 54 year old man who is 5'-7 1/2" tall who had attained a weight of over 300 pounds. After over 2 years of dieting and daily exercise I reduced my weight to 155lbs. This left me with a lot of excess skin around my belly and mid section. Since I didn't want to live with this for the rest of my life, I decided to look into a Tummy Tuck operation.
I never thought that I would ever write a tummy tuck blog. Getting a tummy tuck (especially for a guy) is a very personal matter. Publically writing about it would be impossible for me to do (or so I thought).
I decided to document each detail of my tummy tuck experience on my computer for my personal records. I also took lots of "before & after" photographs because I wanted to see for myself the changes a tummy tuck would make.
The pictures and information stayed in my computer for over a year. Then I realized that I had regained 15 pounds (it just sort of snuck up on me). I could not get heavy again.
I needed some incentive to keep the weight off. Hopefully writing about it would give me that incentive. So I changed my mind about making my tummy tuck experience public. Self-motivation was my primary reason. I had gained 15 lbs over the year and needed to take it off before it got out of control. In an effort to keep me focused on a lifestyle of health, exercise and good nutrition I decided to create a blog or website describing my experience of having a Tummy Tuck and include all the information that I would have wanted to see when I first started doing my initial research a year ago.
Note - After my tummy tuck blog was established on the internet and started to receive traffic I added advertising to try to make a little extra money. This was not my main reason for publishing the blog but an after-thought.
Tummy Tuck Blog - Update
By writing and regularly maintaining this tummy tuck blog, I remain focused on health, nutrition and exercise. This has provided the required motivation to be fit, healthy and maintain my ideal weight. But, It is still a work in progress.
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One of the things that I noticed when doing my initial research was that most of the information regarding Tummy Tucks on the internet was geared towards women. Only a small percent was applicable for men. Also, I could not find one website that answered all of my Tummy Tuck questions. I had to search through dozens of sites and piece together the information that I wanted.
At the start of this adventure I decided to document my experience with before and after photographs as well as a daily log of my feelings and observations. This information would be strictly for me, and be kept private and confidential. I wanted to "see" the transformation that was about to take place and observe the healing process involved after the surgery. My intent was never to make this public as I am a very private person.
Note - I am a individual who values privacy. That is why I have blocked my face in all of the tummy tuck images and have removed all traces of my personal identity. The name that I use in this web site is not my real name.