I have, more or less, decided to have liposuction performed because my job requires me to be under a certain amount of inches in my waist. I exercize 5 days/week and have only lost about 20 lbs. in the last 6 months, and nothing off my waist. Besides the fact that I am frustrated, I don't want to lose my job--it's the best job I've ever had. What kind of lie can I come up with about how I lost so much weight so quickly? Is there a more normal, non-cosmetic surgical procedure or mishap requiring only a few days recovery that I can say was performed/occurred? Anybody have any general experience with this procedure who could tell me whether or not it worked, and how you maintained the new figure? How long before strenuous exercize? How long, after the procedure, before you could have sex?