170 pounds down...10 more to go with pics

Jade_Butterfly

Wow. . you look amazing. . Great job~!

lisaelainee

You look so AMAZING!

astovey

Holy *kitten* awesome!

RachelRunner78

Wow! Congratulations! You look amazing!

mrsvatitagain

Awesome story! I love the honesty in the struggle even WITH weightloss surgery. You still have to watch it creeping back and work at it etc, I can appreciate that fact. Thank you for sharing that REALity with us all! You look great!

kikkipoo

Yes, it can and will come back on. You only have about a 2 year period to get your weight off after surgery before the likelihood that you will after that drops very low. What that says to me is that life lessons aren't being learned or applied or else people would continue to lose.

silvergurl518

you.

INSPIRE.

me.

WOWOWOWOOWOWOWOW.

thanks, kikki!!!

Namaste1983

AMAZING!!!! YOU LOOK SO HAPPY AND BEAUTIFUL IN ALL OF YOUR PICTURES! CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE!
YOU WERE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE

Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet

YOU LOOK AMAZING. Weigh to go

Teliooo

god daaaaaammmnnnn. good job. probably one of the best sucess stories x

BreakThruComing

You look amazing! Truly an inspiring story!!! Thanks so much for sharing! Kudos to you :drinker:

1prettysmile

You are a success. Thank you for sharing now and not waiting. And so pretty too!

1drwmn

You look amazing!! Can I ask how much weight you lost just from the excess skin removal? I haven't decided if it's something I will do...but I know it had to be quite a boost to you to have it removed. I still have a long way to go before I can even consider the additional surgery.

DBiddle69

You are an Incredible insperation!

mfiggs

You look amazing and you should be so proud of yourself! What an inspiration!

Debbe2

Congratulations on your successful journey! You're beautiful!
Thanks so much for sharing, it means a lot!!!

Hambone23

You look amazing. And that you found love again is fantastic. You absolutely glow in your pictures with your hubby. And it was incredibly brave of you to put your after surgery pictures up. Thank you for doing that. I know it will help so many people on MFP who are considering surgery. Even losing weight slowly, which I hope to do because, frankly, I'm afraid of surgery and the side effects, I fear the flab. And what my boyfriend might think of me after losing weight and becoming more flabby.

CiciPorcayo

I just wanna say... wow! You look amazing! Great job! I wanna have a success story like yours.

kikkipoo

You look amazing!! Can I ask how much weight you lost just from the excess skin removal? I haven't decided if it's something I will do...but I know it had to be quite a boost to you to have it removed. I still have a long way to go before I can even consider the additional surgery.

My doctor never told me exactly how much skin was removed, and between gaining breast weight and then swelling, I really don't know if I could nail it down to an amount...but best guess, I'd say around 10 pounds.

Fayve

Wow. You are absolutely beautiful, and your story is incredible! I really admire your dedication and determination to "get back on track" no matter what. Good luck on your last 10 pounds, but I'm glad you didn't want until then to post, since this is nothing short of amazing as is!

kikkipoo

Wow. You are absolutely beautiful, and your story is incredible! I really admire your dedication and determination to "get back on track" no matter what. Good luck on your last 10 pounds, but I'm glad you didn't want until then to post, since this is nothing short of amazing as is!

I really appreciate that. There's a lot of relief in knowing that I will get there instead of just hoping. It may not happen by New Years or any other random date I set for myself, but the point is I make steps every day to be the best I can and will be.

cassuccino

Thank you for sharing!! I was contemplating gastric bypass or lap band (since I have to lose 180 pounds as well - and I still won't be as thin as you are!! but I decided against it... I've managed to lose about 45 pounds so far... I love to see success stories!! Thank you again for sharing so much of yourself!!

Joniboloney

Thank you for sharing your story. You're an incredible, spirited strong, beautiful woman. You ROCK!

CallmeSbo

Thanks alot for sharing your story...Wow you are an inspiration. Congratulations...

melvac

You are absolutely Beautiful. I don't care what it took to get you where you are, you took a step to become healthy sounds like you went through hell and now you are back. You are such an inspiration I am in the same boat had the bypass now I am on here and I will get and keep the rest odd..Melva

Ilovedrinkingtea

Well done OP, yours is an incredible story, best of luck from here to goal xx

acidosaur

What an amazing story- well done!

ycc1964

Wow, nice job.

kikkipoo

thank you all so much!!

carlsoda

What a beautiful story - thank you for sharing! You look absolutely amazing!!!