I went from 270 to 125 within a year.

Take 60 seconds and look at the profile people.

That's great. You look great! Nice job. Truly inspiring

You are super awesome

I really wish people would stop congratulating her. The more I look at her profile the more concerned I am for her health and well-being. Please, stop and look at what her food diary, profile, recent posts, and her goal weight is! Many people posting one off congratulations might be patting her on the back as she climbs into a hospital bed.

I think she was a pretty girl both ways. People say that to everyone as like vague lip service, but I can definitely see how people would have found her attractive at any size. She really has great bone structure and coloring to kill for. Such gorgeous eyes. I think thin she looks a bit like Alona Tal, who is quite pretty. I don't think she sees how attractive she is because she's stuck in some intensely mental body issues.

I really wish people would stop congratulating her. The more I look at her profile the more concerned I am for her health and well-being. Please, stop and look at what her food diary, profile, recent posts, and her goal weight is! Many people posting one off congratulations might be patting her on the back as she climbs into a hospital bed.

Exactly. Am I the only one who thinks she was prettier heavy? I know that is so bad to say on a fitness board lol... But I can't help but ask.

No, I agree.

You were a beauty at size 22 but you are gorgeous now!!! I am so happy for you. I am just starting out on this website and currently at 230. Can't even imagine what it would be like to weigh 140 again. You give me hope that I can do it. Thanks for sharing.

Don't go too far. You look lovely in your "before". Overweight, for sure, but nowhere near "obese". Since I read in your profile that your goal is to look "anorexic skinny" it seems that congratulations are in order - you do.
First thing I thought from the full-body-after pic was "Wow, she has a huge head!" Maybe it's the angle you took the picture at, that can be a bit awkward in the mirror - but maybe it is that your figure as such is nice but doesn't correspond to your height and proportions...
And I don't mean this in a mean way, but in a concerned way. Your BMI is currently 19.6, I checked. Below 19 is considered underweight, still you claim you want to lose 1-2 more sizes. Besides, honey, you say you yoyo. First thing to stop that would be to stop forcing the yoyo down as far as it will go.
You are thin, you are pretty, once you quit dieting so forcefully you hair won't fall out anymore. Three issues solved with one change. And start learning to love the big girl you were without becoming her again. Try and see her as a good old friend who was unhappy and compensated by eating.

Food for thought: Maybe if you (as her friend) had loved her more she wouldn't have needed to binge so much...

So maybe new you and old you can become friends and at one point merge emotionally?! I hope they will and wish you all the best for that! (Oh, and try not to give those two some more friends with balloony boobs and pouty lips!)

This was unnecessary.

What makes you say that?

To the contrary. It was VERY necessary. I am really glad that other people have posted in this thread afterwards who are also concerned.
The boobs and lips pun thing I added? Plans she made public in her profile for anyone who cared to look. I did - did you?

To the congratulators: I am the first who finds people inspiring who lose weight by becoming more active and eat more healthily.
Have you done the math, though?

1) I refer to the BMI calculation in my earlier posting - and don't give me the crap about it not being cut out for muscular types, combine amount of exercise with the kind of food se eats and her weight and you can tell she's not so muscle-heavy to get BMI contortions...

2) 145 lbs in one year. Have you troubled to consider why MFP won't allow you to set a more radical goal than 1 pound per week? BECAUSE IT'S BLOODY UNHEALTHY!!! And harder to maintain longterm. Especially with someone who says she has a penchant for yoyoing. Again: I am aware that people with a lot to lose may lose quickly in the beginning, much more than 1 pound a week. And I don't have problems with anyone doing a once-a-year fast or something like that to rid the body of toxins and things and I know that can knock off a lot in no time at all. As can certain illnesses (I hate tummy bugs...)
But here, we are not talking about a few weeks - she lost close to 3 (!!!) pounds per week for a whole year (since a year has 52 weeks, if you need reminding), so three times the recommended maximum.

If that makes you tell her it's wonderful and, even more absurd TO KEEP GOING at her current weight and frame of mind, then I am speechless for once. Have you lost weight or brains on your MFP journey? If the latter, I hope my disclaimer stops right where it's at.

@ OP: I'm am not ranting at you. I am mad at people who don't think and don't take time to form an opinion. I believe you need help to become happy rather than more weightloss. You have shown so much strength by getting rid of your excess weight, I sincerely hope you find the strength and courage to accept and love who you are - who happens to be a pretty girl with self-esteem issues that can be resolved in cooperation with a professional. Good luck on your journey.

Her daily calorie total (while not the best foods) doesnt seem unhealthy. She stated she consumed far more calories prior. Is losing weight on strickly calorie limitation such a bad thing?

Her daily calorie total (while not the best foods) doesnt seem unhealthy. She stated she consumed far more calories prior. Is losing weight on strickly calorie limitation such a bad thing?

My main cause of concern is that she's 5'7", weighs 125 pounds and has a goal to lose 24 more. When you add in how rapidly she lost the weight and the 'joke' about wanting to be anorexically thin it's all very concerning. She says in another thread she's afraid of eating healthy foods in combination with a vitamin because she might get toxic levels of a certain, but unspecified, nutrient so she sticks with junk and a vitamin. I think the blind encouragement is going to do her more harm than good in the long term.