Need brutally honest opinions please

Oh dats really lovely...but how did u do it..how long did it take you n much did u lose????

wow, that's a great change! I wish i could be in your "before" size... :P

I know I still have quite a bit further to go but your comments mean a lot that all this work isn't just for nothing

Honestly I think you're perfect in that last picture.... where else do you want to lose weight?

I think your friends need a visit to the Opticians. The differences are huge. Just focus on certain parts, such as the arms. In the second picture your arms look great, much slimmer and more toned and your overall body shape is slimmer and fitter looking. You look great and anyone who isn't telling you that is either not looking at you properly or not your friend. I have lost 4.5 stone since August 2011 and I recently saw someone who had not seen me since then. I have gone from 18 stone to 13.5 stone and she said "Oh Mickey you look so different". I prepared to be boosted by some weight loss praise and she then said " you have had your hair cut it makes you look so different"!!! Duh!! I thought what a *****. She is not a friend, just an aquaintance, needless to say she is not on my Christmas card list. Be proud of yourself the difference is amazing. :flowerforyou:

Huge difference ! Great work !

I dont have photoshop. Yeah they are real. Whst wrong with my legs?! bit freaked out now.

Do you mean the side of the legs? I have a purple stripe down them which kind of blends into the background i guess.

LOL-I apologize! NOTHING is wrong with your legs, so don't be freaked out!! It must be the purple stripe blending into the back ground causing the weird angle on the outside of your legs a little above the knees And just like some others on here pointed out, you look fantastic! If you really have another 20/30 lbs to lose like you said you want to lose, you must be wearing it VERY well

You know, friends CAN be weird when someone in their circle loses weight. It changes the balance that the group of friends has found before, where each person plays off the other people's strengths and weaknesses. My mom lost well over 100 lbs, and she used to have a tight knit circle of girlfriends that got together at certain times of the year to celebrate birthdays, holidays, etc before she lost her weight. They slowly started making snarky remarks about her weight loss, and then they sort of distanced themselves from her...Stopped inviting her and emailing her, gradually.

They were all thin. My mom has never been the "look at me! i am so hot" type...so it wasn't her being rude or "Stuck up" about losing weight. It was more like one of them probably felt threatened in their hierarchy of the group, probably started forming a clique amongst the women, and eventually, everyone had the group mentality and stopped being nice to my mom.

I am not saying that this happens ALL the time...BUT, i am sure if you were to google something along the lines of "my friends are treating me badly since i lost weight" or "differently since i lost weight," you will probably see that it DOES happen more than we would like to think.

Some friends don't want to be offensive by bringing it up...and some are jealous that 1.) you can do something that they haven't been able to do yet (lose weight, get healthy, look better) or 2.) They think you will be better looking than them and that is a threat to them.

Now that I m talking about it, a friend of mine was very used to getting all of the attention when we would go out to clubs when i was heavier during that phase of my life...then i lost weight (before i had my baby, i was fit, then gained, then lost 36 lbs)...we went out a couple times together after i lost weight, and that was it because i literally could not stand how pouty and b****y she would become when i would get attention and she wouldn't. I found myself trying to avoid compliments from guys in front of her because it was causing so much tension in our friendship. She would start talking about how it was lame there, that the guys were lame, etc and want to leave. One time she acted like she was having a panic attack and couldn't breathe...She was fine 2 seconds later when a guy was hitting on her instead of me. lol

SO, friends CAN be weird...I choose to only share my weight loss goals with the ones who I know will be supportive. And I choose my company the same way. The ones who never compliment me on my successes during this journey, I just brush em off and think about MY WHY for this journey and know I am doing it for ME, not for them.

BUT WE ALL do NOTICE A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. You look much more streamlined and fit. I am aiming for fitness like what is in your after. YOU GO GIRL.

Huge - big - massive - awesome - differnence

Well done!