She's familiar.. Nah, couldn't be.... Holy Moly! It IS her!

If you are just starting your journey, fear not, my friends... you are almost there... be patient... It WILL happen if you don't give up.

The first 40 pounds I lost, no one even noticed much of a change. People sometimes said they liked my hair that way, or the new shirt I bought, etc... but people didn't notice my weight loss. The second 40+ pounds has made all the difference... in fact sooo much difference that people don't recognize me. My mom took a double take before she realized it was me. The teachers in school are sometimes confused, thinking I look so familiar, but they can't put their finger on it. Funny thing about that is that I am a VP in the PTA, and in the classrooms a few times each week. I took a few months break to start working out more. In the last few months people are stunned. Even my neighbors who see me every few days or so are amazed at the transformation. Some people, once they realize who I am, keep staring at me in disbelief... "Could it really be her?" People who know me say I'm shrinking each time they see me.

Some of you still have a great deal of weight to lose. It gets discouraging when you make such progress and no one seems to notice. Hang in there, the last 40 pounds are where the most changes take place. I actually have a waistline now! My chest has gotten smaller, but it looks bigger since my waist has shrunk so much. I've always been the fat one. The fattest one in my family, the fattest one on the PTA Board, the fattest foster in the Humane Society, the fattest neighbor, the fattest one at all the pool parties, BBQ's, company functions, etc.. I'm not fat anymore. I can't believe it myself. Sometimes I feel this is just a blessing from above. "Thank You, ( ''in who's name our country trusts.") And thank you MFP.

I must say that MFP is the best gift I've ever been given. I LOVE MFP. The support form you guys, the easy tracking methods, the information and recipes, etc... If I could give any of you reading this my weight loss, I would, since I know I can do it again, just by doing what I'm doing each day. I wish you all success and hope that you feel the way I do soon enough. I' m not really "skinny" yet, but I feel like I am. This next 15 pounds will be gone in the next couple of months. No worries. Hopefully I'll figure out how to post before and after photos (I'm not computer literate) so you all can see the changes too. I'll never have ripped abs, or a "sexy" shape, but I'll take what I got over what I had any day!

Good luck to all of you. Keep plugging on and you'll get there.