103 lbs down and so close to goal! With pics :)

Congratulations!! You look wonderful!! Glad to hear your health problems are getting better, too. I love seeing these wonderful results that come from hard work and good choices and not some fad. I think in the end, it all just comes down to eating more healthy options ( I agree w/ you that deprivation is not the answer) and good old fashioned exercise!! You should be very proud of yourself!!! (and I thought you looked beautiful in the wedding picture, too:)

Thank you! I totally believe in doing things the old-fashioned way. I hate fad diets and all of these gimmicks that people are buying into...but people are going to do what they want. I'm just here to prove that it's possible! I really considered getting surgery before this and I'm so glad I didn't now. Not that surgery is a fad or a gimmick, some people probably really need it.

You look so beautiful!! Great inspiration!! And thank you for that statement about skin, I've been struggling with self-consciousness about mine. But you're right, I'd rather be skinny with white stretch marks than fat with red ones!

Keep with that mentality. I totally have the stretch marks to prove that I've been fat, and sometimes it's really hard to deal with. I've just had to come to the conclusion that being healthy is way better. I can say though that with lots of weight training and such, I don't have really loose skin. My arms need toning and my inner legs and tummy can use some too. But I am confident I won't need any surgery and over the next year or so I think it will greatly improve. Stick with it!!