Update with Comparison Pics.. 304 lbs. lost.....

You are amazing!! Thanks for posting your uplifting and inspiring pictures!! I haven't looked through all the pages of responses so you may have posted this already, but what changes have you noticed in your life as a result of all the weight loss? I'm just interested in hearing what happens with a story like yours!

It is still a learning experience for me because where I came from was such a dark and lonely place... I was to the point of being homebound the last 2 years before I had the AHA moment. I had to struggle through serious (and still am) social phobia issues and severe depression. Joining this site in itself was part of my ongoing therapy to put myself out there and interact and tell my story... I made a comment to my therapist a couple visits back that was Everything now, sorta has that new car smell meaning I took so much of life for granted before that now it is like being blind before and suddenly be able to see again... It is scary but inviting all at the same time. I walk out of the house and stop to watch the ducks playing in the pond, and stand there to feel the breeze blow across my face. I listen to the sounds going on around me and find myself questioning different sounds I am hearing, things I never gave a second too back then I find invigorating now... Am I still scared of the unknown? Most definitely but when you come from where I was the one thing you learn is to stop saying "No" and start saying "Yes", so I still to this day take each day one day at a time... I get up everyday and do everything to be as successful as I can so that when I lay my head on the pillow at night, I have no regrets and can sleep with a clear conscience. And then I get up and do it again tomorrow.. Baby steps but steps none the less, always moving forward..... This will never change, It is the easiest way I have found how to keep from getting overwhelmed.