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Aw, thank you so very much!! *hugs*

lol...Dang, does it really look that big? I must not be used to buying clothes. I was so danged excited that I could get into a 22 (My size 22 jeans officially fit now too!)...I can't imagine that I could wear anything that's a 20!

Ha, thanks. I got it at a secondhand store and spent $5 on it...I figured it was one that would be easy enough to take in as I lost.

I hope so. I don't have much family...so hopefully the two members I have left (My brother and grandmother) are proud. I know my Dad would be very very happy. He passed away in 2008 and all he wanted me to do was be healthy....sadly I put on a lot of weight after he was gone. And it took me a long time to get ahold of…

There guys...sorry! The first pic didn't all show up...got the "during" one up now!

Thanks all. It's just gotten hard lately for some reason. I'm trying to power through it my best...it's just harder almost to battle the mental stuff than get through the physical trials.

I ditto Panera. We live right across the road from one and I sway the in-laws anytime I'm able, to go eat there because it's all so fresh, healthier and delish!

Mine was many little moments that just finally added up to me just stopping and changing everything for good one day. Things like - No longer being able to find clothes that fit at either Lane Bryant or Catherines because they only carried up to a 28/30 in the stores. The realization that you're too fat to shop at the FAT…

I must not be too picky because I love most of what everyone has listed...lol. Plus, the things I used to not like, I actually have developed a taste for now - like sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts. However, I cannot eat fish. I've tried and tried. But it's just never going to be something I can stomach. =P

Congrats!! Great work! You look just beautiful!

Thank you all! Consider all of you inspiring to ME! I come here to this forum all the time to see what people are losing to help keep pushing me to keep going. :)

Thanks! Actually, I'm thinking about that. I figure if I the other 75 lbs I have to go right now, that should def make that one leg looser and look infinitely more impressive. lol. ;)

Haha, thank you! Everyone CAN escape! You really just have to finally be so fed up you will accept nothing less than no longer being that way. It's taken me a LOT of trying and failing and re-gaining, and I've had myself a lot of treat days along the way where I had a Philly Cheesesteak and onion rings. I just no longer…

Thank you to every single one of you!! :) Ha, I don't feel quite "light as a feather" YET!! ;) It's good for me to see I'm getting somewhere because I feel like I haven't changed size wise much at all....But I figure seeing that better will come in time. I can see it in little ways, like being able to sit in actual CHAIRS…

Haha - I thought about making these a skirt eventually! My Mother in Law and I talked about it. I've donated all my other pants once they got too big, but I kept this one pair for comparison and because they were barely worn and I thought I could def make something cute and smaller out of them later on!

Thanks everyone! Like I said, I'm far far from done...still so long to go, but it's a step or two in a good direction! The only advice I can give to anyone is to just stick to it and believe in yourself and that you can do this! Everyday is a NEW day!! Everyone is HUMAN and is going to stumble, fall, backslide, have a…

I feel your pain. Hubby and his family are big eaters and we go to buffets now and then....Ugh, horrible for me! I feel so bad them paying for me and spending that much money, for me to go in and eat a little fruit or a salad or something. It's definitely hard. It's also hard because you're in this ALL YOU CAN EAT…

Thanks! I've hit a couple small plateaus so far, but just workin' through them. I'm kinda stuck at the moment...but I'm trying!

I can understand this completely. Hubby is def a guy who likes bigger girls. He's mentioned to me that he would rather I not get under a size 14/16, because he feels like I'll be too skinny. However, I ignore this to a degree. Not because I don't love him, but because I've been heavy forever and I don't want to continue…

Wow, thanks everyone!! Well, since I posted this I'm down another 15 lbs or so....so I'm now at 120-ish of a loss! :) I measured myself the other day and realized, I have lost 14 INCHES off my lower stomach area. That's over a FOOT!! I still have so far to go, but I'm trying to keep in mind...now instead of having 200 lbs…

Find me twin and add me! ;) (and anyone else who's so inclined!) Age: 26 Gender: Female Height: 5'3" Start Weight - 368 (ugh...hate even typing that number!) Current Weight: 251 Goal: 170 ish. (this is just the last weight I was at where I felt good...so that's my temp goal...when I get there, I'll evaluate how much more…

I'm currently down 100 lbs with another 100 lbs to go!! :)

I don't do "cheat days" because it implies too much guilt and failure. I think for me personally, losing weight is about the food not being my best friend anymore, but not being my enemy and feeling bad for eating it either - Cheat implies you're doing something wrong and it's not "wrong" to have a piece of pie or a slice…

Seared some chicken breasts and I'm baking them off with sauteed onions, garlic and salsa verde. :) Then some cheese and veggie stuffed whole Hatch chilis. :)

Yep....totally me here. Every limb is like that on me. lol. My right thigh and calf are 1" bigger than the left and my right arm is bigger than the other. *shrug*

Granted, I'm nowhere near done and still have 100+ lbs to go. But Even having lost 104 lbs so far...I'll have a day where I feel good that I fit into something smaller and then 3 hours later I just go back to feeling like a blob. Which I still sort of am...lol, but I don't feel like looking in the mirror I'm any different…

Everywhere....lol. But I do have a lot from mid-thigh to under my arms, so basically my whole midsection. *sigh*

I posted my before pic on another weight loss site I was on at one time when I was starting to lose and was comparing it to my "after" pic of losing 15 lbs and decided to black out my face in the pics at the time....And that being the only before shot I have when I was nearly at my highest weight, that's all I've got! And…

Thank you for all the support! I appreciate it!! :) I've got a few people supporting and helping me here in my life...but more that just don't notice or try to keep throwing me off track. So it means a lot to me to feel like I've got people rooting for me! :)

I understand this completely! I posted that on my post yesterday about my loss! I've been heavier than hubby since we met...so for about 5 years - In fact, I was always bigger than my BF's! And I'm so looking forward to the day when I'm smaller than him and can feel like a "lady" and such! :)