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Wow! Congrats on those first 50lbs! What an achievement! You look amazing :)

Ugh, why do mine post so BIG?!!!

Going to give this another shot....hopefully it works. Still have a lot of weight to lose, but it really started showing in my face pretty quickly.

Well that didn't work...first attempt at uploading a pic....and it's so big....ugh.....LOL

I've just started my weight loss journey and have only lost 21lbs so far, but I'm starting to see a difference:

Hi Sara! I am in a similar situation as you are. I had my last child back in '09 as well and I gained almost 50lbs with him. I lost some of the weight after I had him (about 20lbs) but gradually put it all back on and then more. I recently started back on here (January 7th) and started tracking my food and calories as…

Wow, congrats! What an amazing transformation! Hard work definitely paid off. I love the before and after pics...you did a great job showing your progress. I'm only two months into my weight loss journey, but you are seriously making me rethink my goal weight (140)! Congrats again....you look GREAT!

I just received my fitbit flex yesterday and so far I am a bit disappointed. The step counter seems WAY off. I understand that with any movement there will be some steps added but I feel like it is almost doubling (if not more) my steps. I'm going to give it a few more days to see how I like it. If I don't feel like it's…

Wow! Congrats to you on such an amazing job! And I agree with what someone else said....seeing the different pictures and seeing what different weights look like on different people helps. Seeing success stories such as yours inspires me! I'm hoping that in about 8 months I'll have a success story of my own! YOU LOOK GREAT!

Thanks again everyone. Reading all of your replies has helped me tremendously! It IS aggravating seeing a gain, but reading of the the replies helped me to realize that this is normal and will happen. I just need to stick with what I'm doing because in the long run, this is so much healthier than what I was doing before…

I totally understand your fear of joining the gym. I have been the same way for so long. But just like you, I feel like I've gotten my diet in control and I needed to do something more. So I did it - I joined the gym last week! I've gone 5 times so far and it's not NEARLY as scary as I thought it would be! Granted, each…

Well this certainly helped....and most of you are absolutely right. I am very new to this and seeing the first gain in numbers threw me off. I told a friend yesterday that I would not weigh every day as I have been and that was the 1st thing I did when I woke up. Should have stuck to weighing in a week. But thank you all…

WAY TO GO! Wow, what an accomplishment! Facing your fear and not giving up....AMAZING! I don't know you but I too am so proud of you!!!!

WOW!!! You look amazing! Congrats on the 78lbs! That is quite an accomplishment. You can see the confidence building in each photo....love that.

I guess by reading a lot of the replies that it's easy to see that you are not the only person who has that fear. I joined the gym for the 1st time today and you would have thought I was going to the dentist or something the way my heart was beating so hard. And that was going there to JOIN! I went tonight for my "personal…

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That adorable face! ;)

Wow! Congratulations on reaching your goal! What an amazing transformation! My goal is 130lbs, but if 144 looks THAT good....LOL! You look AMAZING!

Everyone says my smile (although you can't see it in my profile pic, lol).

Stay ;)

If he asked nicely ;) lol

A bit shy and looks like she would be a fun friend

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Okay, what the heck ;) 43 year old female 5'3" Starting weight: 218lbs Current weight: 204lbs Goal weight: 130lbs or smaller....would like to be a size 6 Currently following a 1200 calorie/day "diet" and getting ready to join the gym (Tuesday) and hoping to get back into shape. I would love to reach my goal by my 44th…

WOW! Congratulations! What an amazing transformation. Thank you so much for sharing your story. And what a wonderful friend you have!

AMAZING! Wow, what an inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing! You should be SO PROUD! Great job!