Goal Photo Album - 6.5 months at maintenance, 6 weeks with new boobies! (warning, lots of pics!)

I posted a goal story in the maintainer's introduction forum, but never posted any pictures. I finally got DH to take some for me last night! The rest of the pics come from my father's public website of family pictures that have been visible to the entire world for years and years...

I have been at maintenance for 6.5 months, hit official goal at the end of August, lost a little more while trying to learn how to maintain, settled into where I am now at the beginning of October. The last five pounds I lost all came out of my breasts, so I got implants on 1/22/2009. I also started weight training in October to work on some of the still troublesome spots.

November 1992 - college... slimmest I had been in my life up to that point, only gained weight after that for the next 13 years...
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq12/ShannoninATL/th_Lisaswedding.jpg

Christmas 2000 - who told me overalls and short hair were good looks for me? :)
http://s429.photobucket.com/albums/qq12/ShannoninATL/th_Christmas2000D.jpg

Christmas 2003 - I'm pretty sure this was at my high weight of 174, still can't shake the short hair thing...
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Wedding in November 2006 - 35 pounds down, around 140
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq12/ShannoninATL/WeddingNovember2005A.jpg?t=1236784678

Christmas 2006 - gained a little back...
http://s429.photobucket.com/albums/qq12/ShannoninATL/th_Christmas2006B.jpg

Christmas 2007 - the pic that made me realize I had gained more back and needed to do something...
http://s429.photobucket.com/albums/qq12/ShannoninATL/th_Christmas2007B.jpg

Picture taken the day I reached goal, August 2008.
http://s429.photobucket.com/albums/qq12/ShannoninATL/th_8-28-2008ShanPic.jpg

Pictures taken last night... :)
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So there it is. Me in pictures over the last eight years. It took me a long time to decide I needed to do something, but I finally did it! I love my life now. I eat great food, I exercise, I feel good about myself, I try on clothes and they fit, I can take four flights of stairs without being winded... Love it! :dizzy:

This site was a big part in my final success - the support I received from the wonderful people here was invaluable! ::grouphug:

EEK! :eek: HAWT! may i ask how big the girls are currently?

EEK! :eek: HAWT! may i ask how big the girls are currently?

I'm right on the edge between 34D and 34DD, depending on the cut of the bra. Some 32Es fit as well. In the August pic I had on a push up bra to try to make something out of my 34AA/32AAAs... :) (bra sizing still makes no sense to me!)

So skinny! Congratulations!

I don't think I'd look like that even if I weighed as little as you. I have a chubby upper body.

:congrat: Shannon!!!!!! You look AMAZING.

:cloud9:

Congrats. You look fabulous.:cool:

You look great. Not just your arms -- your stomach looks fabulous.

I can see all the work that went into your self-creation. (Rather, self-reinvention, right?) Congratulations on a job well done & worth keeping up.

You look absolutely fabulous and your breasts look AWESOME! Hawt hawt hawt ;)

Thanks guys!:o

You look great, congrats!

ps: can i borrow your girls :o

amazing! you look so awesome! I would kill for those boobies :)

FANTASTIC! your arms look amazing!! i wish i had them!

FANTASTIC! your arms look amazing!! i wish i had them!

Your arms look really great too, but thanks! :)

And thanks for the compliments on the girls! I'm still early with them, so a little anxious.
My boobies were my gift to myself with my bonus last year - my mom always said bonus should be used to buy something you would never normally buy for yourself that is just for fun. These seemed to fit that description. :)

:congrat: You look FABULOUS! Your exercise efforts really shine through :)

Wow! Your waist is TINY! I know you've worked hard for that bod! Congrats!!

Fabulous pics, Shannon! You should be very proud of the progress you've made :) What a bod!

Looking good. Looking quite good in fact. Your hard work has really paid off. :)

I WISH I had those arms!! You look SO fantastic! Keep up the great work.

I just came back to say, "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, sister!"

;)

You look fab - I have natural 34Ds but after two babies and gravity taking their toll they don't look anywhere near as good as yours!!

Curious - when you had them done, what difference did it make to your weight, if any?

Thanks guys! I'm blushing! :o

I'm getting ready to take the next step on my road - shopping for a bathing suit... I'm already nervous! :dizzy:

Robsia - the implants themselves weigh 2.23 pounds between them, according to my spec sheet. When I went in for surgery I weighed 119.5, I weigh 120.4 now, so somewhere in the afterwards I lost 1.5 pounds, according to that math. I did increase my weight range for maintenance, I had it at 117-122, moved it up two pounds to 119-124. My balance was a little off for a little while after I got back on my feet, and oddly, it took a little time to get situps and crunches to feel normal again, and oddly I have a much better running posture post surgery. :)

Wow - look at you! Congratulations! ;)

You look great! Your breasts look great also, very natural looking.

wow!

Great body ! Enjoy it!

Thanks! :)

you look great. all the way around.

You look fabulous! Congratulations!

Thanks! :)

You look terrific!!

You look Fab! Congrats.

Thanks guys! :)

Gorgeous! Love the wedding picture with the stained glass window...just as beautiful as my daughter was on her wedding day!

Your arms are amazing!!!

Gorgeous! Love the wedding picture with the stained glass window...just as beautiful as my daughter was on her wedding day!

Thanks Gary! It was a little tiny chapel in Gatlinburg that actually has a window to do drive through services. They had a picture on the wall of a couple getting married through the DT window from a Harley with a sidecar!

Your arms are amazing!!!

Thanks for the arms comment! I've been working really hard on them!

You look amazing! So skinny!

Haha, the girls look pretty hot!

But I've got serious back & arm envy! The pictures of your back and arm are amazing! You've got yourself a killer bod, lady!

Congratulations!

You look great--super fit! GREAT FOR YOU! Congrats.

LOL---the overalls and short hair--ARRGGH---my Drivers License pic still dons that get up--didn't look good in 2000--and it looks even worse now! LOL..

Wonderful transformation!!!!!! :) You whole body has changed so much!

Thanks! :)

jealous of the boob thing. Wow! you look great!!! You are so toned!

You look wonderful! And I can tell from your blog how hard you've worked! Congratulations!!

Thanks guys!

Wow, I forgot about my poor little blog... I got off to a good start with it and then just abandoned it... I'm glad someone actually read some of it! :)

You look so awesome. I know it feels great to be where you are now. Love the new girls too!!! I bet your confidence is busting out. I can see it shining in your goal photos. Confidence is something that can't be hid. Thanks for sharing.

You've got a fantastic figure! I've always had big girls (I was a 36C in high school at 110 lbs), but I would kill to have the figure you have now! Your success is such an inspiration!

Thanks!

You look wonderful and in great shape too!

Thank you very much! :)

wow well done you look fab, so jealous of the girls too hehe

Thanks! I've had the girls now for 9 months and I am loving them! :)

Wow!!! Good for you!!! Thanks for the inspiration.

Very inspirational. Definitely noticed the drop in bra size on myself when I lost weight in the past. Good job going for it; you look great!

Thanks guys!

You look amazing :cp: well done on your toned body!

succhhh a hottie! haha. seriously, you look amazing! inspiration to hit the gym!

im amazed and jealous! i would love a breast reduction, if the weighloss dosent get them much smaller i will treat my self to a reduction. im currently a 40DDD, and 5ft tall. my back hurts often.

amazing!

amazing!

Thanks guys!

You look fantastic! Congrats!

Congrats!! looking great

Shannon, your boobies look great. Not all boob jobs turn out so good. Your bod is amazing! You're so amazingly toned. How old are you, by the way? Hard to tell because you look so young and your body is something to be envied!

Thanks for the kind words all!

FM - I'm 37, soon to be 38. Those pics were last spring, so 36 in them. Thanks for saying I looked young! I sure don't feel it most days. ;)

Congratulations!! Thanks for sharing, my motivation now is to get a pair of girls when I'm done losing weight- so unfair to be 200lbs and an A cup!! They don't make a 38A bra!!!