Congrats! I know that is a great feeling! Same thing happened to me a few weeks ago at a funeral, actually, and I felt somewhat guilty about how happy I felt afterward. :dizzy:

Not even your own family recgonized you? That really is great news! Keep up the great work!

I dont know about you, but I kind of want to stay away from some of my childhood friends just for this reason. lol is that bad? My good friend as always been the skinny one and for once I just want her to be in complete shock when she sees me.

Teehee. Reminds me of when I met an old school teacher. I went up and said hi, and she looked as people do when they're talking politely to someone while trying to figure out who they are. After a while she showed a spark of recognition and said, "Oh, you're tkm256's little sister!"

Haha tkm256!!!

This must be equally flattering and frustrating!

congrats! What a great job!

Seriously! I've lost about 30lbs since any of my best friends had seen me since last year, and when we all hung out last weekend they were all in shock and couldn't get over how great I looked (and the majority of them are guys). One kept on commenting how even my skin and hair looked amazing, another on other things, etc etc.

It was immensely gratifying. ;) And most definitely inspiring!

Wow, awesome!

I'm returning home soon after being abroad a year and I've lost about 25 lbs... unfortunately, I had gained those 25 lbs about a year before I left so I don't think coming home the same weight I was 1.5-2 years ago is going to be so shocking, especially since I still have about 35-40 lbs to go.

That is awesome!! Congratulations!!! I love to hear stories like this!

That's awesome! I bet you loved the compliments! Keep it up! That is a lot of weight lost...you should be proud..and I'm sure you are...

I love, love, LOVE this story! How amazing is that?!! You must've been on cloud 9. :) YAY!