I don't know what you're looking at Curvaceous, but I can definitely see your weight loss in your before & after pics! You have lost weight all over your body! Maybe you can't see it b/c you see yourself every day, but everybody else sure can! And how do you think you fit into a 20-22w pants today as opposed to a 26-28w? It's b/c you've lost weight and inches off of your body. You are getting smaller! You should be proud to have lost each and every one of those 69 lbs. Keep on going and before you know it, you won't even recognize the girl staring back at you in the mirror.

So I have three pics:

Before - Close to my highest weight of 216 lbs.
After - I lost a bunch of weight from 2002 - 2004 and got down to my lowest weight of 152. This is a pic of me at around 157.
July '05 - So I lost my mind and started to gain a bunch of weight last year and went to my highest of 186 lbs. which is around where I am in this picture

It sucks because I know I can lose the weight because I did it before. Now I'm just losing the same weight that I worked so hard to do take off before. Oh well I did this to myself. This is the last time I'm going to take off this weight. I'm making a lifestyle change. The weight will be gone for good!!! I am so pumped up to do this. So far in my new start I have already lost almost 4 lbs!!! Yayyy.

thanks jenn!!! 4 thatboost of confidence i just been so down on myself lately. i need all the boost for my self esteem right now!

Jess, you look amazing!!!

Hey girl you look great keep up the good work......

Mocha, I know you can lose it again. You'll get there before you know it.

You all look so great! Very insiring and what good insiration you all are.

Ladies, you all look amazing! I'm searching my photo library to see if I have any good before/after pics . . . Most of my pics are just from the waist up. These are the best I could find (I had some others but they were too big to attach).

The first one is from June 04, at my high weight around 185. The second is from the end of September/beginning of October 05, at around 135. The sad thing is, even though I can see a huge difference between the two, instead of thinking "I am thin now" I think "I'm still chubby, but man was I fat before!"

Paperclippy you look great! And you are so close to goal now, be proud!

I will try and find some pics to post...I have trouble getting them sized correctly for the boards.

Paperclippy and Jess you guys both look great! And don't worry Jess, you have the advantage of KNOWING you can do it since you did it before...it won't be long before you're right back down there again!

Here are mine. -40 something and going strong!

Our engagement photos were taken this past Friday. The other was taken last month.

Ps- you gals all look FAB!

jenne, you look great.

Jenn and Paperclippy you look amazing Woo hoo!!! Keep up the good work.

Thanks everyone for the comments. I'm working hard to take it off once again. I know I can work harder so this week it's no hold bars!!!!

I have included some pictures. The first one, with the brown shirt, was taken back in June. That was about a month after I started my diet, I was 188. The other photo was taken on November 5th, I was 155.

188-1.jpg 155.jpg

I feel so much better, both physically and emotionally, than I did back in June. I am not so lazy anymore. I also am not having as much heartburn, I barley get it now. So the loss has helped me in so many ways.

It is scary looking at old pictures of myself. I don't even have that many, but the ones I have are brutal. Especially bathing suit pictures!