Hello everyone! I have been away from the forum for the past 36 days as I have been vacationing in Europe. Before I left I was afraid I would gain the weight I worked so hard to lose, so I tried to watch what I ate when I was away. This was much harder to do two weeks into my trip when I started a tour because they gave us three course meals everyday!

I weighed myself when I came home to find I lost 2 pounds! I guess all that walking must have helped. With that 2 pounds loss I reached a big milestone of 30 lbs loss so I thought I would post pictures. I had a really hard time finding a before picture. Guess I didn't like my picture to be taken at my highest weight. I finally found a picture taken during my 20th birthday in 2004. The second photo is of me in Venice a week ago.

Before 196 (2004):


Current 166:

Good work. Look how young and hip you look!

I can certainly see the difference ... you look great!!!

You look fantastic! Congrats on the loss!

WOW!!!! Congrats to you. You look like one of the sassy exotic Italianas. How fun you got to go to Italy. Keep up the good work.

Wow. What a difference. You look great.

Thanks for posting, it's great motivation ! You look great !

You look fabulous!! Love the background too!

WTG on your weightloss

Excellent work! You look beautiful.

Great job!!! The Venice pic is gorgeous! Keep up the excellent work!

Ooooh you're uncovering some very pretty curves. Awesome job!

What a difference. Looking FAB! Keep up the good work! How was Europe?

Wtg!!!!

You look great