I took this pic for my family newsletter and just had to post it. What a difference 2 years can make! Same shirt, same lipstick, big difference!
Also, thanks to everyone who made the background possible!
Okay. As you guys can see in my signature, that my best friend is getting married in July. She let me pick out my own dress, but I want to lose some more weight to look decent in it! So here's the dress I'm working towards!
I wanted to post a few recent photos (taken today) for a couple of reasons. One is that I need to see for myself whether my weight gain is that obvious, and two, to show people here how I am going. I can certainly see a difference from the earlier pics, when I first reached 161lbs, and now. I am thicker in the waist for one thing. These pics are unique in that I have never posted one side-on before and I have never posted my bare arms before. Side on you can see my fuller rear end and stomach. A lot of this is due to excess skin, but some is the increased weight. And YOU are the first people in probably 20 years or more to see my upper arms, other than hubby and my mum and doctors. I cover them up at all times, because they are so wrinkly. I am posting the third pic because that is the light cover that I put on over the top of the tank top so I didn't scare other shoppers today.
I am hoping that some time this year I will be able to post more pics that show me a little lighter at least. I don't want to get 'skinny' by any means, but I want to get down a little so that I have some 'breathing room' when TOM comes to visit.
I have been discouraged with the lack of scale changes, but as I said in a previous post, I can tell body changes so I thought I'd compare to the last pictures I took for weight loss comparison. They were taken in April, and not even at my highest weight. The others (in brown) were taken earlier this afternoon. Can't say that I see a lot of changes, but I see some, and that's the important thing.
Well, I just wanted to post pics I had hubby take today. I felt SO good today. In fact I felt 'beautiful'. It was just one of those "feel good" days. I actually feel as though I have found my waist again this week. The weight is gradually coming off again, which probably goes a LONG way towards making me feel better.
Yep... more pics of me. I turned 46 yesterday and I was feeling FINE! Well, actually I had a head cold and was feeling a little 'off', but I felt as though I was LOOKING 'fine'.
This first pic is of Neil and I just after we got back from my birthday lunch. I think we may be holding my stomach in after I ate too much. Just kidding... I think.
This next pic is of me after I had taken most of my good clothes off and I had brushed my hair out and thought that I actually looked pretty good for a sick 46 year old. So Neil had to come running with the camera again. Poor baby! You can see my birthday necklace in this one. I also realised that my makeup is a bit patchy after blowing my nose all day, but I can live with that.
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