Oh wow, you look fantastic! You must feel fabulous! Congrats...all your hard work is definitely paying off!

WOW!!! You have come so far, congrats!

Honestly, I agree with Numina... the woman in the 2nd pic looks like she's ready to take on the world! Congratulations and Best of luck!

They say a picture speaks 1000 words. Well at LEAST that many come to mind when I see your before and after pics. Too many to mention here, but I'll throw out a few - fabulous, incredible, spectacular, phenomenal, gorgeous, awe-inspiring, tear provoking..........

Wow!! You look absolutely amazing!!! Awesome job!

Awesome job~You look terrific!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You look wonderful!! Good job with all that hard work!!

Wow, DCHound. Robin is right, too many words to even begin ...

Makes me wish I wasn't too shy to post full-on shots! The pics really tell it. I like following your progress.

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You look absolutely amazing DC!! Congratulations on your progress so far

Wow, you look amazing! Is your friend who you switch pants with around my height then? Because I wore a 14 at 190 (still do now but now I can squeeze into 12's and they're getting closer and closer to actually fitting! )

amazing! you are such an inspiration!

Megwini, my friend is a shade over 5'10 and I am allllmost 5'8 if I stand up very, very tall. She has fairly thin arms and legs, no boobs to speak of, and carries most of her weight in her butt, thighs and tummy. Her goal weight is 125. Last time she weighed 130 she was still a bit flabby right around the middle and thinks 125 will be perfect. I think my bones and internal organs weigh more than 125. I'd die of starvation before I got to that weight. 150 for me will probably be way too thin in fact. I'd love to get out of the overweight category, which would be high 160s. I don't want to be "thin" just healthy and look good.

I, otoh, am large everywhere. I wear a size 12/13 shoe and men's XL gloves. I can palm a basketball. I can also pick up 77 lb dogfood bags from the vet's office, sling them on my shoulder in a fireman's carry, and walk them out to my suv no hands. I have never tested to see how much I can deadlift but I'm sure it would be over 100 lbs.

I have a relatively small waist but big everywhere else - My measurements as of this morning were 44.5-35.5-46.5. I'm just big all over, and that's why my friend and I are 60 lbs apart but wear the same size. Some things look better on her since the arms & legs are often tight on me--but fitted things look a lot better on me than on her since I have a huge rack. She doesn't even wear a bra half the time, no one notices. If I tried to leave the house without a bra (not that I would!) I'd probably be arrested!

The human body is an amazingly diverse thing. All our friends think my friend and I weigh about the same, but we are nowhere near one another in weight, just in size. Pant size, she can't get 16s to zip yet but the 18s are floaty. For me, I have some old 16s I can only pull halfway up my butt but all my old 18s are roomy. In new stuff, I am a solid 16 though.

I just had this discussion with my friend who is 12-14, but to me looks like an 8. Which is why everyone needs to find their happy shape - comparisons just wont work unless its with your identical twin!

ps. You look so much smaller than a 16!!!!!

Amazing.

Incredibly amazing!

Congratulations! What an incredible accomplishment!

Thanks for sharing!