I had a mini goal to be no longer overweight by my 21st birthday, which would require me to lose 20 pounds. I DID IT! Now, I'm halfway to my ultimate goal. I can't believe that I've lost TWENTY pounds already, but people around me are noticing my loss, which makes me ecstatic. My waist has gone from a 33 to a 29.5 and I've gone from wearing a 12 to wearing an 8/11 jr. I'll probably be a 6 around GW, though I would ideally like to be a 4.

Here are a few before and after pictures. Most of them are afters, because when I weighed 175, I didn't like the camera very much.

This is a comparison of my face - the first pic was at 175, and the second recently:
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I will probably edit this post later once I find a full body picture of myself at 175. However, I took these two pictures of my body not too long ago (one from the front. one from the side). Before losing weight, I had massive love handles, which are now almost gone:
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Then, I decided I just looked good and took another picture:
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I looked SO good, infact, that I dyed my hair black! :
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Congratulations - yes, you do look great! Woo hoo!

Losing 20 lbs feels very good. I have the same goal - to be under 155 by my birthday in November, although I'll be 41 not 21.



Great to see the NSV effects too. Well done, keep the faith and the next 20 will be gone too.

Jax

Congrats!

congratulations! you look great!

Wow! You look fantastic! Congratulations.

Wow! You look great - and half way to goal.

Thanks everyone for the compliments so far I'm a Leo... I live for compliments... heh heh.

purpleorc: I agree... there's nothing like others telling you that you're losing weight to make you feel really good about yourself... and it looks like you're almost halfway to your goals, too... good job

jaxjob: I'm sure you'll get to your birthday goal, considering your ticker looks like it has made good progress and if you're setting goals in the range of 8 pounds a month, and you keep that up, you'll definitely reach it... and you'll feel amazing when you do... not being overweight is one of the most incredible feelings ever, and this is coming from someone who was thin once! haha. it's just nice to know you're within the healthy weight range.

I am diggin the black hair! Mine is going back to black very soon. Congrats on making your goal! You look fab!

Congratulations! You look great!!!

Congrats! I love that I've lost 20 pounds too! Just wish I could be at 155 after my loss like you! You look wonderful.

Awesome! Can't wait until I'm no longer overweight either. Keep up the great work.

wow u look hot! keep up the good work! i can't wait till i'm no longer over weight, i hope i have as much motivation as you do!

Love the black hair! You look just AWESOME!

you look awesome! i bet your birthday will be so much better knowing you met your goal!