I thought I had NO pictures from when I was at my heaviest, but I did stumble upon ONE picture and I thought I would share. This pic is from around 2003 and I am definitely near my heaviest (250) at the time.. it is an awful picture, not only the content, but the quality... I just took a camera phone pic in my bathroom (not a great picture either) for comparison...where are my EYES?

You definitely lost weight in the face.

You look so beautiful!! Great job. Your hard work definately shows

thank you! i've always been a chubby cheeked baby face (which is great NOW because people think i'm 18 and i'm 28) but I couldn't believe how much weight I was carrying in my face until I saw that picture. It's one of the first places I've been losing with my recent journey of 15 pounds lost, and I have to say that I'm thankful I finally look like an adult for once in my life. I showed that picture to a friend of mine who never knew me at my HW and he didn't believe that it was me.. and that made me awesome.
this is kind of wrong, but it helps me... in the second picture i see a huge resemblance in myself to my oldest sister, who is much heavier than i am (she has also been much smaller than i ever have been - when i was 120 in grade school she was 85 lbs in high school, but she's much shorter - 4 inches ha ha its amazing what a difference that makes- and has my mother's tiny frame while I have my father's big bones and heavily muscled althetic frame) and when i see that resemblance, i see her and how she looks at how heavy she's become ..i would say that she's about a 22 (my largest size) at 5' and probably close to what my HW is now, if not bigger. so I see the resemblance, and i see pictures of her and i know what I could end up looking like - not that my sister isn't every inch of beautiful that she's ever been, but ultimately she is incredibly unhealthy, with through the roof cholesterol levels and the same apple shape than I am...anyway, i'm rambling because it's friday and drinking night and i've found a fantastic low sugar martini mix and maybe i'm a little tipsy but seeing what she looks like and how unhealthy she is motivates me. is that wrong? sometimes i feel guilty because of the way i feel but i know she isn't ever going to make changes until she wants to, so i don't bring it up with her because i know how resentful that can make someone....

Great job.

thanks! i lost the initial 80lbs back in 2004, and gained some back -around 30lbs over the next couple of years due to stress and bad choices. I changed my ticker to reflect where i started years ago to remind me of how far i've come and to absoultley NOT revert back again. and to remind me how CLOSE I am to losing 100lbs (closer than where I started!!) and that i am more than halfway there! it definitely keeps me motivated!

You look great. I'm the same way. I lost a lot in my face right off the bat.

You look wonderful Keep up the great work!!

I can't help compare myself to others I see in real life - it may feel wrong, but I think it's just human nature.

wow you look great! I know what you mean about not having a fat picture, I think I hid my fat pretty well.

YOU ARE DOING GREAT, you look great!

You look wonderful!

Keep it up!