I... me... this girl... hit the 85# loss mark this week. Talk about exciting!

It's strange though; I don't FEEL like a different person. I'm still ME, just in a smaller body.

I thought I would lose the weight faster than this. I calculated it out and had a plan to be further along by now. It's taken me 17 months and I'm ok with that. 100% ok with it. I've gone from a size 26/28 to a 16, I work out and love it, I feel great and the photos don't lie; I'm a smaller, healthier person!

This is me at 276 (not my highest weight) and then me last weekend before the Komen Race for the Cure (which I ran in 35:42!):

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Great job!!!!!! You can totally tell a HUGE difference!

You look great!!! The difference is amazing. And way to go on the race!

Stunning difference.. you must be over the moon!! Proof that hard work pays off. Thanks for sharing!

Congrats!

How amazing is that. So proud of you, you are a definite motivator

Congratulations!! 85 pounds is an amazing achievement, you should be so proud. And congrats on your race!!!

Congrats! You look amazing!

congrats

Woo-freaking-hoo!

That is a huge accomplishment and you look great!

Looks like an amazing difference to me! I've lost about 81 pounds now and friends and family tell me how good I look, but I don't see that big of a difference myself. I also thought I would lose faster, but I'm happy I've stuck with it. I do feel better and feel like I look better too, but I guess it's because it's coming off so slow that it doesn't seem that drastic of a change to me. I will say that when I took the kids to a movie last weekend that I seen someone around my age and around the size I was at my highest weight and she sat down in the row in front of us and seeing how uncomfortable she looked reminded me of how uncomfortable I was at that weight. I noticed that I was sitting in the chair fairly comfortably and my stomach doesn't protrude out like it used to (I have much more of a lap than I did back then). I also notice when my eight-year-old hugs me his arms go around me now. I still have a lot of weight to lose to be at a "normal" weight, but I'm getting there slowly but surely. I didn't mean to ramble on about myself. Congratulations on your weight loss. You look great!

Great job!!!!