Had to cover up my eyes in the last pic. They were looking a tad weird! I just wanted to say that it certainly didn't have to take as long as I did to lose the weight. What happened was...I thought I was taller than I really am...LOL.

I thought I was 5'4. I'm really 5'1.

A long time ago, I looked up somewhere that said a person at 5'4 should weigh somewhere between 111 - 146 lbs. Well, I thought that 150 lbs would do. I worked hard, and it paid off. Then I stopped, and gained a bit back.

Well, heck. I was looking better, but not my best. So I decided to lose some more. One fine day, I got a tape measurer and asked my boyfriend to measure my height. That was the day I found out I'm really 5'1! Ideal weight? 101 - 132 lbs. So my goal is 120 lbs. I am at 145!

WTG, you are looking great. Congratulations on the weight loss.

CONGRATULATIONS! Did you follow a certain program, what did you do? You are beautiful. I had about the same numbers as you. I am 4'11" and now weight 126 but I started at 171 pounds. That pic of you beside the tree reminds me of my before body. You have done a great job.

You're hot, no matter what size =3

Good job on what you've done so far, and I'm positive you can keep it up!

Great job you look beautiful....

your eyes have changed, they are very pretty but now they sorta POP! Looks great! Congrats!

You look really pretty in the March 2006 pic.

Hamster you look good girl....keep Turbo Jammin...

your looking good!!!!!!!

You look great! You are so pretty!!
Great Job! Congrats!!

Looking great! Good job

You were gorgeous before, and still are!!! It's amazing what losing weight can do for our confidence and that confidence definately shows in your after pictures!!

Kim

Muahaha! Thanks everybody!

almost there - I just did my own thing. Exercised, ate well. It's really that simple!

OneKim - It IS amazing what losing weight can do for our confidence. On July 4th, I went out to dinner with my boyfriend's family. Well, his sister has a baby, and he was standing on the table. The restaurant had these hanging lights that are attached to the ceiling by a string. The baby was playing with the lights, and I was like AHH!, because I thought it was hot and was going to burn his fingers and stuff, you know? So I just grabbed it away from him. Well, this waiter came along and said to me, "We've had those lights falling before, so I wouldn't play with them if I were you." I was thinking, wow, what an idiot. He didn't even know the whole story and he opened his big mouth. He thought I was playing with the lights when I was just trying to keep the baby safe.

So, the point of that little story is, when I was still big, I would have gotten sad due to the waiter's comment. I would have probably even cried that night, thinking about it. Why? Because I would have thought to myself, "Well, you know what, you deserved that. You're fat. The waiter didn't know what was going on. But it doesn't matter. He saw that you were fat and he thought he could say anything he wanted to you, and you deserved it! If you were skinny, it'd be different."

Depressing, I know. But those were often my thoughts when I had a lot of weight to carry around. Whatever mean thing people did to me, I deserved. But this is not the case any longer. I have gained a ton of confidence and self-respect, and I don't let little comments from people bother me anymore. And a**holes will still be a**holes no matter if I'm thin, average, or fat!

You got it right...people will be mean, no matter what we look like. Karma is a b*tch though! Maybe that's why mean people are so miserable...karma's doin a job on 'em!!!

It's great that you're feeling more confident. I'm feeling it as well, with only 10lbs gone, I think mainly because I KNOW that I'm working on myself and I'm seeing a difference.

Kim