I had to come look at your pictures after reading your story. You look BEAUTIFUL!! :-)

Great job !!! your story and pics brought tears to my eyes I ust joined the blog today Cant wait till I loose all my wt was 225 went to 159 back up to 180 again back on the road to wt loss YOU ARE AN INSPIREATION !!!!

I just joined this forum and decided to read through some of the success stories to help inspire me. Wow, yours is amazing! It is so wonderful that you recognized at such an early age how important it was to do something to insure your good health, and I salute you for that. Thank you so much for sharing your story.

May you live a long and healthy life!

Lizzi - awww, thank you!

Chrissy - this time when you hit goal, head on over to our Living Maintenance section and jump on in! It is one of the major things I think helped make me successful.

SouthernMaven - thanks! Can't wait to get to know you better.

WOW you look incredible and absolutely stunning in your wedding dress. well done!! you're an inspiration!!!!!!
ps love the quote about the scale ! very true!

Echo - thanks! That scale thing is always particularly appropriate when the scale is NOT behaving as you'd like, even when you do all the right things.

what a wonderful inspiration you and your story are! thank you for sharing and letting us know that with a little (or alot) of hard work & perseverance, it can be done!

THANK YOU!

Wow! I'm inspired! Congrats

Carrieanne - it's definitely a LOT of hard work and perseverence. Luckily, it's SO worth it!

Delicatedog - love the avatar! Thank you!

Both of you - - can't wait to get to know you both better!

Wow, your pics are amazing! You look great and even more importantly you probably feel energetic and alive. Great job!

I wandered in out curiosity and may I just say, those wedding dress photos are BANANAS! You smokin' hottie you!

Suddenly, hot cocoa is not calling my name so loudly...
(Thanks!)

people like you are such an inspiration!! I have been needing lots of inspiration, lately, so thank you

Fruitlady - thank you!

Thundahthighs - awww, thanks. The wedding dress pics still, to this day, blow my mind.

Sunshine - I've said it before and I'll say it again...its so strange to inspire people, but I'm happy to be of help to anyone I can!

Amanda, I came back to the board today after a long absence and noticed that over 44,000 people have seen your before and after pictures!! How cool is that to have inspired that many people!

Whoa - of course, a lot of the views are probably me...I look back whenever my motivation flags!