I was completely focused on losing weight in June. However, I went on vacation in August and completely lost track. My total weight loss was 11 pounds ! I celebrate every pound I lose. I was soo close to 15 lbs. I am tall and I really lvoe being thick. I look at my high skool pics when I was 170 and I was kinda skinny with a big booty. Its crazy cuz I at that time I thought it was fat! I know I would be happy at 180. I am just ready to be back healthy! I am starting back now because I dont want to wait until new years. I want to be 7 lbs down by 2012!

I'm hoping to lose about 7 lbs before the new year too! It's definitely doable! Good luck and great job getting the motivation to start back again!

We can do it!!! Lets stay focused. Congratulation on your weight loss Thats amazing.

Thank you!! I still have a long way to get to my goal but i definitely feel so much better already! I usually focus on 5 or 10 pounds but maybe I should start celebrating each pound like you! Then I would get to celebrate 32 more times!

Oh wow, this happened to me TWICE in my life. Lost weight, went to America, lost weight, went to Italy. The only problem about my third holiday is that I didn't lose weight before it so I gained twice as much!! I know what you mean about self body image when you're a teen, I had diaries where I said I was the ugliest person alive and I was so fat...and I was lighter than I am now! I was still overweight, but only by about 9 lbs officially.

Good luck on your journey, you can do it you've just gotta commit to it and stay consistent! Join some of the challenges and chat threads, they really help you stay accountable, make friends and get some amazing support!