Hi all
I started this journey in July 2007 at 211 pounds about the time of the pic where I am in the blue shirt/white headband. The pic of me in the red sweater was taken by my DH at 188 pounds. You may not see much of a dif, but I sure do!!! So far I've gone from a size 16/18 to a 12/14. I am 5'4" tall and hope to reach 155 by late Spring of next year using WW.

Latest pics of me in blue blouse/dark pants taken today, January 28/08, down 40 pounds, now about 170 lbs! Still another 15 or so to go til I reach my goal.

Cheers from Canada! *UPDATED PIC ON PG 2*

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Awesome job! I can see a difference all over even though the pictures were taken from different angles. I can see a big difference in your face, mid-section, and your arms! Keep up the great work. At the rate you're going, I think you'll hit 155 before late spring.

Awww, thanks kindly for your encouraging words! It takes some courage to post fat pics, and it really is a great help when others cheer us on. Best wishes on your own journey!

Nice work ABBAgirl!

You are helping to inspire me. Keep it up.

Great job...I totally notice a difference, you look great!
Cathy

Hey, thanks, you guys! Your words really are so encouraging and inspiring! I went for three walks today, and feel just great. Those endorphins are bouncing around happily in my brain...

cheers

You can totally tell a difference! Your face especially. You look great! I am doing WW too, and I love the program. I just keep losing, slowly but surely. Congratulations and good luck with your spring goal!!

Yes, I definitely see a difference. You look great! Congratulations on your progress. And thanks for being an inspiration to the rest of us who are just starting out.

Thanks bunches for your kind words! If I can do it, YOU CAN DO IT! We will complete this journey together. Best wishes to you!

Cheers

If I can do it, YOU CAN DO IT!

This is completely how I feel. I went from being almost entirely inactive to really active in almost no time. Fortunately I have my age and the fact that I've never been frail working for me.

Thanks for dropping by my diary and actually bothering to read it!

The old picture (the one where I was wearing a turquoise shirt) was taken Labor Day of last year. I was actually about 205 there because I'd just come home from backpacking in Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. Thanks for the kind words about me not looking chunky. Oh, trust me, I am.

My weight loss goal was to be 120, but I have never been thin, so I have no idea what I would look like at 120. I want to be fit, healthy, and not fat. I want to have very little fat on me, but I don't want to be stringy or skinny, nor do I want to be bulky. I have a feeling I will look pretty good at 150 but I don't know for sure.

The new picture is about a month old and I guess I was about 200 or 198 there. I'm currently 192, though I was 190 for a few days. I've resolved to not weigh myself again until 10/8 when I have to for the October Challenge. I may decide to leave the challenge just so I won't have to weigh myself weekly because that's bad for my mental state.

Oh god. You have plantar facilias. I have that too, which was part what made me want to get off my ass and lose weight. I got a cortisone shot in my right heel back in late June, right before my most recent summer trip. Boy did that make a difference. If you want to be active but you're still having pretty major pain in your heel, I highly recommend cortisone shots. Usually I am not a proponent of medication as a means to a fix, but I know if I were still having serious inflammation I wouldn't be able to run and do the things that are helping me become more healthy. By the way, the shot hurt like hell. I'm usually a great shot patient, but that one hurt much, much more than any other shot I've had.

Have you thought about getting off your regular diet for a week just to stir things up with your body? And then going back on it after a week? That might help break your plateau.

Keep up the good work! I wish I could build up the courage to do what you did: post before and current pictures. I can't do it, not yet.

Oh yeah, I teach American Lit. and World Lit. at the high school level. (I gained 40 pounds my first year teaching and have never been able to drop it until now!)

-Tamara

Don't have another pic yet, but will at Christmas. So far down to 180 lbs...hit a brief plateau, but knocked the *&#@ out of it when I came down with shingles and lost a pile of weight thanks to being stuck on IV in hospital! LOL Don't recommend that method...

Cheers more to come (off) soon!

Wow what a big difference congrats on your hard work!

You look Fantastic! What a huge difference. You are a huge motivation : for others.

Hey girl... i can tell a huge difference.. wtg on going from a 16/18 to a 12/14 thats a nice size difference. i can't wait till i can say i'm in a 16/18 but that won't be for a while.. haha hope you are doing well keep up the great work..

heather

Hey ABBAgirl, you are such a beautiful lady! The difference between before and now is impressive and you have all the reasons to be proud of yourself! As for the pear shape. Well I can tell you I know a number of men who would drool after a juicy bum and I don't know anyone who likes big tummies. So be proud of you shape! It's lovely!