with everyone else... You are beautiful! Once you reach your goal, you will be even more smokin'!

You look great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you so much, guys! really, your comments are so encouraging and motivating! I literally feel stronger as I read all the positive and thoughtful things you all have written to me .. It makes me wish that everyone in the world could be so kind and supportive!

about a month and a half ago, I lost my very best friend to a genetic, chronic, and terminal illness .. one of the things that we all remember about him was that he LOVED food .. we were both foodies and always tried every new restaurant in the city, no matter the cost .. he truly lived his life to the fullest and enjoyed everything life had to offer .. he ate like a king and traveled like a jetsetter .. after his death, i took the lessons he taught me to the extreme .. i ate everything i wanted .. every other night i tried a new restaurant ... not only did i gain back all the weight i lost and them some (i was at a happy 145 around that time), the fancy restaurants have burned a hole in my pocket!

after reading your comments, I feel motivated again .. thank YOU so much for helping me .. seeing you all rooting for me makes me want to make you all proud .. thank you for pulling me out of this crisis.

i've loss 34lbs so far and i'm 150 and i'm 5'4 i'm a dude and i need to lose 25 more pounds! i'm cheering for you! Keep up the work! you look amazing and i'll upload my pic once i loss that evil 25lbs >:| and i know how you feel about when you think "hey i dont look that fat!" but when i see myself in pictures it really bums me out :/ and i'm a dude... Hang in there because you have at least one person cheering for you! I feel your pain!

P.s You look Hawt not all dudes want a stick or a barbie doll for a girl:]

i updated my photos (:

omgggg LOL I soooo can't wait until I am your size...When I lose weight my abdominals look like yours and I think im hott stuff.. I need to keep up with it. Im starting over again though because I stopped (wish I didnt) Keep it up girl you are doing SOOOO awesome :-) My Goal is to be in a bikini or atleast a size 8 or 10 by my birthday in May Next year... having my tummy this large cant possible be healthy... im scared to put up MY pics. KEEP IT UP :-)