Hi Marti!!!! Congratulations!!! It has been a long time!! You look simply gorgeous!!!! I know exactly what you mean, I have been going through the same thing. I still don't see myself as small, although I've gone from a tight size 3X to a small-medium. I am 5 feet tall, and currently weight 145 pounds, but I still feel like I need to lose another 20-25 pounds. My husband thinks that I'm nuts!!! I guess this must be a "girl issue"!! I know that some people think that I had my TT done too early, but I just needed to get rid of that awful skin that I've been lugging around. I just had TT on March 6, 2006. I would like to have some other ps done, but since I'm self pay, it can be rather expensive!!! You look just awesome Marti, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!!!! Have a wonderful weekend and God Bless you and yours!! Keep in touch!! Love and aloha, Pat

Man does this sound like me, I mean you would think losing all this weight would be enough but the reality is when you look at the skin esp. with a bathing suit on its bad. I mean it looks yucky what else can you say. And you know others will see it that way too theres just no getting around it. Period! And its not a matter of image so to speak when you have what still looks like a fat roll around your stomach from skin, arms that hang down 3inches longer than they should and won't let you wear a size or two smaller than you should cause your ams won't fit into a smaller size and the same with your pants size. Its like I told my husband if you stood me in a room full of men off the street for an opinion and aked them what they thought of me honestly as this is a poll and I was in one of those police like rooms where you can't see who is looking at you and told them to be honest, they would still say I looked either fat or over weight due to my skin. To go further if you put me and another person the same weight and height and age in the same room only the other person never had any weigh issues really and asked the men who looks better I bet they would say the other lady. So obviously theres a reason we think we look bad still beacause of the skin! I was trying to get my husband to understand this just a couple of days ago and he didn't want to listen much. I understand! Marti 253/134/??130 then 124??

Victoria - I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I can not even comprehend what you must be going though. Please remember that all of our thoughts and prayers are with you. Cheri

Ken and I are moving tomorrow, May 25th, 2006. We are doing a local move, but will be offline until after the 1st of June. We are having a garage sale to get rid of tons of plus size clothes! Wheeeeeee! Lou Ann

When I want a snack I like to grab some cottage cheese, strawberries w/cool whip, banana w/peanut butter, s/f pudding or just even wrap a piece of turkey and cheese together. I usually have 3 main meals and 2 snacks daily (so I guess its like 5 small meals per day). My typical day looks like~ B~oatmeal pancake w/sf syrup S~strawberries w/cool whip L~salad w/ turkey, cheese, croutons, ranch D~something like chicken, chili, cottage cheese, taco w/out the shell, etc. this is the hardest meal of the day for me to try to figure out. S~something listed above I can eat a pretty good amount of food now, but I try not to graze on anything throughout the day. Eating something several times a day has helped me not to reach for the quick fix as much b/c I don't every get super starving b4 I eat. Good Luck to You! Tracy B 328/153 5'9"