I tried my hardest to pick nutritious snacks, with me not being a big veggie or fruit eater. One day maybe I will eat as healthy as your choices, lol. You make wonderful choices and stick to your guns. Keep up the good work, and I wish you the best in finding healthy alternative foods to keep you from losing more weight.- Melissa

Great job Rita!! Can't wait till I say that!! Jeannie

I LIVE for Fridays!!!!! The kids are getting spring fever already....and the teachers are worse!! B = coffee, one muffin L = cheese crackers, diet mountain dew S = fish, mac & cheese, small piece of cake Snak = cookies...oreos...ugh....made me sick. Jeannie

IT HASN'T BEEN A YEAR AND I ONLY HAVE SIX MORE LBS TO LOOSE. IT FEELS GREAT TO BE WEARING 10 PANTS AND 12 JACKETS. THAT IS GREAT COMING FROM SIZE 20. IT IS A LITTLE SCARRY LOOKING ING THE MIRROR . I STILL EXPECT TO SEE THE OLD ME!

Hi Traci, Thanks for the interesting post. As someone who's been fat and thin(ish) and fat again repeatedly, I too am very sensitive to the way people treat fat people differently. For me though the difference is in how much smarter I seem to be when I'm thin. It's odd how when I'm heavier, people don't seem to value my work or my opinion very much -- there's a big discount applied to fat people. When I'm thin, suddenly people are looking me in the eye and listening to what I say and taking it seriously. What's up with that???? And yes, part of it is improved self-esteem -- but I think that's not the largest part. A friend told me recently that I "radiate self-confidence" now -- but inside I'm just as insecure as I've always been. I just look better. Weird, huh? Hopefully those of us who know what it's like on both sides of this great divide will remember ourselves as fat, and not fall into the same prejudices as other never-been-there people. Donna 5'4", 158 lb today (formerly 256)