Progress pics

picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=7059458&uid=3436339&members=1 I was bored, so I uploaded a few. Im down 71 pounds as of 4/1.

You luck great keep up the good work

Thanks!

You look so good! I didn't realize that our statistics were so close. Did you realize that we had surgery 5 days apart and our starting weights were 5 lbs apart and we are almost the same height, and we've lost almost the exact same weight! I would be really curious to know what you eat each day and if you exercise, and if so how much. I just wonder if our behaviors are similar also. Anyway, congrats you are doing GREAT! Thanks for sharing ~Sue

Well, I dont really keep a journal of what I eat. But I eat a small bowl of cereal in the am, usually Special K Carb (something) w/carb Countdown milk, lots of protien. For lunch I usually have a Lean Quizine, and dinner varies, sometimes I'll just have a banana, or another tv dinner. But Im sometimes bad with snacking. I can eat a bag of popcorn (sometimes I can fini****) or Ritz crackers. I keep telling my b/f to stop bringing it inm the house, but I just need to control myself. As far as excercising, I dont. I really, really, really, really, really should. I NEED to start toning. I would probably have next to a flat stomach if I did. I just do have the motivation. If my SO tries, I feel like hes "telling me what to do", and in turn, I dont. I'll check your profile, and see what your routine is. I've wanted to tell you this ever since I saw your pic, you look almost EXACTLY like a much younger version of my sister. The only difference is she had a space between her teeth.

Forgot to mention, I started out wearing a very tight 20, Im now in size 10, used to be xxl shirts, now L, (My boobs are still the same size, no shrinkage otherwise I could be in M) It's hard to "see myself" as I really look, unless I compare pics. Its still surreal to me.

I don't know what to call you Miss Anonymous! Give us a nickname or something! Thanks for giving me some ideas of what you eat. It sounds like we are pretty similar in our eating habits. Although I rarely will have JUST a banana for dinner. I snack also, but generally it is all pretty good choices. I'm working out and starting to really get into it, which I never would have believed a few months ago. I really do recommend a gym if there's any way you can swing it. Get some of your music (saw that you are a metal fan, great to work out to!) on an mp3 player and get on the treadmill or eliptical machine and the time will fly by. You will feel so good. Then you can expand from there and try some of the circuit machines, etc. BTW I used to live near Chicago too. I was born in Oak Park and lived up to age 11 in Addison. AND as far as looking like your sister... I USED to have a space between my teeth! I got braces when I was 17 and now the space is gone. Well keep up your good work, you really look wonderful and a size 10 is AWESOME! I am a size 10 in Gap jeans, but I just found out they have "vanity sizing" and their 10 is actually not equivalent to other brands 10s... I'm guessing I'm probably a 12 right now. I'm small in the shoulders, still got a belly and jiggly inner thighs, big time. ~Sue

My name is Gabriella. I rarely eat a banana for dinner either. Tonight I had a Lean Quisine. For lunch I went to a bbq and had some skirt steak and veggies. Loooove skirt steak, especially on the grill. I dont have a problem eating large portions, I have a problem with late night snacking. I can get on my SO sisters family plan at Xtreme Fitness for 23 bucks a month, but I've never been one to excersize in front of anyone...I dont dance either, dont like people looking at me. When you grow up fat with flaming red hair, EVERYONE looks at you, and usually has something not-so-nice to say. I really do need to go though, I want to buy a home gym, but Im afraid that I'll get tired of it like the rest of the machines I've bought in the past. I'll figure soemthing out. I live near Midway, not too far from Oak Park. And I wear a size 10 in Old Navy jeans, not sure about any other brand. I would assume they they have the vanity sizing too....but I wont tell if you wont. You keep up the good work, be proud of what you continue to accomplish!

Holy cow! You look fantastic!! Wow, so small. You look like a totally different person and so much younger too in your before/after! Nice job! What size are you now?