Congrats! girl a size 4 HECK ya your about finished I'm still an 8 and feel HUGE...but I think i want to be at a 6 or so. I don't want to get too small cause its just as hard to find cute clothes in really tiny sizes as it was when we were fat. GIRL i check out your profile. AWESOME girl AWESOME. I hear ya on the extra skin...I think that's what makes my body look weird. People see me from the front or back and say wow your waist is so tiny when they see me from sideways they take it back LOL. My tummy is huge man but one day ....i will have surgery on this sucker. I'll wait to be married so my hubby can take care of me. you know what they say...those in the healthcare industry make THE WORST patients... I strongly AGREE@ Happy holidays!!! I'm with you on the kickin it back to the basics and starting "over" once the holidays are over Gracie

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Wishing you many blessings. Karen G

HURRAY Terri Donna

I saw my doctor today for my one year checkup. All of my blood tests came back great and I have lost 95% of my weight! I started at 358 and am now 180. I have lost 1/2 of me! It is difficult to fathom. At 6ft tall I still feel big, but life really has changed for me. Yesterday I walked into Banana Republic and perused the shelves and the racks. I was not buying anything, I was just enjoying the fact that I could be in that store and not feel like everyone was thinking that I don't belong. I had every right to be there! I started out as a size 30/32 and I am now a 12/14. Freaking unbelievable! I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I can't believe it is me! I have not been this weight since I was a freshman in highschool. That was a long time ago! I am now 47 years old. I was not near this thin when I married my husband 22 years ago. Needless to say, my son has never known that I could look like this. He is 18 and very proud of me. My family tells me that they were really worried about me for a long time. They thought I was killing myself. They are all so happy for me. The pride in my father's eyes is wonderful. Sometimes I feel as though I gave my family a gift. I have been flirted with. Men open doors for me and talk to me. They smile at me and look me in the eyes. I am uncomfortable with the attention, since I have never really been treated this way. It is not like I can go back in my history to remember what it was like. It was never like this. But...I am determined to learn how to enjoy it! I am more confident in my job, and yet I don't feel as though I have to be defined as my job. For most of my life I measured my self worth in how well I did my job. That was the only way I could hold onto some self esteem. Now I am beginning to believe that there is more to me than how much I can prove myself by pleasing others. I am beginning to believe in me! My relationship with my husband is getting better. At first I thought that it was because I looked better and had lost so much weight. Now I realize that because I am happier, my husband is happier. I don't pick on little things, and I appreciate the good things more. I am enjoying smiling much more than I frown. We are more playful than we have been in years. What a wonderful time of our lives for this change to happen, our son is a college student now and we are rediscovering each other. Yes I worry sometimes that this whole thing will go away. I am afraid that the head hunger will over take me and I will once again be the obese person I was before. Maybe that fear is good. I hope it will keep me from sliding back to old habits. Now that I am so happy and thin, could I really let it go? I hope not. Thank you all for being there this past year. I have not posted that often, but I gained strength from reading yours. My wish is that next year at this time we are all as happy with our progress and who we are as we are today! Merry, Happy, Healthy! Terri

Happy Anniversary!!! You have done great. Congratulations. Diana 379/188/?