Before and After pictures ...

I saw this thread on the Grads board and thought we might want to try it here... no matter how new you are to this journey.

Oh, to get your photos into the body of your response to the thread you can upload them to your profile, then right click to copy and then paste them in. I used two windows so I could just toggle between them and do it easily. Then I grabbed the sizing corners and shrunk 'em down so that they wouldn't be so big.

Barb

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Sooooo...

My high weight was 264. When I started with Duke I weighed 248. At surgery I was 233 and today I weigh 135.

Here are some of my before and afters... I look forward to seeing yours.

Size 22 wedding dress 30 years ago.

Size 24/3X in family portrait in 2005

Size 14 in Oct 07 ... Dancing the night away at my nephew's wedding

Size 10/12 in Dec 07 ... Feeling really pretty for the first time in a long time. Had these taken to try to 'see' what others told me they were seeing. It helped some.

My preop photos submitted to Duke at 245 and same poses taken on my 50th Bday @ 155

At my son's wedding @ about 135, wearing a size 6/8.

 

all I can say is WOW!!!

seeing your little pic on the side here..I couldnt imagine you larger..
you are about the same as me...I weigh 250 something but Im small framed & want to get to 130..sometimes I think its impossible for my body to shrink that much!  LOL

well u look great!  keep it up girl!!

Thanks for the compliments... Believe it or not, I'm actually larger framed, so I can tell you that it definitely is possible to shrink to a size smaller than you ever imagined.

I hope seeing the me that I have known for all of my adult life, versus the me that we all see today helps you see that you too can do this.

I am still trying to get used to the new me. There are some things I really like about the new me and believe it or not, some things I don't like as much. But all things have trade-offs I guess and I'm not willing to trade my health and quality of life to get back some of the things I was more comfortable with before.

Barb

 

ok.... I had always been thin, I used to be a Marine so I dont have any old *fat* photos up until I met hubby 7 years ago... thats when I started eating as much as he did and I had metabolic syndrome that just turned food right into fat no matter how hardcore I was with dieting.I had to gain 5 lbs for my insurance company to cover my surgery.. talk about STUPID!! so I went to McDonalds everyday and stuffed my face.. the thought of greasy McDonalds makes me sick now!  Anyways here is what I have... LOL  I am 5'7 and have a large frame.

 

Here I am at Disneyworld 2006 weighing in at 230 YUCK!! I look horrible!

 

 

Here I am at Turner Field in Atlanta at The Braves game.. heaviest ever 240 lbs

 

 

Here I am two nights before surgery with our very own Sheryl and Sheila!!! that was a fun night!

 

Night before surgery in the hotel across from Pitt weighing 236 lbs..

 

 

almost a month out... Oct 2007

 

 

November 2007 two months out Marine Corps Ball

 

 

January 2008 4 months out

 

 

 

Disneyland California February 2008 5 months out

 

 

 

March 18th 2008  six months out 73 lbs gone

 

 

Disneyland Florida May 7th 90 lbs gone

 

 

Late June 2008 100 lbs gone

 

 

July 2008 with hubby in Jamaica 106 lbs gone

 

 

I really do need to take some new photos.. I have a few that have

been taken at Logans I need to upload them.  I now weigh 133.5 and wear

size 4/6 clothes and would like to stay at my current weight and hopefully

maintain. Hubby was deployed in July so the only photos I have that are recent 

 that I took for him  are ummm..  *not appropriate* to post LOLOLOL

 

You look great Barb. I know you & your family are proud. You look so happy too.

great idea.... here goes




 Way before....1995 glamour like shots at someone's house... it was kind of like a tupperware party but they took pics instead ..lol







My wedding day 1996 wedding dress was an 18



after this i stayed behind the camera so jump forward to Christmas Day 2007
pants were size 34 shirt was a 5x



today... 8 months out

Stunning ... You were beautiful then and you are now! I think that we all should have Glamour Shots Done to celebrate our surgiversary and then whenever we get to what we consider GOAL!!! I wish they still did those tupperware style photo parties! Wouldn't that be fun!

Barb

Yeah those parties were alot of fun.Iwent to 2 in my life and it was great playing dress up! If I ever get myhernia fixed and the skin issue solved Iam gonna have some pics taken again somewhere. Thanks Barb.

Melissa

Melissa,

Have some taken whether you get it fixed or not. We all have things we don't like, but it's a good thing to celebrate the possitive changes you have made. Even if you are not where you want to be. We are all 'works in progress.'

Hugs,

Barb

Unfortunately, I had to delete this post due to privacy concerns.