Pic of me last year and NOW this is what can happen if you lose focus share yours too

girl u simply gorgeous........I just wanna be like you whn I grow up!!!!!! right now I wll take either stage.......I will keep you in my prayers regarding reaching your goals!

Thank you Nessa! You are an angel for me feel good, if you want to be like the old me..stay away from sweets, that's what got me in trouble...Good luck to you and I am wishing much success in your journey.

Awwww Na! I feel your pain...Its my pain too...but you do look beautiful in both pics.  The smile says it all! Erik...made me laugh though....standing there in the mirror taking the pic. He is a truly blessed man.  Now tell him to put the dayum chips down or I am gonna come snatch the bag away and ahem...eat them my dayum self...lol! Just kidding BUT I do know that I am also eating more too (more so than normal) because I have been seeing someone and he is also a large man. 6'7 and about 350 and my big teddy bear.  He can put away some food...and I really need to catch myself. I have even tried to coach him..without being dictatorial. its just one of those things that we will need to be mindful of...in the relationship with men who love to eat and cook.  I am trying to keep it first and foremost that I have to keep my health in check OR the diabetes and sleep apnea and God knows what else will creep back with a vengeance. Hang in there.  Oh yeah....my Hell to the Naw size is a 18...which I am fitting but not yet to the T so I need to crank this mother down or I will be knocking on a solid 18 and kicking the door down to a 20. OHHHHHHHHHH Hellllllllllllllllll to the NaWWWWWWWWWW!!!! If I have to pop my phentermine like...life savers (no pun intended)..so be it..to get back on track. Thanks for posting this Na...I got this...very helpful post!      

MD, I feel ya locking this weight thing down, the weight will creep up before you know it...Yep Erik doesn't miss a meal he is 6'3 and weigh about 260..lol, he travels 90 percent of the time, so his eating is not that great when he is traveling,  so we try to eat healthy when we are together, but we do eat sweets and we usually share a treat when we eat in restuarants, I still can't eat a full meal...I not sure how I can 30 freaking pounds, but I know I ate a whole lot of candy when I going through my issues so I am sure that's the culprit. But anyway it's a never ending journey and we always have to watch the scale.

I am shaped funny so I dont have a "hail naw size." I have "hail naw - activity."

In September, it will be 6 years. I have yet to regain a total of 10 lbs. I gained 9 lbs. once. ONCE!
I lost it. Completely. I mean my mind. For me, that is how serious this is.

Wish you well

Hello...pretty you sure do have a pretty face! Wow good for you on staying focused and not going over 10 pounds, I stayed within that realm for the last 4 years, I had some hormonal issues that contributed to my rapid weight gain, but hopefully after I learned my lesson I will get back on track, and then all the traveling we do makes it hard.

Naomi -- you look good regardless, but I can understand wanting to get back to the 10/12's.  I have not made it to my goal weight yet, but "my current, "real me" pictures are on my profile.

I'm happy where I am because I am going to be happy regardless if I stay where I am or if I lose more weight.  I'm happy because I use to be depressed all the time and on meds, but for some reason getting banded cured the depression and I have not had to take any more of that medicine.

BUT,  I want to be healthy  . . . . .keeping my weight under control keeps my diabetes under control.  Instead of numbers on the scale, I get happy about numbers on my lab work -- excess weight is dangerous for me, and it knocks everything out of wack -- so I will continue to strive for the lower weight.

Good luck and I know you can get back to where you want to be just like I know I can get to goal!

Hey Karen, long time no see, you are looking so pretty yourself! I feel on being healthy, its not all about how I look, since I put on weight i can feel it too, my knees and back have started giving me problems, and I had NONE of that when I was smaller, so I know I gotta get back down to where I was. Good to see you, I thought you were on my friends list, I will send you another invite.

You are beautiful and this post will definitely help me stay focused.  I have been busy remodeling a room in my home and slipped up on the exercise.  Starting today I will be back on track with exercise and keeping myself accountable.  Thanks

Thank you sweetie! Hope everything is going well for you! We all slip every once in a while, if we were all perfect we would not need the surgery, good for you for getting back on track, we have to acknowledge our faults before we can do something about them and being honest and accountable is the first step to success..