Face photos from SMO to just plain Obesity (PWing goin' on!) - 129 pounds loss, baby!

EDIT: I see people asking about "what is normal weight loss" and it's whatever is normal FOR YOU but someone once posted these stats for me early on so I paid it forward. On my profile (scroll ALL the way down) you can see my monthly AND weekly weight in numbers. I hope that helps anyone that needs to see that a stall is JUST a pause. I promise.

So, this morning I woke up to just being obese. Gone is Morbidly Obese. Gone is Super Morbidly Obese. From 60.5 BMI to 39.7. From 375 to 246. From May 2011 until March 2012. Just 10 short months. I feel like a new person. It's finally catching up in my head a little bit too. Oh, I've still got a ways to go, but I got this. I will win this war on obesity. I will. You watch me.


May 2011, 375 pounds


Nov 2011 - 277 pounds


December 2011 - 266 pounds


February 2011 - 250 pounds (125 loss - 1/3 of my total starting body weight!)


March 2012, 246 pounds

I always felt pretty, but I feel gorgeous now. I'm not done by any stretch of the imagination, but I got this.

For those you reading this in a stall. Stop the negative talk RIGHT NOW. I'm so guilty of this. My head is a scary place to live. Stop. Stalls happen. They are annoying, but they are normal. Take this time to evaluate what you are eating. Track. Drink. Sleep. You know what you need to do. If you're doing it, then just enjoy your body changing. Take time to really look at what you've accomplished so far. 20 pounds? Man, that's TWENTY freaking pounds. I've lost mine ONE pound at a time. Just one. They've added up to 129 of those suckers so far. YOU CAN DO THIS.

For those of you waiting for surgery or thinking of it... are you really serious about it? Are you going to do your part? Have you done your research? You have to want it. You have to want it bad. You have to be willing to put the time in. You have to be ready. I wanted to do this surgery 10 years ago. I'm glad I didn't. I didn't want it bad enough. I wasn't ready. I wouldn't have put the time in. Be ready.

I wish I had taken more photos along the way. It's hard. I know. But that's my biggest piece of advice. But man, I can really really see the difference in my face so I wanted to show those!

Yes, I have loose skin. Yes, it sucks. So what? I'd rather it be loose and empty instead of fat and jiggly. I'll get plastics one day... until then. I earned it. I just stuff it in my jeans, roll 'em up into my bra and go on with my LIFE.

I'm doing SO much right now. I'm working out and all that crap, but I'm having a good time. I'm going places without thinking about "will I fit". I'm.... living.

Truly inspirational.  I needed that today.  Thank you and great job!

Glad it helped. We're all in this together... whether we like it or not. You can do this... you've done AMAZING so far! Lookit that!

Thanks so much for posting. You're looking great, and the writing that followed is very insightful.

Thanks, I feel great too :) It's been a crazy awesome journey. Yours will be too!

 Dito moonglo82 :) !

I can't believe how much younger you look!! Awesome job!

Yup, that's been the biggest thing too. Wow. I look like I'm in my mid (hey, it's not late yet!) 30s. It's pretty cool :)

 Thanks for posting.  It's very helpful to see success stories like yours keep us motivated to keep on plugging away each and every day.  

Your looking mighty fine!  

There are so many people here that motivate me. But I also know there's not an over-abundance of those of us that started out where I was, so I like to sometimes post because that really really helped keep me going.

And thanks, I think I'm looking not too shabby for a 37-year-old mom of two. I'll take it. :)

 Wow, you are such a beautiful woman! Thanks for sharing!