Well I want in too. starting weight= 310 now i'm = 176 a loss of = 137 the total now is 4951.60 I'm so proud of you all !!!!!!! I feel like dancing!!!!!! Ya hoo!!!!

YAH WHOOOOOO Marianne. You sure do look GREAT! Hay Lisa,,,,,,, I also have leveled off with 15-20 pounds to goal. I have added more activity and have been using www.FITDAY.COM and have added support of two "normal" friends that are dieting as well. So we all keep other HONEST with our diest. ( One is doing Jenny Craig and the other is using Weigh****chers) I love FITDAY because I can see where the calories are coming from as well as keep track of my food log, activity logs and weight loss. THE BEST part is that it is privet. Lisa

Hey Lisa, I just received your e-mail, and I will reply to you more on a one to one basis. but I just wanted to tell you that you look really outstanding, and I am very proud of you. Its so nice to see such a transformation. And you have such a precious smile. I can see it in you that you are so happy now. Thanks for your sweet note to me eariler. Jessica

Marianne, that is so wonderful that you are at normal now! I don't know if you remember me or not, but a few months ago, I emailed you and told you how wonderful you look, etc, etc. Well, since that time, I have kept your page as one of my favortites. I occasionally go and read your profile and see hoe you are doing. Well, yesterday I had a surprise.... I seen all your new pictures.. I just wanted to tell you, that you have absolutely blossomed into a very beautiful swan, and you are honestly my inspiration. I even called my freind at their work yesterday and I forwarded her your page, and I told her to take a look at you. And she did. She was in TOTAL Shock!! She was just like, oh my gosh. Look at her!! Now, my freind I called is considering the surgery.. (Hasn't made her mind up yet) But she did say that after looking at your pictures she is getting very excited about the results and the feeling of well-being in a year after surgery. I was just happy for her that your profile has been an inspiration to her as well. I was just in tears yesterday thinking that I too could be your size in about 6 more months. I am working very hard at it. I started out at 294 5'3". I am now at 212. I have lost 82 pounds in 5 1/2 months. I look at my arms, and I look at the horrific gut I still have, and I think negative. I still see the same person in the mirror as I did when I was 294. Even though everyone else is in shock when they see me, and they are proud of me, I just don't see it? Why? I don't know. I feel better thats for sure. It feels good to be able to cross my legs in a booth at a restaurant now, and ride these rides, run, and play now. Anyways, now I am rambling on and on... Well, I am from North Carolina I had my surgery in March, and I just wanted to let you know that I am really inspired by the struggles you have been through and all the hard work you have put into your weight loss journey. You look really amazing, and I actually cry sometimes when I think this is going to happen to me too. Please continue to keep us all posted on how your doing, because I am and have been for a while following your steps and watching how you do. I am very proud of you, and I hope to one day be able to say Wow, I am normal too!! Keep up the good work! Jessica 5'3" 294 / 212 / -82 lost!

Today I got on the scale and it said 127.....................which is a normal BMI for me (24.8). I have waited for this.........I said to myself when you have a normal BMI its time to stop making fat jokes about yourself. Its so weird because that has alway been a part of my personality. Well now people look at me like I am crazy when I say something like that about myself. I have probably never had a normal BMI my whole life........this is to cool Also Congrats to all the August babies our tallies really went sky high! We have all done an amazing job! Keep up the Good Work! --Marianne 5'0 256/127/120