CAN WE SAY WOW

I am working really hard on my self trying to find me with out the fat I never would have guessed that would be such a hard thing I look at places on my body and say no that cant be mine I am so amazed at what I have become I am a person not just a really fat person but just a person every day I wake up I see some one else looking back at me and think what happened in my life that made me get to 458lbs I have had a really hard life and I know that I used food to make things a little better but with every pound things just got worse I have not been this size I guess I was in 9th grade maybe even 7th HEY I even layed out in the sun every day this week burt my buns yesterday so I think I will stay in I never would have guesed that I would put on a suit and lay my big butt for every one to see but I did it and it felt great and I did not get the feeling every one was looking at the big fat lady thank you for letting me vent shelley

congratulations to you, shelley! i can surely relate to your thoughts about 'no, that can't be mine' -- i have those same revelations every day. i find myself feeling my hip bones all the time! who knew those were in there? and i constantly reach all the way around my wrist with my hand -- could never do that before! i also find it amazing (and sometimes annoying) how friendly strangers are to me now. while i enjoy the fact that people will speak to me, i'm also annoyed by it -- cause i WAS a person before too. people treated me like obesity was contagious or something. oh well...i gotta just live in this moment and let the past moments go. although i'm not to the point where i'd even think about a swimsuit! but you look a lot younger than i am...you may not be experiencing the "sharpei thighs" that i currently have! i think my knees are keeping my thighs from pooling around my feet! best to you! deb -255

yea I seem to be the kid around here at 33 on the 24th of this month I see the skin in a few places but if seen what comes to my pool in 2 peice suits you would get out there in a min there is this one girl bless her heart she has to be pushing 400 and if she can get out there in a 2 piece then I can put on a 1 piece and be just fine ps get job on the lbs lost you are doing great shelley 458/284/210

Congratulations Shelley, you seem so much happier even in your post. I wish you the best. It sounds as if you are rediscovering yourself. And that you are enjoying doing that. Good luck love marie