I recently hit the big 50 lbs loss a month ago. I thought I'd post a picture here of the new me. One is taken the day before surgery & the other is yesterday. I am down 55 lbs!!

Several people asked me to post tips to my success. You will find them on page 5!!

Diane, you look unbelievable!! And your gorgeous smile is only getting prettier!! Isn't it nice to not have to wear that mammoth bra anymore? LOL And I think they are right, next before and after shot will be in a thong! LOL

Diane~

You look amazing! Congratulations!! I can't wait to be able to see that kind of difference.

Emily

You look AWESOME.. ^5 for the skinny sista in the undies! :-P Keep up the good work. Maybe one day I'll be able to post my pictures too.

Girl, you do look awesome. Keep it up.

great job, you sure its only 55

You look fabulous!!! This is soooooooooo for me this morning. I got banded on April 4, 2006, with the same starting weight prior to the liquid diet and hope I have much success like you. Keep up the great work!

you look fantastic!!!!!! such inspiration to me, a new Lap Bander!!!!!

WOW! Diane, this is fantastic! thanks so much for sharing these with us! It surely looks as if you've lost much more than 55 lbs. Truly amazing!

I think it's true after all - there's a skinny person inside us just waiting to get out!

:clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

niki

Diane you look beyond wonderful !! Great Job, well done !!!

I love that you don't even have a belly anymore flat flat flat... thats so cool !!!!

*bowing down*

Wowie! Excellent work!

So... what does hubby think of this?

WOW!!!!!! I am soooo inspired!!! I pray that I look that AWESOME when I lose 55 pounds! It's a tremendous difference! Congratulations!

Way to go Diane! :clap2: your pics are amazing and your loss thus far is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your pics, it is so inspiring!!!:banana

HA!! I am lovin' all your responses!! My husband is standing behind my back saying - "See, I told you you looked that good!!!" Truly, I appreciate your comments.

Gurly - Husband LOVES it!! (A little toooo much?!?!) I am very blessed to have an extremely supportive man who stands behind me 100%. He is not threatened by me one bit. He is my biggest cheerleader & best friend. He's also pretty cute.

NJchick - My stomach still has a pooch AND it has some hanging skin & strech marks from the 3 little kiddos I gave birth to! (Are you still bowing down?!?!) I just happen to have some really good jeans that hold it all in & hide it. But, it is definately smaller then it used to be. If I were to show you a front undie picture you'd see it. But, I'm not sure I have enough guts to do that!!!! It could get a little pornographic. HA!!!!!!

And to everyone - I swear it's only 55 lbs!! But, I have to give lots of credit to exercising!! I've not only lost fat, but I've gained some muscle. This is the first time I have worked out in my life!!

I've had 3 people send me personal messages asking me to share with them my tips to success. I would be happy to & I figued I'd post them here!! I only have 2 min. right now & will have to do it a little later when I have some time. So, you'll have to come back & look for them!!

NICE JOB! You inspired me to go home & take "after" naked pics. I took them butt naked before surgery. I'm up 10 pounds again so I better get pics soon.

You look smashing, congrads to you!