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!!

For anyone who cares to see, I've posted my swimming suit pictures on page one. It took some coaxing from my husband, but they are there!! ACK!! :uwelcome:

Grats! wow what a difference 55 pounds makes, had to look at the pictures then look again to make sure it was the same person in the same thread lol Besides the obvious everyone else has said, I can see a very big difference in your face.

I can't wait to get there, not sure if I have the courage to join a gym until Ive lost down to 200 though:paranoid

I'm struggling along unbanded and trying to have the patience to wait for all these roadblocks to stop being thrown at me! and get mine....

GREAT Idea on the Friday treat thing - I'm going to use it starting today since it's Friday :clap2:

Hi Willowbas - the success tips are on pg. 5.

Okay, these pictures I'm posting out of the insistence of my husband. I've NEVER taken a picture in a swimming suit, much less post it to the world!!!

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Girl, you look good in that suit!!! Glad your hubby made you do it!

Diane you look amazing! I love the bathing suit pictures. I hope you're planning on wearing it in public and holding your head high while you do it!

Keep 'em coming.

BTW, your before pics look so much like mine it isn't even funny - right down to the stretchy bra - does it have a row of hooks and eyes in the front? lol It's me, I swear.

Donna - YES!! My bra has a row of hooks in the front!! Very funny......I've had that bra for years. I am so glad I don't have to wear it anymore!!!!! HA!!!

Wow!!!!!! What an inspiration!!!! Thank you for posting your pics. I hope that maybe someday I will be able to post mine.

Diane!! July05 fellow im sooo proud of you!!! what a difference!!!

im really happy for you!! what an excellent job!!! What an inspiration

you are!! Thanks for sharing your pictures!!! whats your height Diane?

i have lost lots but i really i do not look so different like you! ecxept if is

only in my mind .. and i cant see real difference on me!

lovz

Holy cow Diane! You look awesome... I just ran across this thread and couldn't believe my eyes. You are absolutely gorgeous!

Wow! Congrats you look wonderful? I just sent you an email. I am new and live in same area. I am also using same doc. would love to talk with you. Your pics are extremely encouraging. You must feel so good! You look great.

tina

Hi Pinkmary! I'm 5'7". Holy cow - you've lost 80 lbs!!! I would soooo love to be there too. It looks like you & I are the same height & started at about the same weight. I am sure you look much better then you think you do. It was my husband who coaxed me to post these pictures & I think he wants me to start believing what everyone is telling me!! Sooo, I understand ya when you say you really can't see the difference. I can't see a difference until I see a picture side by side. Try taking some pictures and I bet you'll see it!!

Hi Tina!! I'll check my personal e-mail.

Diane,

These pics show your weight loss is much more dramatic than what you can see from your family Easter photos. You really should be very proud of your success.

I love that you are realistic about enjoying the things you love, like chocolate. If we didn't love stuff that was bad for us, we wouldn't need WLS surgery to begin with. You've found a way to satisfy those cravings, while still achieving your weight loss goals. You should be proud of yourself. That's what it's all about, making choices that allow us to live with the band forever.

Congratulations!!

Kristin

I can't see a difference until I see a picture side by side. Try taking some pictures and I bet you'll see it!!

Diane, we are alsoat the same height!

as about the pics i did that, i put photos side by side and i still dont see

any dramatic difference like yours! i swear! BUT... but... but...

i do not exercising like you.. thats must be the reason! you look even more skinny like your weight says..!! i think i must start working

that treadmill :/

anyway Diane you are an example and an inspiration for all of us!!!

and i mean the people who really want to lose weight...

Congratulations! you make me feel very proud for our July05 little team

the biggest "secret" of Diane is that she is exercising!

and that is something that we should think it all of us!

Look guys what exercising, patience, and following bandsters rules

can do in such a sort of time! Diane i cant stop saying BRAVO to you!

BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!

Diane.. look what i mean..