Yes, me in a bikini - well kinda... haha 2 summers ago... heck, even LAST Summer I never DREAMED I'd be wearing one this year. Oh yeah! Got to wear it for the first time this weekend. I can't believe I took these pictures and I'm pasting them up. Scarrryyyyy.... lol!!! Anyway, please be kind! It's kinda a big deal.

First a few befores:

and Last Saturday:

Look at you little miss thang!! You look awesome

Girl, You so fine!!!

Congrats on your weight loss...you look wonderful!

You look awesome! I love the before and after pics, it gives us just starting the journey something to look forward to!

BTW, someone posted on another thread that they wanted to know where to get motivation to exercise? These pictures motivate the heck out of me!! I want to be where she is!!! This proves that it's possible... and notice that little tiny tummy? That's with NO surgery!! Yeah, Irene, YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUPER CUTE!!! You ROCK Irene!!!

OMG! You give us all hope! You look freaking FANTASTIC!!!! A big deal is the understatement of the year! Keep it up, because you obviously got this covered! wooooo hooooo for you!

Kinda personal but... U didn't lose ur boobs?

Looks great to me! Your boobs look really good! And your torso ; have you had any plastics or is that hard work? Curious I'm just starting out and freezing the loose skin and no boobs.

You look amazing.

You look hawt ! Great job and congratulations. You also look younger.

You look amazing! The only people who would be unkind are heartless anyway and have to talk about others to make themselves feel good because they normally don't have any self esteem!! So go on girl..wear that bikini proudly!

Thank you all! I'm feeling so great, and it just doesn't seem to come down from this constant high!! Life is truly truly better on the other side. Is life perfect? Of course not, but not having the fat suit on all day I have to say has made it all worth going through.

Hugs!! Keep fighting every single day, and never ever give up! Wake up every morning with a new opportunity to work towards making it a great day, that is how I worked my program - and it works... it really does!

Now, for the record - I have had breast augmentation and some Liposuction in my problem areas. However that is all I've had, I have NOT had any skin removal whatsoever. I do plan to in the future, so I can only imagine how amazing my results will be once I'm healed up from all that.

GOOD LUCK AND BLESSINGS!!!

Wow im Jealous! You look awesome!

All your hard work is paying off! Good job...

You look fantastic. Congratulations. You work so hard and it shows!