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Start weight 308 Current weight 148-150 amazing what losing half your body weight does for ya...

OMG, woman!! You look like a different person. 20 years younger. I even had to show this to my husband! Amazing job, well done, you!

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Highest weight: 380. Surgery day: 355. Current weight: 187. (Sleeved March 18, 2013 with Dr. Garcia in Tj, Mx).

Meow! I've always been a sucker for men in glasses. You are looking hot! Good work!!

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Highest weight: 380. Surgery day: 355. Current weight: 187. (Sleeved March 18, 2013 with Dr. Garcia in Tj, Mx).

I agree! You look like a MAN! Ha! I hope that sounds right and you know what I mean! Chiseled and nice looking! Way to go!

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Start weight 308 Current weight 148-150 amazing what losing half your body weight does for ya...

Girl, everytime I see that before pic I don't even COMPUTE that that is YOU! LOL.

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Thank you for your kind comments. I have been at goal for awhile, but i "re-share" pics from time to time because when I was that 300+ pound woman I never imagined in my wildest dreams I could look normal, much less be considered attractive. I used to think my eyes were just so ugly - turns out they were just hidden by all the fat!

Looks are not the core of who we are but somehow looking normal has made me feel like a more complete human being. Like others are more at ease around me. I am no longer invisible or even worse stared at out of shock.

I hope that my pictures give others hope that they too can transform. It is a different journey for each of us, and we don't all share the same goals, but the amazing is possible and this thread is FULL of wonderful examples. I am so proud of all of us!!!!!

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What size are you wearing CowGirlJane ? You are gorgeous!

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CowGirlJane such a transformation. Wow!!!! What size are u wearing if you don't mind me asking? What's your workouts like?

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I wear a medium top - pretty universal although sometimes they are too baggy. I have a few med button up tops that I wish had a little more room across the bust. Pants sizing are ridiculously variable though. I mostly own 8s but they are mostly getting too baggy now. I have a few 6s, but they are very form fitting skinny jeans..haha. I went to White House Black Market and wore their 2s and 4s which is just crazy. So, don't believe in sizes anymore due to the crazy vanity sizing stuff.

I think it is about proportion. I measure "about" 40-30-38 although for some reason my waist measure is sometimes more like 30.5 or 31" as i still get some post plastics swelling especially after intense exercise. My top measurement is so large mostly because I have a big frame, you know just a wide back, shoulders and ribcage - i am only a C cup so not outrageously big in "that" way.

Anyway, I encourage people to not get too wrapped up in a number - whether it is the scale or a size... but rather to pay attention to your health, how you feel, how you look. I have been fine tuning where I want to be since hitting goal a year ago. I keep working out, well, really, I just keep trying to work that sleeve.

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Just amazing. Awe struck. So powerful.

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Start weight 308 Current weight 148-150 amazing what losing half your body weight does for ya...

Wow. You are gorgeous!!!

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Highest weight: 380. Surgery day: 355. Current weight: 187. (Sleeved March 18, 2013 with Dr. Garcia in Tj, Mx).<br><br> <br><br><br><br>

You look awesome! Congrats in your success!

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Awesome! And so happy you were able to do this so young! You have a great life ahead of you!

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This is me now, down 95 pounds, still have 30 to go. Feel like I am doing pretty good, haven't been this weight since high school!!
The "before" picture was taken the day before my surgery in Mexico.

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Thank you for your kind comments. I have been at goal for awhile, but i "re-share" pics from time to time because when I was that 300+ pound woman I never imagined in my wildest dreams I could look normal, much less be considered attractive. I used to think my eyes were just so ugly - turns out they were just hidden by all the fat! Looks are not the core of who we are but somehow looking normal has made me feel like a more complete human being. Like others are more at ease around me. I am no longer invisible or even worse stared at out of shock. I hope that my pictures give others hope that they too can transform. It is a different journey for each of us, and we don't all share the same goals, but the amazing is possible and this thread is FULL of wonderful examples. I am so proud of all of us!!!!!

How long did it take you to get to goal weight? You look amazing! Hope to have the same results. 4 days since surgery. :)

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