I'm going to do a monthly picture story for myself . . . so I'm posting my before pics today. Join in!

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I began my weight loss journey 11 months ago (Feb 07). These pictures were take of me on June 1 after I had already lost 18 pounds on my own. They were taken at the beginning of a 21-week Optifast diet at Emory Hospital that I enrolled in on my own. I lost 50 pounds on the Optifast plan before I was banded on 12/6/07. I have lost an additional 26 pounds since surgery

AMAZING! You have done so well! You must feel absolutely wonderful.

Hello, this is my first picture post. I didn't really take any pre-op pictures to compare with, now I'm kind of wishing I did. I am a circus-style fire performer, and I am training to be a contortionist, so most of the picture of myself I have are performance or practice photos. You all will get to see my contortion progress along with my weight loss progress. Well, as soon as I'm allowed to go back to stretching my abdomen.

The first two pictures are from a few months before surgery, and the last is from this New Years Eve.

wow Lillianya that is great. I want to do the bending too.

Two Weeks Post-Op:

Seven Weeks Post-Op:

Lookin' good Trixie!