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After nearly crashing my puter I deleted all the comments on the "before and after" pic thread. All comments on those pics should be directed here. That thread will only be for Pics.

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Thanks Delarla. It took me awhile but it is much better now to just see the pics. Hopefully people will come here to make their comments.

LaMadam all I can say is WOW!! What a difference!! I am truly impressed. And Kristie holy hot tamale, Batman!

Keep up the great work guys.

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Thanks Penni

Everyone looks great!

I just can't believe some of the differences.

God Bless the BAND!

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Tricia - You do look wonderful!

Kristie - Wow, you are so tiny! How much weight did you lose?

Michelle - You look like a totally different person! I can't imagine how 20 more will make you look! You are beautiful girl!

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Im enjoying all of the befores and afters..it is very motivating and inspirational. Im working on posting mine too

Keep em coming :)

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Thanks everyone! :)

It's amazing what a mere 55-60 pound weight loss will do to a person's face ;).....

I can't wait until I drop another 55-60 pounds, maybe I'll lose that second and third chin by then.

I agree with everyone else who said that the before and after thread is very inspiring.

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I put up Bubbame20022003 before and after. You have to scroll down a ways to see it. Mighty impressive I would say. But then again we are all pretty impressive.

Michelle, I posted your pics side by side so if you want a newer one just let me know and I can fix it for you. Get a recent one taken girl. Wanna see what you look like now.

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I just seen all the pics of us and I am with out words. We have all come along way and to get to the point that we will actually take below the waist shots and Bikini shots is amazing point to get to.. You are all an awesome and inspiring group and I feel blessed to have all of you on my journey. We all deserve a pat on the back and a big huge hug. I must confess that some of the pics actually made me cry including my pic. Ok I must be post PMSing..

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Simply amazing!!!! I love that the before and after pictures are so easy to see now... and I will look at them everyday because they are all so inspiring! Thanks Penni for all your hard work and thanks to all that are willing to post photos because they are all worth a thousand words!

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I showed all the pictures to my Brother and Nephew yesterday. They were amazed at the difference! We looked at them all for a long time. You gals got lots of compliments! ;):)

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Just posted Carol (cadydid) before and after photos. She is such a beautiful lady. Pretty impressive.

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