Me and my hubby's favorite thing to do is rennaissance faires.. we do Scarborough and TRF and even go to other states and do theirs (Colorado and Maryland)...we have all the garb as well.. bodices.. doublets.. tights, you name it.. we have it all.

Unfortunately, we each gained so much weight (him 90 lbs and me 60 lbs just from the time that we had met) when I found out I was getting banded he started the south beach diet when my doctor put me on it and we've been doing this together. I've lost 40 and he's lost 35 so I wanted to post our before and after pics in our rennaissance garb...

In the first pic that bodice was the only one that would fit me any more and there was about a 4 inch gap in the back. His doublet didn't fit him at all anymore, so he had to resign to just wearing the belt. In the new pic taken this past saturday I could finally fit back into my black pirate bodice with greens and he could get his doublet back on too... The next faire we attend is in 5 months... I can't wait to see what I'll look like and, oh no.. I might have to buy a few new bodices. LOL.

Now if I can get a few of you ladies in a bodice!! all women look good in bodices!!

Edited May 27, 200818 yr by coolcrystal

Thanks everyone!

When I met my hubby he was 165... a boney little guy for his height and frame. Right now he's like 211 and he says he wants to lose 30 more pounds and I'm like NOOOOOO... I think he looks great right now, but I guess it's up to each person what they think their weight should be.

I agree, Crystal. He looks fab just the way he is. Meanwhile, I'm trying to convince my hubby that he needs to be below 200. His football weight was 180, and he looked GOOOOOOD! He was at 234 when I had surgery, and we made a bet. I say I can lose 95 pounds before he can lose 34. He quickly lost 16 pounds, but hasn't done much else since. Yes, I know I have an advantage, but I'm also trying to lose a lot more than he is!

You two are so cute! Thank you for sharing!

I would love to go to a ren. fair. It sounds fun.

You both look amazing. You really look like you are feeling good about yourself. Your husband is looking great as well. Good for you guys!

You look great Cool, can't wait to see you at goal. Keep up the good work.