I am still walking around in disbelief...did I die and go to heaven? UPDATE:pictures

[EeyoreEma]

Congratulations!!! You should be so proud of yourself!!! You look wonderful as well!

 

[TwingleMum]

Marie~ you look so awesome. I need to lose more weight than I like to think about. Could you explain again how you accomplished your goals and how long it took. You are an inspiration!! Thank you Maureen

 

[Planogirl]

What an amazing accomplishment. You look wonderful and you sound like you feel the same.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Marie~ you look so awesome. I need to lose more weight than I like to think about. Could you explain again how you accomplished your goals and how long it took. You are an inspiration!! Thank you Maureen

The best decision I made was to stop thinking about the numbers! I used to obsess over how much weight I needed to lose, and if I didn't lose it fast enough, I got discouraged, ticked off and went back to my bad eating habits. Once I made a conscience decision to take one day at a time, and not concern myself with what the scale said, in other words, I told myself I was doing this to be healthier, not just skinnier. I took it one day at a time and I STOPPED GETTING ON THE SCALE. That is the best advice I can give. Don't worry about how slow the weight is coming off..if it takes you 10 months to lose 15 pounds, you are still 15 pounds lighter than you would be if you didn't lose the 15 pounds. It took me years to realize this.

 

[DisneyMissy318]

Thanks so much for posting your pics!! Absolutely AMAZING! Incredible accomplishment! Definitely reason to celebrate - and the motivation I need to get started!

 

[amez]

You look amazing--great job!!

Amy

 

[englishteacha]

Go you!

 

[SamRoc]

Congratulations! you look great! so happy for your success!

 

[Pakey]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing your story and the pictures.

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

Congratulations again, Marie. I am so proud of you!! You are my inspiration as I continue on my weight loss journey.

 

[themilesfamily]

WOW!!!! That is a MAJOR accomplishment. Congratulations!!!

 

[terri01p]

 

[dzneprincess]

Thank u for sharing. I am on my own journey right now and even tho I am down 20 I don't notice a difference in me I am going to use u as my inspiration to just keep swimming so to speak c

 

[GSDRescuer]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bumbershoot]

Congratulations! You're just teensy now!

I'm fighting an upswing in weight right now, but while preparing for my wedding in '03, I started doing Pilates. Just with the DVDs, winsor pilates. I was also doing Weight Watchers so I knew my weight, and I was dealing with a wedding gown and its fittings so I knew my size (and since wedding gowns don't do vanity sizing, I knew my pattern size, which is painful). On my wedding day, I know that because of Pilates I looked much smaller than my weight told me, so I wonder if Pilates might help you strengthen, lengthen (I'm your height, so I know we need the height where we can find it! while doing Pilates people said I didn't seem as short as I am) and tone the areas that you feel you have weight to lose. It's worth a try!

Regardless of that (which is just in response to your first post), you look incredible! No wonder you're walking on a cloud right now!

 

[hjssk8]

Congrats!

What an inspiration you are!

 

[gillenkl]

Wow! You've done an amazing job! Congratulations!

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

WOW-you don't even look like the same person! Congrats....thanks for sharing! I am sure this will inspire others to do the same.

 

[gillenkl]

For anyone trying to lose weight, I recently joined a site called The Daily Plate at Livestrong.com that tracks your calories and exercise. I love this site. It is very helpful, tracking my food intake and providing inspiration.

Thanks so much for posting this - I really like Weight Watchers online for tracking daily food but I didn't have the extra $ to join. This is perfect. Thanks for posting!

 

[bellebud]

WOW! Brag away - you really deserve it!! You look wonderful!