Flashback pic!

[Stacey03]

WOW Edie!

You have done a great job my friend! Many congratulations go out to you for your progress and subsequent success!

Ditto to you my friend :-)

[Stacey03]

WOW Edie!

You have done a great job my friend! Many congratulations go out to you for your progress and subsequent success!

Ditto to you my friend :-)

[Stacey03]

[QUOTE=Luv49ers19;596767]Your mate was spot on! You are worthy in both pics. Now you are just a smaller version of all that sassiness! You look amazing Edie![/QUOTEThanks beauty xx

[Stacey03]

Jeez, Edie -- your YOU spirit shines through in both pix.

But the current version of you is absolutely stunning.

That's one thing I love about WLS -- we get to prefer the current version of ourselves, while appreciating and respecting the earlier version(s) that got us here.

Back in the day we were tough. And we're still tough -- just a lot of dress sizes smaller.

Word! xx

[Stacey03]

I am worried about that as well, and not only my arms and thighs, but my chin area as well, as I am a bit on the " mature" side and so have some sagging there. LOL.

Most of it you can cover with clothes unless you wanna get your bikini on and then you know how to get a bikini body... put on a bikini :-) ohhh and there is lots of cosmetic treatments and easy surgery for chins... someone will know about this... all pretty minimally invasive with great results I hear. Plus you will probably look fabulous anyway, we are much harder on ourselves than anyone else is x

[Stacey03]

Stacey, you look absolutely amazing! Looks like two different people. The hard work paid off.
I have to learn to love myself. Haven't been there in a very long time. Thank you for sharing.

Please do this. Do. Hating on yourself is never helpful. Giving yourself total priority whilst not being a dick to anyone else is one of the best things you can ever do for yourself. I spent a lot of years giving priority to everyone except myself, I did a fair bit of therapy ( this is such a good idea by the way) and I remember thinking that maybe people wouldn't like me as much if I didn't rock their world every day, which was all about me, because like we do things for a reason... funnily enough when I started giving myself priority people seemed to like me even more! Who knew! I had a particularly crappy breakdown when I was 33 and had panic attacks so badly that I couldn't even walk out of the house to the shop... I then didn't change anything much and lived with a lot of anxiety for 10 years or so. Then my friend took me to bikram yoga and made me an appointment with her therapist ( this person was an ace friend) and then I went to therapy saying... 'oh actually there is nothing wrong with me at all'... and the therapist is like... 'right'. And then eventually I was like.... Gawd, my life isn't great right now. And so you know, speak your truth. We all have some stuff to work on. Loving yourself is the key though, you cant care for anyone else otherwise. Sometimes I have been a total hot mess! Life course, go with it, learn, but be sooooooooo nice to yourself xx

[Stacey03]

Stacey, you look stunning! Your dedication and hard work has paid off! Thanks for always sharing your journey with us and encouraging us on our journeys as well!!! Such an inspiration to many!

You too Ms Sassy xx

[KiwiGal]

Wow! What a difference. You look gorgeous in both photos - but I bet you like the most recent one best ;-)
It's fun (?) to look back at "before" photos and see just how much progress you have made. I know that I look at mine and really am not sure who the person in my "before" photo is. I might get brave enough to post them one day.......

[Christie13]

YESSSSSSSS!!! Great words.....LOVE YOURSELF!!! We need to stop beating ourselves up. When we talk ugly to ourselves it makes it hard to focus on the good we are doing to our bodies. It makes it hard to stick to it and enjoy all the wonderful changes we are making. We are WORTHY!!! ROAR people!! ROAR!!!!

[Jeanious]

Eddie you look stunning! You’ve done so well.
I haven’t been on for a while but I am lurking in the background. Sounds creepy.
You are an inspiration to us all. So proud of you..

[Stacey03]

Wow! What a difference. You look gorgeous in both photos - but I bet you like the most recent one best ;-)
It's fun (?) to look back at "before" photos and see just how much progress you have made. I know that I look at mine and really am not sure who the person in my "before" photo is. I might get brave enough to post them one day.......

Yes I do like the most recent one best!! id love to see the photos (only if you want to!) xx

[Stacey03]

YESSSSSSSS!!! Great words.....LOVE YOURSELF!!! We need to stop beating ourselves up. When we talk ugly to ourselves it makes it hard to focus on the good we are doing to our bodies. It makes it hard to stick to it and enjoy all the wonderful changes we are making. We are WORTHY!!! ROAR people!! ROAR!!!!

HAHAHA right!!!! You are the cutest Christie :-)

[Stacey03]

Eddie you look stunning! You’ve done so well.
I haven’t been on for a while but I am lurking in the background. Sounds creepy.
You are an inspiration to us all. So proud of you..

Thankyou!!! I was going to message you my friend, we miss you when you're not around xxx

[Jeanious]

Thanks hun! I’ve been fighting my inner demons.
Always loved food, always will.
I’m definitely not going as well as you but I’ll get there, ever so slowly.
I need to get back to basics and bugger the rest. No junk!!!
I’ve been abusing myself for a long time, although no excuse, it’s all I can say for my bad eating habits.
Anyway, it’s not about me.
YOU ROCK GIRL!

[Gvn71]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!

What an amazing transformation!

Congrats on your success!

Damn!