Before pics of me!

In light of my black scrubs hanging off me I thought of the last time I wore them. This is a picture of me Oct '08 when I was moving and I thought I looked so damn cute. If you click on the pic and see it larger you can tell how big I was. I look smallISH compared to a 25' truck. I was posing b/c I drove that truck myself and was damn proud!
 Me at work, guess I thought I was cute or I wouldn't have taken the pics. Before spanx were in my life.

 My 24th bday in Jan '09. Looks like my face is trying to eat my eyes. Sheesh! I used to think I just squinted a lot in pictures....turns out...I was fat. haha!


Me around 278 lbs w/ my lil sis, my kids, and her nephew. This was May 09 right before I started losing. So she got to see me at my heaviest and I hadn't seen her in 6 yrs.

Thanksgiving 2008. Sitting down is NOT GOOD but I just looked horrible.
These pictures make me sad for me. I'm only 36 lbs down but I feel a world of difference. My face was so swollen. I was in denial b/c most of my p ics I'd take of myself from the chest up and I could take multiples to get a flatoring pose.
I'm proud today of how far I've come. I don't think I look obese anymore, I think I just look overweight. And the people around me can see it's a continuous change and it's going to keep on keepin on! I'm stoked for 230, I'm stoked for no more back fat, I'm stoked for a flatter stomach, I'm stoked for no more spanx, and I'm stoked for a size 14, well hell even a 16!!!
Excited for the parts of me that are ever-changing and thankful for the parts of me that are still ME!
xoxo,
Lizzle

Comments

  1. DebiNovember 15, 2009 at 1:07 AM

    Hey Lizzie, I love your new picture, & the bangs really look great on you too! Congratulations on the 36lb loss, you look fantastic.

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  2. THE DASH!November 15, 2009 at 2:26 AM

    Looking good, Liz.. well done - great pics.. especially the one with the pants hanging off you.. just how much you have lost now is great :)

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  3. NicoleNovember 15, 2009 at 6:01 AM

    Your face difference is amazing. Plus you look so happy in all your after pics. I am so proud of you.

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  4. Liz - Lizzle - Libby LouNovember 15, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    Nicole-I'm so glad you said I look happy b/c I am and I'm glad it shows! My big wish is to share my happiness and joy w/ everyone. I hope I accomplish that. Some days, not so much. But I'm a work in progress. I wish I could be a shining example w/ exercise like Mary, but I have hope I'll get there one day.

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  5. GenNovember 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM

    Your attitude is awesome. So realistic and hopeful and positive. You are doing great! Not everyone can/wants to exercise every day, but you can succeed even without exercising every single day. Just keep going and those size 14s will be your reality soon!

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  6. Liz - Lizzle - Libby LouNovember 15, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Gen- I'm so glad you said I was hopeful yet realistic. This is a chief complaint w/ some of my family members. B/c I am such a dreamer and so optimistic they think I live in a daydream world. I am very much logical and realistic, sometimes to the degree of depressing. But I choose to be positive and live w/ a light heart, b/c anything else is just too stressful. Thanks for noticing!

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  7. Amy W.November 16, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    hahaha, you said your face was eating your eyes! That is just priceless!!!!

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  8. Liz - Lizzle - Libby LouNovember 16, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Amy-I'm glad you thought it was priceless b/c I meant it to be funny and was goofin' off. Later I thought how I might offend people bigger than me, and that's not how I meant it at all. That's just what it looks like to ME in those pictures of MYSELF! sad really.

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