Re: The difference in 54 pounds! (before and after pics)

[Guest guest]

Thanks to ALL of you who have commented on my before and after pics -

these photos represent a ton of blood, sweat and tears, lol! And

yes, it's taken a long time to lose the weight (four years) but I

think that might partly be why I look sooooo different now from at

the beginning (like a lot of you mentioned) .... but hey, it was

never gonna be a 'rush' job, eh! :-)

Reading the posts on this message board has been a HUGE part of how

I've stayed motivated during the difficult times (which is pretty

much ALL the time!) Whenever I crave to eat something sweet or high

in fat, instead of " having a drink of water " or " going for a walk

around the block " or doing any one of the loads of tricks imaginable

to distract oneself from giving into the craving(!), I switch on the

computer, log onto the board, and read a whole bunch of new posts. :-

) It's kinda like plugging the 'willpower part' of myself into a

battery recharger!! It never seems quite so crucial to eat that bar

of chocolate (or whatever) anymore, when I know there are

others " out there somewhere " all dealing with and overcoming the

same issues. I do not have people physically around me working

towards this kind of lifestyle (...I come from a family where

EVERYBODY is atleast 54 pounds overweight, lol...) so I will be sure

to continue reading - AND posting - whenever I can. :-)

Thanks again to you all for your kind comments -

Katrina.

[Guest guest]

Betty,

Thanks for the compliment :-) I will post the before and after

measurements for you to see within the next couple of days ... I'm

just in transit between homes at the moment, so I have all my stuff

spread out over several large boxes, lol! I know roughly where my

record books from 2000 are, so it's just a matter of digging them

out sometime (that's why the info never got posted in the original

message :-)

I don't think clothes sizing will be much use, because our clothing

number system appears to me to be rather different to the US (that's

of course assuming you're in the US :-) I say this because whenever

anyone posts something about an American clothes size, it makes NO

sense to me at all ..?! So I suspect the same would be true if I

gave a bunch of NZ figures, lol!

But I know I definitely have the tape measure evidence written down

in my wee book...

I will get them up for you a.s.a.p -

Katrina.

Betty De Leon <bdeleon@m...> wrote:

> Katrina-

> First of all, I just want to compliment you on your

transformation, you

> look great!!!!

>

> I'm sorry if this question is redundant (i'm having troubles

reading

> old posts), but what were your stats in terms of clothes

size/weight

> (or any other measurements) from your and after photos?

>

> Thanks-

> betty

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Katrina

Count me in as another admirer and well-wisher!

I wanted to say, if it makes you feel better, I live in the US and

clothing sizes make no sense to me either! I have size 10, 12, and

14 jeans...all that fit the same...go figure!

Welcome again and looking forward to hearing more from you since

you're such an inspiration!!!

Cheers!

Ruth

[Guest guest]

LOL! your comment made me laugh! That's so funny about the clothes

sizings!! Thanks :-)

Katrina.

>

> Katrina

>

> Count me in as another admirer and well-wisher!

>

> I wanted to say, if it makes you feel better, I live in the US and

> clothing sizes make no sense to me either! I have size 10, 12, and

> 14 jeans...all that fit the same...go figure!

>

> Welcome again and looking forward to hearing more from you since

> you're such an inspiration!!!

>

> Cheers!

> Ruth