Wow! That must have been an incredibly stressful time for you, and yet...you didn't let it interfere with your plans to lose weight. You put yourself first, and in spite of everything that was going on, you did it!!!!

I've always managed to gain weight when something awful happens. I'm amazed at your persistence and determination - thank you so much for sharing your story

PS - if you wanted to (not everyone wants to), you could go to a photo place, and have them scan in your pictures and give them to you on a cd, or e-mail them to you, that way, you could post a couple. I'm sure you look terrific!