My husband I were married on May 2nd of this year....10 years to the day of our first date!!!!

Shopping for a dress was a nightmare.....I envisioned a sexy, slinky little number, but when I hit the bridal boutique dressing rooms reality sunk in: I could barely get a size 20 zippered (in wedding dresses a 20 is equivalent to a 16 in street clothes). Sexy just wasn't an option in a size 20 dress.

Two weeks before the wedding I hadn't found anything at all that I liked, so I bought a dress off of Ebay sight-unseen. Very plain....not much pomp and circumstance. The fat on my back rolled over the dress ever-so-slightly, so I was OK with it. I special-ordered a feather headpiece from an artist in England. (My grand scheme was that if I added 8 inches of height to the top of my head, then maybe it would give the illusion that I was tall and lean). HA!! LOL LOL LOL Not.

Looking back at these photos, makes me adore my husband sooooo much. Here I was, 40 pounds heavier than when I met him and he was as sweet and kind and loving as he was on our first date!!. I was embarrassed of myself, but he wasn't. He seemed so proud of me.

Shortly after the wedding, on May 16th to be exact, I began Atkins. I thought that the greatest wedding gift that I could give to my husband was a thinner, happier, healthier me. (He had accepted me and married me at my very heaviest.....now I was determined to roll back the numbers on the scale and give him the girl he fell in love with 10 years ago).......

Two months later I am down 20 pounds. I enjoy life. I marvel at the world in a whole different way. I embrace my family (my husband and
8 year-old daughter) with a powerful new appreciation.

And this is only the beginning of this wonderful journey!!!

What an inspirational story! I'm so glad for you. Isn't it great to finally be in control and know that you can stay with this way of eating forever?

judy

Talk about inspirational!! Your weight loss numbers are super impressive. Yeah for you!!!

I have been 30 minutes trying to figure out how to put my wedding pictures (then) and current picture (now) as a file attachment to the thread.

I keep getting an error message that says that my images are 566,197 (something-or-other) and they need to be 104,400.....I am about to give up!!

Anyway...thanks for the response!! I love this forum. It is so nice to share thoughts, ideas, dreams and aspirations with others who are "in the same boat."

Take care!!!!!!

What a great wedding gift, not only for your husband and daughter, but for yourself. Thank you for sharing your story.

that is terrific and a present to last a lifetime!
Jan