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Okay so I was thinking I might have a little post about the phases I'm planning on doing with this diet and also a way to see how I was gaining weight over the years. Now please keep in mind, some of these pictures are probably funny or whatever but I don't take a ton of serious pictures. Also not all of these you can see my whole body, but you can tell in my chest and face how much weight I'm gaining. I will explain each picture later! So first things first: the phases

Phase 1 - I am getting myself from morbidly obese to obese. I need to lose 59 lbs and I will be 263 when I am done with this phase.
Phase 2 - Going from obese to overweight. I need to lose 66 lbs in this phase and will weigh 197 when I'm done.
Phase 3 - To go from overweight to a healthy weight. I need to lose 33 lbs and will weigh 164 when I am through.
Now depending on how I like the way I look I might do a phase 4 just to get down to 150-155 whenever I am happy with how I look. So there you go! If I say I only need to lose a small amount more, then that means it's until I complete that phase, not until I'm totally done.

Now to explain the pictures:

Picture 1: I was 140 pounds, and this was before one of the musicals I was in, hence the make up and dress haha, I'm on the far left.
Picture 2: This was my Junior year of High School after my thyroid had been removed this was one of my proms and I am on the right, I weigh about 160 here.
Picture 3: Near the end of my Senior year, I was at 170...I was just taking pictures of my new make up! haha
Picture 4: The end of my Senior year I was 180 here, this is before one of my voice recitals
Picture 5: This is during my Freshman year of college, I'm the girl in the polka dot dress I weigh 200 lbs here, there was some dinner going on this night
Picture 6: Nearing the end of my Freshman year, I weighed right around 215-220, I guess we were doing a see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil thing?? Roommates Birthday dinner.
Picture 7: This is the beginning of May of my Sophomore year of college, my sister and I went to see Wicked in Hollywood, I weighed 230 lbs. This is the last night I remember thinking I looked good, even though I wouldn't have put on a bathing suit or anything...I still thought I was pretty here.
Picture 8: This is three weeks later the day after I moved to Texas, with my hubbs I weigh 250 lbs.
Picture 9: This is my wedding day a couple months after the previous picture in August 2008 I weigh 280 lbs
Picture 10: This is a few months after the wedding, my family came to visit us in Texas, I am in the very middle, I weigh 300 lbs.
Picture 11: This is another view of one I posted in my first post, this was almost a year ago I weigh 323 lbs here which is right about where I was when I started this new diet.

So I hope these pictures help you see everything a little bit differently also. You can see, even in just my face, how much I have gained. My eyes aren't so big, now they look squinty. My dimples are disappearing :( And I just look flat out huge. I seriously can't wait to get back to somewhere between the first and second picture!