This was me last Christmas (Christmas 2007) I went home to see the fam for the holidays, and I knew that when I came back to CA post holidays I was starting my new life...on the road to a skinnier and healthier person.

I was significantly heavier then, think about 40 lbs heavier!!

I ate A LOT in preparation for the new life that started just post-new years. I think I got back to California on January 7?

And the journey began. It has not been an easy road! But it's a new way of life for me.

Here is a similar picture...hopefully you can see the change in my face silhouette since then! I sure notice the difference! Think double chin and face so pudgy apparently my eyes would not open! Ok maybe not that extreme, but there is a difference!