Jawline is where it hit me too, somewhere past the 30 lb mark before I really believed the mirror. A full year in and it still sneaks up on me, usually in photos more than anywhere else.

Interesting that nobody here has had the opposite happen - for me the dread was the loudest part too, and around 38 lbs in I caught myself making plans for a weekend again without first running the pa…

Restarted after my own GI break and the second round was easier for me too, I think because my body knew what was coming. I leaned on crackers and broth the first few days and kept my 38 lb loss intac…

You should be really proud. Cheering you on from here.

Another one who can't help with sourcing, sorry mate. But at 55 I was carrying way too much weight and my knees copped it every day on site - since losing the weight on sema the difference in how I ge…

A public log genuinely works, I'm down 38 lbs and the days I skipped writing are the ones I drifted most. The slow early weeks pass faster than they feel like they will. Hope the booth moment comes up…

Month 9 here and same experience - the silence in my head has been worth more than the 38 lbs honestly. Like you said about your family, mine keeps telling me how proud they are of my willpower and I …