I do appreciate the compliments, thank you! But I think we all have a very skewed idea of what different weights look like on women. I always thought when I was younger that I must be ENORMOUS because it seemed like women were supposed to weigh 120 pounds- less now! I remember when 120 sounded really tiny and too small. Now everyone seems to want to be 105.

Anyway, I digress. Yes, that's what I look like at 5'8" 167 pounds (which is still technically overweight on the BMI chart, btw). I exercised a lot throughout the weightloss process. Strength training is the key to changing your shape. Luckily I found a really awesome barbell class called Body Pump (try it if your gym has it!) which is choreographed to music, because I find weight lifting really boring and would much rather do cardio. I have worked out at least 5 times a week for the last 2 years.

@stacie, it's just a design I drew Doesn't really mean anything, I just liked the way it looked.

Here are 2 pictures of me at my current weight, 167, 120 pounds lost.