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HedgieMom:

I lost 140 pounds!

Tonya Before

Another Before Picture

Tonya and Richard

Our rescued cat, Megan Ann

Tonya After

A uniform top that I use to wear

With my best bud, Biskit (Kathie)

At my family reunion in June 2005  when Richard came to TN to surprise me

Tonya, Phineas, and Rick in front of some of the mountains that surround their home

Two of our rescued hedgehogs This is Aramis

And this is Sweet Elsie

My name is Tonya, and I have lost 140 lbs on Richards program. I was heavy all my life. I went through school with no friends. Kids from school would just call to Moo into the phone and hang up on me. I have been married to my husband Rick for over 12 years. We met in High school when I was 14 years old. We were best friends until I turned 16 and have been together ever sense. I asked him "why me" because I was so big and he said I was just as beautiful on the outside as I was on the inside. He is my everything. I can not wait to take my first trip and plane ride this fall to be in Richards 70's video with my best bud Biskit. I have one saying I say all the time. REACH FOR THE SKY AND YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE STARS, My Granny use to say it to me all the time and now I say it to myself and others.