So does that mean you're not marrying Shannon and you accepted his proposal just because you were on TV?

I would like to take the time to thank everyone for watching the show, and for sharing your thoughts with me.

At the end of the day, there are several things that I would like to put out there. These are thoughts that I had while watching the show today.

1. My teeth are crooked...I mean REALLY freakin crooked....surgery didnt help those...

2. I am not fat...this is the first time in my LIFE that I have ever had that exact thought. I didnt look fat at all.

3. I look TERRIBLE when I cry...and I am not going to do it anymore...period.

4. I hate that everyone will think that I am going to marry Shannon when he was the biggest source of my pain.

5. I LOVE MY MOTHER...she is AWESOME. She did what she thought was right. She tried to protect me, and herself, and I commend her for finally talking to me about it. And...also, I look just like her.

Those are the thoughts that I wanted to share with you. Please have a wonderful night, and hug your friends and your family tight tonight, because you still have them, and you should appreciate them.

This will be my final post. I love you all, and cherish all of your opinions.

So long, and thanks for all the fish...
Hallie Miles

Shannon did seem rather beneath you.

I agree with Ms MaryAnn. Let the woman speak!! we're all entitled to our opinions.

Of course you can have an answer. Shannon and I decided after 7 years that we didnt belong together. I moved out about 3 weeks ago, the show was filmed before that.

Jumping to conclusions is not very nice

Beneath her or not, I'd like to have an answer.

Not in BumbleBee's world.

Hallie,

I just had to write. I had Gastric By-Pass a year ago and have lost 135 pounds. My friends and family have been nothing but supportive of me. I couldn't help but notice that the friends you've lost were on the heavyside themselves. They are obviously just jealous and that's sad (for them.) And your mom, oh my gosh. How inconsiderate could she have been? If the clothes were too small then they were too small. If she felt badly hearing that then she should do something about it for herself not push you away. Sounds like she's the one with the issues!

I'm just a few pounds from my goal and am now looking into plastic surgery to remove the excess skin. Did you have to have that done as well?

Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting for it all to be completed so I can begin my new life. Although, my life is pretty good right now. I know your's will be too. Find some new friends and tell your mom to get over herself.

You go girl! Don't ever hide your light because the people around you can't handle it. Let it shine!!!

And Rachel, I love your show but stop trying to make people feel better by feeding them. That's how we got fat in the first place.

Maybe you should have clarified that and no one would have to jump to conclusions. Not quite sure you are a nice person.

I didnt have plastic surgery, although I am looking into it. I hear its painful, and I think I have been through enough! I commend you on your weight loss, I know what its like! I have been there.

I am not always a nice person, nobody is. What I strive for nowadays is to be the person that "I" want to be, not the person that others would like me to be. It turns out that I like myself better that way.

Hallie,

I just had to write. I had Gastric By-Pass a year ago and have lost 135 pounds. My friends and family have been nothing but supportive of me. I couldn't help but notice that the friends you've lost were on the heavyside themselves. They are obviously just jealous and that's sad (for them.) And your mom, oh my gosh. How inconsiderate could she have been? If the clothes were too small then they were too small. If she felt badly hearing that then she should do something about it for herself not push you away. Sounds like she's the one with the issues!

I'm just a few pounds from my goal and am now looking into plastic surgery to remove the excess skin. Did you have to have that done as well?

Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting for it all to be completed so I can begin my new life. Although, my life is pretty good right now. I know your's will be too. Find some new friends and tell your mom to get over herself.

You go girl! Don't ever hide your light because the people around you can't handle it. Let it shine!!!

And Rachel, I love your show but stop trying to make people feel better by feeding them. That's how we got fat in the first place.

I just had to write! I had Gastric By-Pass over a year ago and have lost 135 pounds. My family and friends have been nothing but supportive of me. I couldn’t help but notice that your friends and your mom are all on the heavyside themselves. Sounds like jealousy to me. How sad for them.

Your mom is unbelievable! “She wouldn’t give me her clothes and said they were too small. It was like rubbing my face in it.” Get over yourself. If that hurt her feelings then I say she should do something about it and lose some weight.

I’m beginning a new chapter in my story and about to have the excess skin removed. Did you have that procedure done? Sometimes I feel like I’m waiting for it all to be over so my life can begin. I’m sure you’ve felt that way too.

Never, ever hide your light because the people around you can’t handle the glare! Let it shine, honey! You’ve done a miraculous thing and should be proud and have every right to brag. Move on and forget the so-called friends who fell off along the way. They weren’t true friends to begin with.

And Rachel, I love your show hon, but stop trying to make people feel better with food. That’s how we got fat in the first place. It’s disrespectful.

Ms MaryAnn Give it a rest.....Bulling someone isn't very nice and Hallie seems like a nice person but at the end of the day we don't know her so quit it. If you were in her position and your boyfriend went down on one knee on TV I think you would have said yes too...what other choice did she have?

But she sure is a smart person for dumping him.

I'm sure she didn't realize she had to alert you concerning decisions made in her personal life.

But she sure is a smart person for dumping him.

I'm sure she didn't realize she had to alert you concerning decisions made in her personal life.

I am sure that you understand the general idea of happiness right? Well, I found it... I think thats what matters.

Hallie,

Enjoy your success, you've earned it. Don't let people who you thought were your friends bring you down because they're jealous. I agree, your friends looked to be on the heavy side themselves, so I'm sure that they were just jealous that you're not "one of the fatties" anymore and that's a shame. If they were really your friends, they'd be happy and supportive and, most of all, PROUD of your accomplishment. As for your mother, I know she loves you, but please, she should be happy that her daughter is physically in better health than she was having lost 200 pounds and she should be proud of your accomplishment, not make you feel guilty for doing so. If I lost 200 pounds, my mom would take me shopping herself for a new wardrobe, not tell me that I'm bragging. She'd say that I have every reason to brag. That's a HUGE success. I'm glad you and Shannon are not together. Now, you can go out and find someone who appreciates you for the good person you are now that your outside matches your inside person.

Take care and God bless you! And Congratulations on your wonderful success!

Of course that's what matters. Everyone is entitled to happiness. The world would be a better place if everyone had a little more of it.

The whole idea of bullying a person is the fact that you may be jealous of what they have and what you don't have. I, personally, have lost tons of friends...I am still heavy but am losing it as much as I can...without surgery. I think, in our day to day lives, there's not a one of us that can't say that we have lost people due to what we may have said or done. Why continue on Hallie like you have? So she broke it off with her fiancee...who hasn't? To sit there and judge one means you're judging yourself. Obviously you don't value yourself much as you can judge her without looking. Hallie, I hope that you have a happy and fufilling life. I am glad to know that you reconnected with your mom and you two can now move on from where you were at. Please know, that if you are looking for friends, as you will find many in your life...I know there are many out there that wouldn't mind being there for you. Take care.

Hey Hallie. I just read your story. We are not showing Rachel here in Iceland at the moment and we are alway's at least a season behind anyway. Anyhoo, As a fellow gastric by-passee I salute you. I did it in 2006 and have lost around 126 lbs or so. What I didn't know at the time however was that 5 1/2 lbs of that was a baby. ( It's a long story )apparently I was 8 to 10 week's pregnant wene I was opperated on. I was 43 and had been told I was starting menopause so there was no point in even checking on that. So not only have I been getting petty coment's on my weight loss but also that I skipped beeing pregnant. She's a beautifull little girl born Dec 20th 2006. Weighed in at 5 1/2 lbs. Don't get me wrong I have a lot of support, and I'm lovin the way I am now. Anyway I wish you the best of luck on the new you. Your not alone.

Hallie,

You were *not* ugly when you cried. I didn't notice your teeth, but you are closer - and apparently more concerned about their straightness.

I think deciding not to cry would be a mistake. Cry when you need to. We have to acknowledge our needs, or they will overpower us. We don't have to satisfy them all - that would not be healthy. But we do need to acknowledge them. My hope is that when you need to cry, you will.

What struck me about today's show was how often that we are unprepared for changes. On the one hand it seems simple - you found that before surgery there were things you couldn't do, that after the surgery you would make different choices. And the different choices would conflict with who you were when you formed your friendships. Obvious, right, in hind sight?

But not really. Most changes are a curtain - you can only hope about what is on the other side, until you cross that threshold.

A favorite site of mine is NML's Baggage Reclaim, about women trying to make better choices instead of continually taking up with emotionally unavailable men. So very many women, wanting a specific change - to be with a better class of man - experience the same vast life change that you encountered. Quietly, day by day, their old life is lost. Unless they focus on building their new life, how could they face going on?

You and Rachel were wonderful today. I hope people don't lose sight of the fact that this was about all life changes, not just weight loss or gastric bypass surgery.

Enjoy!