Slap in the face

AriesGal329

Wow--- I just looked through some photos of me from a few years ago when I was 20 lbs lighter and I looked SO much better. Not just my body, but my face looked so much prettier and younger. When I compare them to photos just taken last week on vacation..oye....it is great motivation for me. I'm printing the thinner me photos out and putting them on my fridge.

ladyreva78

Atta girl!

I keep a picture of me at my worst in my wallet. It's a good reminder when those croissants get too tempting (I looked 45+ years old... not the 35 I am... It's painful to see).

workinonit1956

I hear ya-- there are photos of me at my heaviest that make me cringe.

AriesGal329

I'm trying to focus on the "good" photos..knowing I looked like that just a few years ago assures me that I can look that way again. I'm the only one standing in my way.

workinonit1956

You can do it, the hardest part is taking the first step.

SLLRunner

I remember feeling this way, which motivated me to lose weight and become healthier.

You can do this!

RosieRose7673

I remember feeling that way too. I had pictures from when I was thinner, then I balooned up. The biggest thing for me was when my drivers license expired and I needed to get a new one. I was significantly heavier and seeing my new drivers license picture was so depressing. My face looked so huge and I felt it really didn't look like me.

I've lost the weight now but I obviously have that ID picture to remind me and keep me both motivated and thankful that I decided to lead a better lifestyle!

You can do it!

knittnponder

I keep a couple of me at my worst on my phone. It's not to shame me to get better but to remind me of how far I've come already and inspire me to keep going. When I show people those pictures they are always shocked because it doesn't even look like me. It's true though, I'm not her anymore.

elisa123gal

It is amazing that weight gain does change the way a face looks. It does matter.. I tell the story of sitting at a retirement community in Florida.. "The villages" . I was a guest.. and i just watched all the older people walk by and did my own little study of what made any of them look younger than the others..

1. some were skinny..but weak looking... and frail.
2. heavy people looked older too
3. but it was the older people who were thin with muscle mass that looked young and youthful. That's when I decided that lifting weights is a must to make the body keep young. It never stops as we evolve and get older.. the game changes .lol.