My Favorite Worst Picture *pics*

ZombieEarhart

In September of 2012, a few months before I started logging on MFP, I went to a baseball game. During a very, very long rain delay, I took some selfies of myself and my son. I did not post them to facebook. Here's why:



Well, that's a crappy picture. So I tried again. And again. But they were all the same, because that's what I looked like, and I think it's a pretty accurate depiction of how I felt. Bloated, uncomfortable, tired. I was squeezed so tight into that seat in Wrigley Field. It was not a fun game.

Fast-forward 18 months of logging every day, running, and starting to lift. A few nights ago, I took my son back to Wrigley to see the Pirates. He took a picture of me, just one. I asked him to send it to me without even looking at it, because I knew I would like it. Here's why:



I don't even like baseball, and I'm already looking forward to going to another game next year

ETA: a few people asked what I did, so let me put it here. I just logged all my food, every day. I eat what I like, and just try to fit it all into my macros. I weigh a lot of my food on a kitchen scale to be accurate. I use TDEE-20%, so I eat 2,000 calories a day and don't eat back my exercise cals. I got into running via C25K, and started strength training this fall.

Good luck, everyone, you can do it!

casperkawa

Wow!! You look great. Congrats!

kjurassic

Awesome achievement! How long did it take you? What would you say the one thing that worked best for you?

You look amazing!!!

Lusy21

You look amazing! Great Job!!!

ZombieEarhart

Awesome achievement! How long did it take you? What would you say the one thing that worked best for you?

You look amazing!!!

Thank you so much. I've been logging for about 18 months, and that's the thing that worked best for me- logging everything, every day. I eat whatever I want, as long as it fits my macros, get plenty of protein and just keep at it.

psmd

Holy schmoley, you look like a different person! Fabulous job!

MiliOm

Wow you look great! A completely different person.

HelloSweetie81

You look amazing!

happyindian

Wht an amazing transformation!!! wow...

2cBill

Woah thanks for sharing. Insane!

allisonjforsyth

WOW!!! Awesome!!! Congrats!!

krawhitham

Great job!!! You are the picture of success!

Laughter_Girl

You're definitely a new you. Congratulations!

ReneeIsReady

You look so AMAZING!!
Thanks for sharing

yankeedownsouth

Love this! And the fact that you're doing it right makes it even more awesome!

elisa123gal

your nice smile is the same in both pics… you look great. Nice work and thanks for sharing.

joakool

Congratulations! You look wonderful and an awesome story, too!

nolabone

You look fantastic!

kezzie88

Wow congratulations!! you look amazing well done! I love success stories, they keep me motivated!

GibbsGirl13072

Amazing transformation!

AngelWings0609

Incredible job! You're such an insperation!!

RachelRuns9

Congratulations!!! You look so great!!!

Marlene1667

I love your comment about the bad picture - that you kept retaking it but it turned out the same. I found myself a couple of times looking at myself in pictures and thinking WOW I really look huge in that picture and then noticed that everyone else in the picture looked normal...... how we like to fool ourselves :-)

Congratulations on your amazing weight loss! You look incredible and happy. Thanks for sharing what worked for you. Very inspiring.

mserrano30

WOW ......AMAZING...YOU LOOK "FAB"

ZombieEarhart

Thanks everyone for your kind words, they mean a lot!

sherisse69

Wow! You are awesome! And beautiful, by the way

Pangea250

You're a hottie!

Calliope610

I would like to thank all of you who gritted your teeth, held your breath and posted those unflattering "before" pics.

As much as I am inspired by the "after" pics, it was in seeing the "before" pics that gave me the confidence to know that I can do this. I mean, if YOU can do this, well, damn it, well so can I. So much of the support and encouragement I receive from MFP is not so much from "where you are now" but rather from "where you started and how you got here".

btw, YOU LOOK GREAT!

tallieterp

amazing job!!!! and GO BUCCOS!!!! feel free to come to a game in pittsburgh at pnc park any time and take a run around the city - it's pretty awesome ... but yeah def great job! you look fantastic!

seltzermint555

Well done!! You went from looking tired and 30-something to looking like a cute college student. Wow!

Sparlingo

I'm with you on the selfie thing . . . when every angle is just not quite the right one and you realize that it actually has nothing to do with the angle.

Love this little story. You have every reason to be proud of your accomplishments, and to be confident of an even better photo at next year's game. You look GREAT!