What made you decide to take back control?

That_Girl

I think I was in denial.

Then today, (TMI....) we were having sex in the daylight (my husband loves my curves) and I repulsed myself.

I want to take care of ME. I take care of everyone else...time to take care of myself.

These comments made me tear up. Y'all are some nice people

That_Girl

I am tired of going places and not taking pictures because I hate the way I look. I love photography, but hate pictures of me. I want to document my life and the events I enjoy with pictures so I can create the photobooks I enjoy making for others to look back on these wonderful memories with my husband and my dogs!
We took pictures of my dog's graduation (okay, we don't have kids.. they ARE our kids!) from the advanced class for his Canine Good Citizenship test and I just hated it. I wanted to hide behind my cocker spaniel! I don't want that for my life anymore. I want to take pictures with my husband and look good and feel good about myself.
Thanks for posting this topic! Makes you look back on why you really want ths and why you need to put one foot in front of the other and keep working for this!

I feel this way. I can't fool the camera with angles anymore. I find myself not wanting to be filmed...and it's taking away from my children's memories. They'll have tons of pictures of themselves but none of their mother. No good.

That_Girl

Seeing old photos of yourself when you were thin!!

An ex of mine from 15 years ago sent me pictures of when I was 19.

I was about 110 pounds then.

I about died. I burst into tears and realized, I gotta get this weight off.