Old pictures

That_Girl

Well, not OLD...more like "Pictures before I started this". They disgust me. I shouldn't feel that way because it is the body I became! But I seriously cringe when I do "before/after" photos for myself. I cannot BELIEVE I was that big and finally I see what others saw. I never saw myself as "that bad" but now....gadam. I really was fat.

I guess it's good that I see this...but I'm very tempted to go and delete those photos. All 1,000 of them :laugh: I was big for a while.

On a good note, I no longer have to get the "right angle" when taking pictures. I like how I look at this time.

But, anyone else gag when they see their old selves?

JulieTX86

No I cry when I see my old self, because it was high school and I was thinner. I am still at the very heavy end of my weight loss journey. :laugh:

That is so great that you get to look back and have a noticable difference of the old you and the new you. I can't wait until my pictures that are taken of me now become the "old me", and I have a much healthier thinner "new me".

That_Girl

Well, in December an old boyfriend found me on FB and sent me a CRAPLOAD of pictures from when I was 20...and about 110 pounds. That's when I said, HOLY.CRAP. And then I started this journey.

You can do it too! You will!

OLP76

No - but I'm not goin' to be anywhere in the 160's ever again...that is the weight I started back on Dec 6th 2010.

When I get to my goal - I will range 120 - 130lbs.

Lisa0711

Yes. I didn't even believe it was me in some of the pics after they were taken. One in my profile pics where the creek is in the background and I'm with my boyfriend (hard to miss anyway) I look HUGE! My face was so big. I still can't believe that pic. I think after I first saw it, I didn't say a word. It sent me into shock for a while to realize I had gotten that big. Shortly after I started my journey.

The whole time I was bigger I thought I was smaller.. and I still tried to fit into clothes I could wear 50 pounds lighter (now). not pretty. But I only stayed really heavy about a year so I just never adjusted to that size. Thank God.

I'm still a ways from where I want to be, but at least I feel I've came a long way. Most of the pics taken now I like or I'm okay with. At my biggest I would keep trying to move angles, take more, smile more/less and nothing made them look good. I hated feeling that way.... so glad I feel better about myself.

sexygenius

I cringe when I see my today self...sadly I still have "the angles syndrome"

deffiniton of "the angles syndrome"

The disease entails people only being attractive from one angle.The angles is a commonly thought to be brought on by a love of chocolate. Suffers' symtoms may include tired arms from holding the camera far above head,annoyed friends from having to take yet another picture, use of scarves, and pictures of cartoons instead of real pictures on your myspace/facebook,ect..

That_Girl

I cringe when I see my today self...sadly I still have "the angles syndrome"

deffiniton of "the angles syndrome"

The disease entails people only being attractive from one angle.The angles is a commonly thought to be brought on by a love of chocolate. Suffers' symtoms may include tired arms from holding the camera far above head,annoyed friends from having to take yet another picture, use of scarves, and pictures of cartoons instead of real pictures on your myspace/facebook,ect..

OMG :laugh: YES! In sooo many of my fat pictures, I seem to have no neck because my camera was WAAAYYY above my head.

Don't even get me started on the wars with my husband to TAKE THE PICTURE FROM ABOVE! haha he would always say, "But it was a good picture!" NO! It made me look fat! HA! No, I made myself look fat, because I was fat.

Scarves were my best friend.