Learning to be okay with me and my weight loss

vannessasheane

So I've decided to show pictures of my weight loss, granted its only 10 lbs but hey its something. I have a huge issue with having my picture taken, I hate it. Mainly I hate it because it shows me what my body is, not what I think I see in the mirror. I am trying to be honest with myself and how I do look. I figure in order to do that, I have to have my picture taken and look at them objectively even if its a small change at least I can look back and see those changes, by allowing my photo to be taken.

These are two before pictures, really the only two pictures I have had taken in a year
[img]http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i383/vannessasheane/Weight Loss Journey/weightloss1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i383/vannessasheane/Weight Loss Journey/weightloss6.jpg[/img]
and these three are from today, oh and had to put in the gun show picture LOL
[img]http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i383/vannessasheane/Weight Loss Journey/weightloss4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i383/vannessasheane/Weight Loss Journey/weightloss3.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i383/vannessasheane/Weight Loss Journey/weightloss2.jpg[/img]
Well I hope this works, first time trying to post pictures.

DocMarr

I cannot see that you can possibly have 45 lbs to go. You'll weigh nothing! You look nicely curved already. ...and those biceps aren't yours are they?

Jeff92se

I thought your before was your after until I read further.

There's no way you can afford 45 more lbs after reviewing your after pic. You look too good.

Get your bodyfat tested

vannessasheane

I cannot see that you can possibly have 45 lbs to go. You'll weigh nothing! You look nicely curved already. ...and those biceps aren't yours are they?

Yes they are mine LOL

vannessasheane

I thought your before was your after until I read further.

There's no way you can afford 45 more lbs after reviewing your after pic. You look too good.

Get your bodyfat tested

I have a body fat scale and its currently at 29.6

Jeff92se

For a women, you might have another 9% unless you are trying to be an elite athlete. 9% of 175-ish is only 16lbs.

vannessasheane

For a women, you might have another 9% unless you are trying to be an elite athlete. 9% of 175-ish is only 16lbs.

Well I don't know about an elite athlete, but the goal is to be at basically a bikini competion body weight. On here they are saying a healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 25 currently it says on here that I am at 25.8. And a healthy weight range is between 125 and 162 so I figured in order to get to competition size I need to be around 130, with that being said if I feel that I am getting to skinny than I will change my goal at that point

Jeff92se

Understood. Pics when you are done? haha :bigsmile:

vannessasheane

Understood. Pics when you are done? haha :bigsmile:

Oh for sure there will be some :bigsmile:

fiberartist219

I enjoyed the gun show. :bigsmile:

Ilisidi

I confess to agreeing with most in that I can't see where 45lbs are going to come from!!! A silly comment I know but don't forget muscle weighs more than fat, and that the the biggest single criticism of the BMI method is that it doesn't take account of the individual's muscle/fat ratio, ie well muscled people can have a high BMI and be in perfect health their high BMI score doesn't mean they are overweight!!!! :-)

Oishii

Looks like you're blessed with a lovely shape to begin with, so I'm sure you'll be great :flowerforyou:

lornathewizzard

Your during pictures are awesome! Best of luck.

vannessasheane

I confess to agreeing with most in that I can't see where 45lbs are going to come from!!! A silly comment I know but don't forget muscle weighs more than fat, and that the the biggest single criticism of the BMI method is that it doesn't take account of the individual's muscle/fat ratio, ie well muscled people can have a high BMI and be in perfect health their high BMI score doesn't mean they are overweight!!!! :-)

I know that muscle weighs more than fat, the funny thing is my scale shows that I am losing bf and gaining muscle mass for every % that I lose in bf I gain in mm. I could try changing my scale to the athlete setting which is for people who train hard and see what happens. As far as the 45 lbs it comes from everywhere, I carry weight really well LOL. But honestly I just set that goal because I figured thats about where I need to be for the definition in my muscles that I am looking for, I don't know if that is realistic and I may have reconfigure my goal when I get closer to that weight