Mirror Image vs. Real Life
iheartmarshall
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Does anyone else ever look in the mirror and think "Hey, I don't look that bad!" but when you see a photo of yourself, you have the OMG moment where you're like "Holy crap, I look like a cow!" Yeah. That moment just happened. I saw a candid photo of me from three weeks ago and it was the first time I really saw how fat my legs and knees looked... I don't really see myself that way when I look in the mirror. Sure, I know I'm overweight but I thought I looked okay, you know? Just wow. Talk about motivation!
What do you see when you see yourself in a mirror versus in a photo? Do you see a difference like I do or is it the same?
What do you see when you see yourself in a mirror versus in a photo? Do you see a difference like I do or is it the same?
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I went up a size and a half over the past 2 years and when I looked at myself in the mirror I still saw the skinny me. It wasnt until I saw a pictures of me from February when I saw how big my face looked. I looked like the thing who swollowed me, not myself. But even after that, when I looked in the mirrow i didnt see much difference. Now I have went down a size and the only place I see it is in my face. When I saw new pics of me my face looked like me again and noticeablly thinner. Yet still, I look in the mirror and I still see the same exact thing as when I was skinny and heavy. No change despite the fact that all my old clothes are hanging off me and everyone at work tells me how much weight i've lost---I don't see it.0
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Race photos are particularly bad like that for me. Those photographers do it on purpose!0
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I am the exact opposite. I look in the mirror and think my arms look flabby, my thighs could be more toned, my stomach is too round, the list goes on....and then I see myself in photos and I'm like "oh...I actually look pretty small...."0
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My face. I have my mom's neck. I'm not super overweight (actually considered healthy) but my face is fat, especially when I smile in pics. It really hit me when I had to go to the DMV to get a new drivers license picture and he handed me my temp one. I cried in the car b/c I didn't know it looked that bad. Now every picture I take that's all I see...0
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This makes me think of a line I saw in a tv show or movie I can't remember what it was though
Girl: The camera adds ten pounds
Guy: So how many cameras were actually on you?
*Edit to say I'm pretty sure it was friends, Monica and Chandler banter.0 -
I feel like I look great in the mirror and terrible in pictures! It's like a completely different person. I hope the mirrors are more accurate than the pictures.0
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same here....look in the mirror, hey im kinda cute,
see a recent pic in the same outfit I thought I was cute in. :noway: i was huge. like really!? sheesh!0 -
The same thing happened to me this week... and I felt discouraged! But hey, I am on my way to appearing as I do in the mirror
Make it a great day ladies!0 -
Yup, i went to a concert not to long ago and thought i looked cute and after seeing the pictures I was like OMG I can't believe I felt cute in that!! I will probably never wear that shirt again. Ehh!! That was def motivation for me.
Needless to say I deleted all the pictures..0 -
I used to feel the same, ok about the mirror but horrified at photos but since losing the weight I am much happier with the photo images.0
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Yes. Every.damn.time. I hate photos of myself. Finally, I'm starting to get a few that I don't "hate".0
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The quote previously mentioned is from FRIENDS! Monica states the camera adds 10 pounds when they watching old videos from highschool and Chandler responds with his smart comment like always!! I LOVE THAT SHOW!!
I always think I look worse in pictures too than when I look at myself in the mirror... and I am going with Monica's therory, the camera added the weight!0 -
Me. I just took some "before" photos since I started a weight lifting regimen, and I can't bring myself to post them on my profile. Hopefully they'll be less embarrassing along side an awesome after shot.0
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This makes me think of a line I saw in a tv show or movie I can't remember what it was though
Girl: The camera adds ten pounds
Guy: So how many cameras were actually on you?
*Edit to say I'm pretty sure it was friends, Monica and Chandler banter.
it was !
along with
And the fat girl inside of me really wants to go. I...I owe her this. I never let her eat.0 -
Race photos are particularly bad like that for me. Those photographers do it on purpose!
AGREED!! :noway:0 -
I guess I have a similar issue...I look down at my body, and I don't think I look too bad...then I look in the mirror and don't recognize the fat lady...then I see a picture and I REALLY want to cry.
I have a series of pics on my profile. The first one was taken by a friend at a birthday party and put on facebook. I wanted to cry when I saw it--I had more rolls than a bakery! The rest of the pics are taken starting about a month later, and they show the progress of my weight loss. I still don't look great, but I am on my way!0 -
Mirror: You look HOT today!
Me: Woohoo!!!
*takes a photo to document*
Camera: Seriously? The mirror told you that? HA!!!
Me: ...:sad: ...0 -
Does anyone else ever look in the mirror and think "Hey, I don't look that bad!" but when you see a photo of yourself, you have the OMG moment where you're like "Holy crap, I look like a cow!" Yeah. That moment just happened. I saw a candid photo of me from three weeks ago and it was the first time I really saw how fat my legs and knees looked... I don't really see myself that way when I look in the mirror. Sure, I know I'm overweight but I thought I looked okay, you know? Just wow. Talk about motivation!
What do you see when you see yourself in a mirror versus in a photo? Do you see a difference like I do or is it the same?
I do . I never feel I look bad when I look in a mirror but when I see a photo I freak out. Its odd, dont know why the images seems so different in my head.0 -
I do this all the time! It was so bad last summer - my friend took pictures and then sent them to me a couple months after I started working out and I was SHOCKED! And I thought I had looked good in the summer, but no, I was 20 pounds heavier. It makes me think that when I have lost weight now, I still look bigger than I think0
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I am the exact opposite. I look in the mirror and think my arms look flabby, my thighs could be more toned, my stomach is too round, the list goes on....and then I see myself in photos and I'm like "oh...I actually look pretty small...."
Yes this here too.0 -
I always thought the camera added like 30 pounds..0
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I always get the most motivation from pictures. I don't see it nearly as much in the mirror. Sometimes if I'm going somewhere I know there will be picture taking, I'll take a picture of myself before hand to prepare myself.0
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Race photos are particularly bad like that for me. Those photographers do it on purpose!
Yep!!! When I see race photos I want to cry. The funny thing is they keep on e-mailing me to buy them. That's not going to happen.0 -
Yes. Every.damn.time. I hate photos of myself. Finally, I'm starting to get a few that I don't "hate".
Wondering if we like how we look in mirror do we like photos taken of us in mirrors?
LOL Sorry just found it funny.0 -
I see myself in the mirror at home and think "You look ok".. and then I go to the gym and I'm working out and take a look in the mirror and think "OMG you fat *kitten*, you have not accomplished ANYTHING, you are still huge with a BIG Belly". I don't like the mirrors at the gym or pictures. My eyes go directly to the worst parts of my body. All of my weight is in my stomach.. like a beer belly.0
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I am the exact opposite. I look in the mirror and think my arms look flabby, my thighs could be more toned, my stomach is too round, the list goes on....and then I see myself in photos and I'm like "oh...I actually look pretty small...."
This -- since I have lost weight I always feel this way. It's like I always see the me 30lbs ago in the mirror.
I used to be the opposite - thinking that I looked good and then I would see pictures of myself and I hated the photos!
So I have been on both sides I guess.
It's weird. Mirrors are evil. haha0 -
This happens to me all the time, and in both directions too!! I'll have that moment where I look in the mirror at home and think, "damn girl your lookin good today!", and then I'll see a photo from that day and wonder when from the time I looked in the mirror that morning to when the picture was taken did a Mack truck hit with an ugly fat stick!! I also have it to where I think I look pike absolute crap and then I get compliments all day about boys good I look... Um ok!!! And now I have where I don't see the 23#'s gone really and I don't really see those inches off but people are telling me how HOTT I'm getting... I see it a bit, but not in such a way that they are. Oh well, maybe one day the person me, the mirror me, and the HOTT me will meet up one day, lol.0
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This makes me think of a line I saw in a tv show or movie I can't remember what it was though
Girl: The camera adds ten pounds
Guy: So how many cameras were actually on you?
*Edit to say I'm pretty sure it was friends, Monica and Chandler banter.
I need to stop eating cammeras!0 -
Yes, all the time!! I will look in the mirror and think "Hey I'm not looking too bad!". Then someone takes a picture of me that same day and I look gigantic. Can't wait to someday enjoy having my picture taken!0
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This is the story of my life. It's huge motivation. I just took a bunch of full body 'before' pics of myself - that won't surface into daylight until I'm the smokin hot 'after' photo I want to be - but they are great motivation. I never realized how huge I really am. Sigh...0
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