Mirror Image vs. Real Life

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  • stehmari
    stehmari Posts: 110 Member
    Mirror: You look HOT today!

    Me: Woohoo!!!

    *takes a photo to document*

    Camera: Seriously? The mirror told you that? HA!!!

    Me: :cry: ...:sad: ...

    YESSSSSSSSSS! ohh lord all the dang time!
  • jhassan1980
    jhassan1980 Posts: 28 Member
    I totally do this too.

    My BF tells me I'm crazy. I tell him he's just being nice.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    As a photographer, this hurts me all too often.
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    Mirror: You look HOT today!

    Me: Woohoo!!!

    *takes a photo to document*

    Camera: Seriously? The mirror told you that? HA!!!

    Me: :cry: ...:sad: ...

    Yeah, this. Which is why I generally avoid photos.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I'm pretty photo shy to begin with. I'm an extremely flamboyant dresser (love the goth/punk) but pictures are scary. But yeah, one day the mirror told me an outfit I was wearing was SMOKIN.....and someone else at the college had snapped a random picture.....yeah, not so smoking. I compared it to another picture of me at my heaviest weight a few years ago - the same me was staring out of both of those photographs.

    It was awful. But it's good motivation,.
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    I do not fit in mirrors.
  • indygal76
    indygal76 Posts: 283 Member
    It depends on my mood! Sometimes I will see a fit girl looking back at me. And then there are times when I see huge thighs, flabby tummy and just all around fat person looking back at me. And the same goes for pictures. I will take a good pic and then there are those bad pics. I found one on my mother in law's phone this past weekend. I was mortified! I looked terrible in my workout clothes. But then again, it may have been the angle and so on. I just try to go on each day thinking others see the better of me when I see the worse.
  • simplyme99
    simplyme99 Posts: 68 Member
    Happens ALL the time to me. When I look in the mirror I am usually face on and I think I look good, bigger, not not huge. But then when I turn to the side I look pregnant - motivating for sure!
  • AmyP619
    AmyP619 Posts: 1,137 Member
    I think this is rather common for most people. I think it's just because you look at yourself every day, the same as people who see you ALL the time...they most likely won't notice weight loss before someone you barely ever see does. I think if you were to not look at yourself in the mirror for a LONG time then come back to the mirror you would probably see the difference. We just get used to seeing what's in front of us, and it eventually just all blurs together!!! It's odd, but I hear ya! I'm the same way Lol
  • Danam48
    Danam48 Posts: 129 Member
    Happens ALL the time to me. When I look in the mirror I am usually face on and I think I look good, bigger, not not huge. But then when I turn to the side I look pregnant - motivating for sure!

    THIS! Ugh.. the side view bursts my bubble everytime.. At least pictures no longer make me cry. I actually take a lot of pics of myself in outfits now because the mirror is a liar!
  • StephG1130
    StephG1130 Posts: 99 Member
    I felt that way about the photos from my sisters wedding... I knew I was big, but DAMN! I cant believe people didn't run from me when I went to the buffet.
  • HURLEYX3RO
    HURLEYX3RO Posts: 269
    The mirror loves me
    the camera is jealous
    & mean. lol
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
    I find my mirror is evil.. I see above my navel and I think I look good.. look below my navel or face side to the mirror and I think I'm fat and ugly :laugh:

    I realized though with my measurements that I should be happy. It's just the skin across my belly that probably won't bounce back from having two kids that makes me think I am still fat
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    YES! I look in the mirror and think to myself, sure you could lose weight but it's not THHHAAAAAT bad. Enter candid FB picture, and my self esteem taked a dive. I think I have the opposite of anorexia... when I look in the mirror it's not bad, but in reality I'm a trainwreck weight-wise.
  • kreker
    kreker Posts: 2
    i haven't been sticking to my program at all recently as i have been super busy with life and i see and feel the difference. and when i look at myself in the mirror i see all of my flaws and trust me there is alot but when i see a pic of myself it isn't soo bad.... i need to get back on track asap feel and look good all the time!!
  • lease1981
    lease1981 Posts: 57
    Mirror: You look HOT today!

    Me: Woohoo!!!

    *takes a photo to document*

    Camera: Seriously? The mirror told you that? HA!!!

    Me: :cry: ...:sad: ...

    this..;( happens so often
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    Haha, I actually take pictures of myself with my phone now just to see how my outfit actually looks on me, then delete the pics after.

    I never look as good as the mirror version did.. :/
  • mareeee1234
    mareeee1234 Posts: 674 Member
    Mirror: You look HOT today!

    Me: Woohoo!!!

    *takes a photo to document*

    Camera: Seriously? The mirror told you that? HA!!!

    Me: :cry: ...:sad: ...

    OMG.. STORY OF MY LIFEEEE

    "Yeah I'll take a progress photo.. I look THAT good"

    *takes photo*

    "awks that the mirror lied"
  • BrittanyMegan88
    BrittanyMegan88 Posts: 670 Member
    The mirror loves me
    the camera is jealous
    & mean. lol
    HAHA!!

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