The "Before and After" pic I didn't know about....

rachelmommy1

So this weekend I visited with family, of course, and my mom had the foresight to bring a photo album to my sister's dinner. As we were flipping through them I caught a glimpse of two photos of me side by side. One of them was taken in 2000 when I graduated high school and I was about 145-150lbs. (I had always been a heavy kid) the other was my daughter's first birthday party in Dec. 2002.....and I was 198lbs.......ouch. I looked so miserable in the second picture. I was leaning way from the camera, sitting with my head toward the table, a weak smile. I looked so......defeated. Even in the other picture there was something missing. It was my self-confidance. I was smiling, but I was hiding, too.

Those pictures were a SERIOUS wakeup call. I don't ever want to be "that way" again, and even my "skinny picture" or what I considered skinny at the time, was still 30lbs too heavy.

So I asked my mom for them and put them in my goal book, front and center, side by side. And by this time next year there's going to be a brand new skinny picture and it's going to be me looking "hotmazing"! Sometimes perspective comes at you when you're not expecting it.

Silver_Dream

Good luck, Rachel! :flowerforyou:

arewethereyet

Honey I know exactly how you feel! My brother posted THIS on facebook for all my new family to see:laugh: :laugh:

Good thing I know he doesn't have a mean bone in his body.

arewethereyet

it is easier to see on my profile. Soon you will have before and afters too!!!:flowerforyou:

LisaZaugg1976

I have pictures like that too!!!! so hard for me to see what I was doing to myself until I saw the pictures

pawprint061

I was like that too. I went to a friends wedding and I was standing outside when my boyfriend took a picture of me. When I finally saw it, I was so disgusted with myself. I hated it. So, that was the turning point in my life where I said enough is enough. I've dropped 18 pounds so far.