Thoughts on Before/After Photos

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  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I always tell people to take before photo's you don't have to show them to anyone, take them for yourself, because there are times you will feel like you are not losing weight and you are still as big as you started, or times the scale doesn't move but changes are still being made and you don't notice them looking in the mirror but comparing photo's you will see it.

    Just yesterday I had a friend post before and after photo's because she was amazed that she seen changes in herself, she hadn't lost much in pounds but she lost a lot of inches. She wouldn't have never known she had any changes without those photo's. I've lost 123 lbs and I still find myself looking toward my photo's because I have days I feel fat and gross and those photo's make me feel a bit better. I've also kept my 2 biggest pair of pants to remind me how big I use to be.
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
    I did not take good before pics, and I regret it now. I think it really helps when you have made progress, but are feeling discouraged, to go back and look at where you came from. You don't have to take it and look at it every day, but just take them and store them away somewhere, so that when you need them you can look!
  • BigDave1050
    BigDave1050 Posts: 854 Member
    Take the before pictures and take progress pictures every month. You might hit a period where the scale is not moving (which is frustrating!) but your still getting "Smaller" and the progress pictures will motivate you through it.
  • mmmyotwnz
    mmmyotwnz Posts: 119 Member
    Yes do it! Take some edit them, store them away. Take them around the same time every month,IE:15th. After 6 or 7 months of continuous monitoring of your calories/exercise, you will be amazed at what you see. It is also motivation to never go back to month 1.

    I measured everything from three weeks into this journey and have kept up with them on here in the measurement section. When I am feeling discouraged (like now after no losses for 7 weeks) I can go back and see what I have done.
  • Get120
    Get120 Posts: 56
    do it! yes they are discouraging at first but once you start seeing a difference it motivates SO much! I took some with shorts and a tank and I wish I would have taken some in just a sports bra now.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I think before/process/after photos are very important. Sometimes when we are just looking at ourselves in the mirror everyday, we just don't see the progress...we still just see our big fat arses despite watching the numbers move on the scale and measurements changing. We have a hard time seeing what other people see.

    I took one at my start and just took one a few weeks ago when I hit a mini goal and will hopefully be taking one Friday (fingers crossed that I will have met another mini goal) and so on. It really helps when you're feeling down and out of it to pull those pics out and take a look. When I took my last progress pic I was not thinking I really looked any different than when I started, despite all of my numbers changing...not true...when I put the pics side by side I can visually see how much progress I've made and it motivates me to keep on keepin' on.

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