I'm so sorry but with each new photo . . . . . . .

chicky26
chicky26 Posts: 127 Member
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I'm so sorry I just have to share . . . . . . . . . . . . .

With the weight that I lost, currently 91lb and 9lb away from goal, I look at myself (eeeek naked) in the mirror and dispair.
My skin is saggy, my boobs feel like their emptying and I dont feel sexy at all.

I'm praying, hoping, pleading that all this weight training and exercise will help with my body shape and image and self confidence.

When living day to day and looking in the mirror (eeeek naked) I fell like my 'old' self. Frumpy and ugly and I hate it.

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But then I see a photo of me now and I find it hard to believe that this is me?!?!


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. . . . . I see the picture of me and I feel slim and sexy and amazing and then I just think its a lie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


IF only they saw me naked!!!!!!! does anyone else feel like this??? Its really knocking my self confidence!
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  • JacksMom12
    JacksMom12 Posts: 1,044 Member
    Well. I think you look awesome!


    I know what you mean though. I have the same issues.
  • fairc3jam
    fairc3jam Posts: 136 Member
    Did you lose weight without strength trng? Try lifting weights to tighten up. Depending on your age, skin should still be elastic but you may have stretch marks.
  • ryansgram
    ryansgram Posts: 693 Member
    First of all you look amazing! Yes i feel the same way. My friend always says how good i look and i tell him, yea but you should see me with no clothes on. I look horrible. I'm trying to exercise more to build up some muscle. And you have to drink lots of water. I hate water. But from what i see you look great. I have the bat wings going on. LOL
  • Eve23
    Eve23 Posts: 2,352 Member
    I can see your concern. I was talking to someone about this same subject not long ago. In their experience it takes time for your body to adjust and your skin to shrink up a bit. But it will happen. I am sure that weights and toning must help with this as well. Probably speed it up.

    YOu look wonderful and I know I am no expert, but other are not going to see your flaws the same as you. Give yourself a break on this one and know you are becoming a very healthy version of yourself.
  • gpstrucker
    gpstrucker Posts: 930 Member
    You look like a completely different person but, much more importantly, you look much healthier. If you need it, work out to tone up. You look amazing.
  • BobbieLee1959
    BobbieLee1959 Posts: 605 Member
    YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!! Do not let the mirror guide your way...you are your own worst critic and all I see when I see your picture is a beautiful, radiant, lovely lady! I am sure that others see the same! Stop picking yourself apart! You are AMAZING!
  • karenflake
    karenflake Posts: 2
    You are gorgeous and saggy boobs is why they made push up bras! Cut yourself some slack :)
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    I know the feeling, clothes can hide quite a bit.... I have lost quite a bit of weight and have ALOT of excess skin around my torso.. I can live with what I have in my arms and chest, neck is good but I have to get something done, so I am going in for a circumferential body lift that my surgeon expects to remove between 15 - 20 lbs. of loose skin.... Weight lifting has helped alot over the last 3 years but when you stretch your skin to 560 lbs. its hard to get it to go back to where it once was. I tend to still wear clothes a size bigger to hide it, I still see the old me at time in the mirror but then I think about how he was and all that he could not do and everything that I am able to do today... At some point we have to work at feeling comfortable in our own body regardless to what it looks like.. I am still working on this myself.. You do look great and keep pushing forward.... Best of Luck...
  • PlunderBunneh
    PlunderBunneh Posts: 1,705 Member
    You look good! Only very few people look truly good naked, in a picturesque sense. The rest of us just only get nakie in front of people that know of our journey. I look better naked than I did, but I do get a bit bummed over the deflated-balloon effect at time. Just try to shrug it off and love your body.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    Enough with the apologies! You have every reason to not only be super proud but to shout it out :D
  • linzee2207
    linzee2207 Posts: 28 Member
    You look amazing!!! Women of all shapes and sizes will still have their insecurities. No one is perfect. Your progress is amazing and you should be proud of yourself!!!
  • daughterofthesea
    daughterofthesea Posts: 82 Member
    Girl, you are HOT!!!! I know it must knock your self-confidence to see yourself naked, but trust me you look amazing!
  • igora_soma
    igora_soma Posts: 486
    You are beautiful! Skin takes time to heal, be patient with yourself and keep going because you certainlyhave a twinkle in your eye in the second photo! Congrats on the weight loss :)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,421 Member
    Well, we would like to see you nekkid. . . I'm willing to wait. :flowerforyou:
  • LJCannon
    LJCannon Posts: 3,636 Member
    :heart: If you had Self-Image Issues 'Before' you likely will have them 'After'.
    Strength Training, Water, and Most Importantly TIME will help with the loose skin and sagging issues. Learning to Focus on Your Positive Changes will help with the Image Issues, I think.
  • slboling
    slboling Posts: 117 Member
    There are still things to help tone, but I agree with everyone....you look like amazing!!!!!
  • janicemitchellcross
    janicemitchellcross Posts: 134 Member
    You look amazing it takes time for your brain to accept the changes in your body. Introduce some strength traing this will firm you up and make you more toned. It takes time but you will get there you have achieved so much already . Good luck.
  • lik_11
    lik_11 Posts: 433 Member
    Yes! Pictures tell a different story than the mirror. I'm beginning to love the way I look in clothes- but naked... not so much. I'm hoping that if I continue, it will tighten up.
  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
    Umm... yes! My boobs are a shell of what they used to be... I actually often times refer to them as "Balls in a Sock" and my tummy has stretchmarks and loose skin that will NEVER tighten - BUT - IN clothes, I look and feel GREAT - so who cares, right?!?!

    YOU. LOOK. FANTASTIC! Congrats!
  • emmalouc93
    emmalouc93 Posts: 328 Member
    Compared to all the amazing stuff you have achieved, toning up will be a walk in the park :D
    You look absolutely FANTASTIC, you should be proud, and thank yourself for getting this far, and being healthier!
  • alli_dalli
    alli_dalli Posts: 22 Member
    You look 20 years younger now, I had to scrutinise the pictures cos I can hardly believe its really the same person in both. You look so much happier in the second. But changing your body is one thing, you haven't allowed your self image to change with it. You still think of yourself like the former pic. Allow yourself to admire what you have achieved and recognise how lovely you are inside and out. God I sound like a loony I know but it sounds like you need to read the story of the ugly duckling... you're a beautiful swan now!
  • juliee274
    juliee274 Posts: 124 Member
    My boobs were huge and saggy BEFORE I started this journey so I don't think I will mind that they are after, too! :) I am embarrassed for anyone to see me naked now (super heavy) too. What's worse....skin that is bumpy and jiggly or saggy?? You look great now but, more importantly, you are healthy and feel better too (I would hope--at least physically). The emotional and mental issues of weight loss are often much harder than the work to lose the weight. Sadly, MFP won't help you with those, but maybe you can see a counselor (your church? work?) if you continue to feel this way. Regardless, focus on the positives and remember how strong you have been to have made it this far!!
  • sk2775
    sk2775 Posts: 699 Member
    You look amazing. You should be so very proud of all that you have accomplished. I so know what you are talking about. I see a pic of me now (75 pounds down) and I still can't believe what I see in the mirror. I still see the old me in the mirror or all the imperfections that come with losing a good amount weight. All the droopy, saggy skin. I am also hopping that the strength training and the cardio workouts will help. Just have to take it day at a time. No one every tells you that losing weight is the easy part. Getting our brains to catch up to what our bodies have accomplished is a whole other story. Just take it one day at a time and appreciate how far you have come :-)
  • Mgetsfit
    Mgetsfit Posts: 27 Member
    Wow, that is gorgeous! Your progress is amazing!! Thumbs up for that! :flowerforyou:

    And I do know what you mean. Sometimes I'm quiet happy with what I see on photos or with clothes on, but having them off makes me feel ugly, I see the body of an old woman with lots of stretch marks and other things on the skin and I am only 20.
    I try to remember then that most people look better with their clothes on. I hope your self-comfidence will come back!
    I have to admit that it helps me a LOT that I know that my boyfriend doesn't care that much about that... And I still feel ashamed a little bit every time.

    But girl, look at you! You look just amazing!
  • Ke22yB
    Ke22yB Posts: 969 Member
    I am still loosing but I understand completely I took about 12 pictures the other day to add to my profile and deleted 10 of them and that is with clothes on granted I have another 40 pounds to lose and over the last year my skin has shrunk quite a bit and is still improving BUT we are our own harshest critics
    I look at your picture and see a beautiful young woman happy and healthy who is working on being in great shape. Hopefully you can see that same woman and enjoy the vision we are enjoying when we look at you
    Ill make you a deal you work on liking yourself more and I will work on liking me more as well
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,659 Member
    You've done a fabulous job losing all that weight ....... you look gorgeous !

    Try different activities and/or lifting ..... things will fall into place ...... keep working out & never give up :drinker:
  • Sarah_Wins
    Sarah_Wins Posts: 936 Member
    I feel EXACTLY the same way!! Like yeah, I look pretty good in clothes now, but if only you saw me naked. The sagging skin and don't get me started on the boobs. Yes, I strength train (P90X) as well as lots of cardio. All we can do is wait for our skin to catch up with the rest of us. And then (after I win the lottery) maybe a breast lift. We'll see.
  • MrsCCWoods
    MrsCCWoods Posts: 142 Member
    WOW you look great
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  • vjrose
    vjrose Posts: 809 Member
    I agree, especially at my age it doesn't snap back the way I'd like, my friends talk about how great I look, I look on the mirror before the clothes and say, oh my goodness, my hubby fortunately thinks I'm sexy any old way but especially now, :)

    However just let me say you are gorgeous!
  • hazelovesfood
    hazelovesfood Posts: 454 Member
    I'm so sorry I just have to share . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    With the weight that I lost, currently 91lb and 9lb away from goal, I look at myself (eeeek naked) in the mirror and dispair.
    My skin is saggy, my boobs feel like their emptying and I dont feel sexy at all.

    I'm praying, hoping, pleading that all this weight training and exercise will help with my body shape and image and self confidence.

    When living day to day and looking in the mirror (eeeek naked) I fell like my 'old' self. Frumpy and ugly and I hate it.

    452.jpg


    But then I see a photo of me now and I find it hard to believe that this is me?!?!


    swimwear2.jpg


    . . . . . I see the picture of me and I feel slim and sexy and amazing and then I just think its a lie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


    IF only they saw me naked!!!!!!! does anyone else feel like this??? Its really knocking my self confidence!
    wow you look fantasic, good on you for losing all that weight, forget about the sagging you look great to me.

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