Progress Pics?

studentRN
studentRN Posts: 440 Member
edited September 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Do any of you take progress pics? How often? I was thinking of doing them every 30 days or so just to be able to look back and see the changes. Curious if others do this as well?

Thanks!

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  • KiriKiriKiri
    KiriKiriKiri Posts: 227 Member
    Yes, I take them every week! Some I see changes, others I don't. I keep them just for my own personal memory and to reflect. Now that I have reached almost my goal weight...it's interesting to look back through them and see where I was along the way and reflect. Even now, I still view myself at my original weight or starting weight and hardly recognize myself in pictures...that is why it's important to take pictures and familiarize yourself with the process. I know it sounds crazy, right?! LOL
  • h_eloise86
    h_eloise86 Posts: 124
    I'm trying to take mine every 10-20 pounds.
    (But I have over 50 pounds to lose)
    I think it just depends on how much you have to lose and how much strength training you are doing, and so on.
    The pictures are great though.
    Like KiriKiriKiri said, I sometimes too see myself at my starting weight. So it's nice to look back and see that I have lost weight.
  • Lisa0711
    Lisa0711 Posts: 1,405 Member
    I take mine at about every 15 pounds lost. But I take my measurements and official weigh in weight at the beginning of every month. They are great to have! I would be upset if I wouldn't have started taking them because sometimes I can't tell I've lost that much until I compare my current self to the pictures I took at the start. (Like both abover posters noted) :smile:
  • 00trayn
    00trayn Posts: 1,849 Member
    I took a picture right when I started the 30 Day Shred. I'm gonna take another one when I'm finished (it's taking me more than 30 Day, more like the 2 month shred... lol) so when I'm done I'll compare. I also just have pictures of me taken with family and stuff that I can use to judge.
  • DoctorLaura
    DoctorLaura Posts: 32 Member
    Yes, I take them every week! Some I see changes, others I don't. I keep them just for my own personal memory and to reflect. Now that I have reached almost my goal weight...it's interesting to look back through them and see where I was along the way and reflect. Even now, I still view myself at my original weight or starting weight and hardly recognize myself in pictures...that is why it's important to take pictures and familiarize yourself with the process. I know it sounds crazy, right?! LOL

    SO TRUE!

    I have to look at pictures side by side to see a difference in myself. Even just flipping through old pictures doesn't do it for me, I don't see much of a difference. I think it's a great idea to take pictures along the way to see how far you've come. I wish I had taken more pictures along the way.

    I don't know about any of you, but when I was at my highest weight and I would see a picture of myself it didn't feel like me, but now when I see current pictures of myself it still doesn't...I have a hard time matching how I look and how I feel... I guess it just shows that it's more than eating right and excercise--we have to fix our insides too :smile:

    If anyone else has ever felt this way and has any tips on how to get your insides to match your outsides I would love to hear them.

    Best wishes to you all!
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