Sometimes it takes a while for it to really sink in.

LittleSpy
LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
edited September 21 in Success Stories
I came across the most horrible and disgusting photo of myself today. The photo is horrible enough on its own... and then I realized it was taken last October -- AFTER I started losing weight September 8th last year. I had already lost *at least* EIGHTEEN POUNDS when this photo was taken. I say "at least" because I don't know my real heaviest weight. I was 272 when I bought my scale about a week into getting my sh** together. I guess there really aren't any photos of me at my heaviest but holy crap. :noway:

So... horrible horrible horrible picture of me at 252:
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This much better photo of me looking like a dork today at 193 (lowest adult weight ever, by the way):
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Today I guess I just finally realized how far I'd let myself go; and also how far I've come since then.
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  • abyt42
    abyt42 Posts: 1,358 Member
    NICE! (and beautiful birds!)
  • bjshooter
    bjshooter Posts: 1,174 Member
    Could be a different person, well done, I bet you are so proud.

    I always notice people look so much happier, in the after pics and often so much younger. A real glow about you.
  • eastcoaster
    eastcoaster Posts: 67
    Way to go! You look like a new person! Congrats, you are an inspiration!
  • jennpv
    jennpv Posts: 33 Member
    Wow...you look FABULOUS!!! Inspiring!
  • AmandaJ
    AmandaJ Posts: 1,950 Member
    Oh my gosh, you are looking so good! WTG! :flowerforyou:
  • BetterVersion
    BetterVersion Posts: 459
    Wonderful! You've done an excellent job and are looking absolutely gorgeous. =)
  • ADJulie
    ADJulie Posts: 605 Member
    Incredible. You look amazing. Keep up the fantastic work.
  • HotMommy0609
    HotMommy0609 Posts: 224
    You look great and I love your hair! :happy:
  • 1QueenB
    1QueenB Posts: 227 Member
    :flowerforyou: Wow you look GREAT!!!!!! I hope I can hang in here long enough on this journey to see some real change!!!!! Keep up the good work you look really good!:smile:
  • islandnutshel
    islandnutshel Posts: 1,143 Member
    Photo's can haunt you or move you. You have obviously been moving lots, don't give up, you are doing fantastic. I am scared to look around for a before picture. I thought I was lucky not to think of myself as overweight, but too bad I didn't notice earlier, I might have been saved some of the back pain. Well wishes, you are obviously on the right road.
  • Allibaba
    Allibaba Posts: 457 Member
    Congratulations on all your hard work paying off, you are looking wonderful!
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    Lookin good
  • skinney1357
    skinney1357 Posts: 68
    Wow! You look amazing! Keep up the great work. I also love your new hair color :)
  • diet45
    diet45 Posts: 392 Member
    Awesome.....encouraging to the rest of us. You have come so far, can't see anything stopping you now!!!
  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    You look amazing!! :) Actually, I go to your profile at least twice a week to look at your progress pictures! Haha. Does that make me a creeper? Oh well. I'm so inspired.
  • VenturaGurl
    VenturaGurl Posts: 413 Member
    Sometimes a picture speaks volumes....it's something we can't ignore! I'm so happy you have lost so much and look like you are feeling great! I think you look beautiful! Keep up the good work.
  • Rocki_
    Rocki_ Posts: 165 Member
    BEAUTIFUL!!! Job well done!! Keep up the awesome work!!

    Rocki
  • Danielle_81
    Danielle_81 Posts: 166
    So so cool!!
  • gnastro
    gnastro Posts: 239 Member
    What an amazing picture of yourself! Sometimes we need "look how far I have come." September will be one year since I joined also. Keep up the fantastic work!! You are an inspiration to all.:smile:
  • imma_rosta
    imma_rosta Posts: 30 Member
    Holy ****, girl! You look amazing! Way to stick with it!
  • scarletjg
    scarletjg Posts: 29 Member
    Holy crap lady... you're smoking hot now!!! It may have been an off day for you in the first pic, I don't know, but you look like a wall flower there and now you look vibrant and young! Way to go! You are seriously a huge inspiration for me right now. I'm 272.7 lbs right now and I can't even think of being as far in this journey as you are becuase it might scare me and throw me off my game. I wish I was there though, and had that self assurance in my eyes that you have in yours.
  • gottaluvboyz
    gottaluvboyz Posts: 555 Member
    Congrats on your success so far and good luck on the rest of your journey! You look fantastic:)
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    HELLO!! We ALL have a cruddy picture of ourselves. Even ppl who have never gained a pound. That shot is just a bad angle.

    GREAT JOB on getting healthier!!!
  • missmiller1
    missmiller1 Posts: 131 Member
    The pictures really do look like two completely different people. Awesome job!
  • ana70
    ana70 Posts: 93
    Looking good, you look healthier and happy. Positive changes are great, keep up all the hard work!:heart:
  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    Oh, you guys are all so sweet. I know I have a way to go still -- 40 pounds at least, I'm sure. I've been kind of hovering only moving down from 200 to 195 the last few months and I just caught my 2nd wind last week to get going again. Recognizing the real change I've made already was a big part of getting my act back together to move on.

    I've been very overweight since I was a kid and the possibility of being a healthy weight has never seemed attainable to me as it does now.

    scarletjg -- I remember when I first joined MFP and saw people with 50lbs+ lost on their tickers. In the back of my mind I thought I'd probably never get that far but I so desperately wanted to succeed the way these other people on MFP had. If there are other people in this world, including many who have a lot more to overcome than I ever did, who can suck up their self pity, get with it, and succeed in their quest to become healthy then I have no good excuse not to follow suit. :smile:

    At the gym today, I watched a guy on TV who was missing both legs from the knee down succeed in completing a triathlon. Made my mind's stupid internal "This is hard" whining about doing intervals on the elliptical seem so petty. Talk about inspiration...
  • dj_stevie_c
    dj_stevie_c Posts: 270
    You look STUNNING.

    Keep up the hard work and you'll get to where you want to be, but congratulations for what you've achieved so far!
  • Dreaj79
    Dreaj79 Posts: 212
    You look amazing! Love the darker hair! Keep up the good work!
  • justahorsen
    justahorsen Posts: 234
    congrats on your efforts so far, and you can do the rest of the journey!!!!
  • wolf23
    wolf23 Posts: 4,264 Member
    You are truely inspiring and not just to those who need to lose a lot of weight. I enjoy reading your posts and tracking your progress because you tell it like it is (no candy coating) and I can see the transformation both inside and out in both your pictures and your posts. Keep up the great work. Love your darker hair BTW :flowerforyou:
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