My Favorite Worst Picture *pics*

In September of 2012, a few months before I started logging on MFP, I went to a baseball game. During a very, very long rain delay, I took some selfies of myself and my son. I did not post them to facebook. Here's why:



Well, that's a crappy picture. So I tried again. And again. But they were all the same, because that's what I looked like, and I think it's a pretty accurate depiction of how I felt. Bloated, uncomfortable, tired. I was squeezed so tight into that seat in Wrigley Field. It was not a fun game.

Fast-forward 18 months of logging every day, running, and starting to lift. A few nights ago, I took my son back to Wrigley to see the Pirates. He took a picture of me, just one. I asked him to send it to me without even looking at it, because I knew I would like it. Here's why:



I don't even like baseball, and I'm already looking forward to going to another game next year

ETA: a few people asked what I did, so let me put it here. I just logged all my food, every day. I eat what I like, and just try to fit it all into my macros. I weigh a lot of my food on a kitchen scale to be accurate. I use TDEE-20%, so I eat 2,000 calories a day and don't eat back my exercise cals. I got into running via C25K, and started strength training this fall.

Good luck, everyone, you can do it!