Progress pictures and/or measurements

happygrandma52
happygrandma52 Posts: 56 Member
edited November 10 in Health and Weight Loss
When do you think is the best time to take progress pictures or measurements? Once a month, every 10 pounds, every three months? I'd like to hear your feedback.

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  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited January 2015
    i get and take measurements every Monday. And pictures. But mark points are every ten pounds :) That is the nice pictures i make. The Monday pictures are all made in the gym.
    and i weigh every day.
    I like it that way, i think it all comes down to personal preferences.
  • STurbs33
    STurbs33 Posts: 134 Member
    It's definitely a preference. I'm taking one progress picture a month and taking measurements once every two weeks.

    It's a short enough span of time that I can remain motivated for making progress but also long enough that I can (hopefully) see a substantial amount of progress between each measurement or picture.
  • Marianna93637
    Marianna93637 Posts: 230 Member
    Every 10 lbs or every month would be good. You should also take them if you stop losing. That's what happened to me, i stopped losing for 3 weeks, but when I compared my face (see profile pic) it motivated me to keep going because I could see that I was still losing.
  • happygrandma52
    happygrandma52 Posts: 56 Member
    Thanks for the input - I think I'll try for every once a month for a while & see how it goes, although taking pictures even when you stop losing IS a good idea.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited January 2015
    It depends on how much you have to lose! Every ten pounds seems better than monthly to me, because it means something. It's a ten pound drop - "This is what I looked like at 170...and this is me at 160..."

    Looking back on dates? "This was me on March 12...and this is me on April 12" --- you can't make anything out of that, really, KWIM?

    But whatever you do will be great, I'm sure. :)
  • whitewolf1200
    whitewolf1200 Posts: 31 Member
    Taking pictures every 3 months so the change is more drastic. It's also fun to brag to friends when it's significant
  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
    Don't have a full length mirror at home so when I feel like taking a progress pic I would use the one at the spa room Suite at the office office complex. It is far few and between but each set has been a few pant size difference. Day 1 was size 66 and last set of pics was size 32.
  • Susieq_1994
    Susieq_1994 Posts: 5,361 Member
    I don't take progress pictures anymore (I'm too lazy, what can I say?), but when I did so, I would take them each month on the same date. Same with measurements, which I do take on the first of every month and input them into an excel spreadsheet.

    It works for me, but as others mentioned, it's personal preference. :)
  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
    Good question! I think I'm going to do pictures once a month (ish) and try to coordinate it with an even round pound loss if possible.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2015
    I'm trying to do photos once a month, but only started it when I'd already lost most of the weight, unfortunately. I started measuring earlier, but do it more whimsically, probably also about once a month. Every 2 weeks seems reasonable too.

    I know the weights that go with the measurements and photos, as I keep a daily running log of morning weights in a calendar. For observing change while losing what I found most helpful was buying various sizes of the same brand and style of jeans and going from size to size. I'm hoping the photos will keep me motivated to make progress as it becomes less focused on scale changes.
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