Progress clarification? Please be honest

amatherly81608
amatherly81608 Posts: 23 Member
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
I just wanted to know does it look like I'm showing any facial progress.. I've been told by a couple people that I'm losing weight but I don't think I look any different.. I'm down 27lbs since the beginning of October from 307 so I'm 280 now.. maybe it's one of those *kitten* feeling days lol

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    You're down 27 lbs. You ARE losing weight. Accept the positive feedback of others. Our own perceptions in the mirror are rarely accurate.
  • amatherly81608
    amatherly81608 Posts: 23 Member
    I can't seem to post pics from my phone uugghhh.. how do I do it?
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    You're down 27 lbs. You ARE losing weight. Accept the positive feedback of others. Our own perceptions in the mirror are rarely accurate.

    This right here.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    Camera icon@top right, next to arrow down
  • amatherly81608
    amatherly81608 Posts: 23 Member
    Ok I was on the app not the site lol pardon the father daughter selfie but that is the only one I could find right before I started this9brpeuqdnes5.jpg
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  • newme7512
    newme7512 Posts: 20 Member
    There's definite progress. Keep up the great work!!
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    You have clearly lost weight ... Your chin is more defined, around your eyes by your cheekbones, your neck doesn't look as stalky, there's more definition around your nose ... So, yes you have definitely made progress with your efforts.

    Keep on keeping on!! Kudos!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,372 Member
    You can totally tell you have lost weight, your face is markedly slimmer. Your daughter is a cutie!
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    Yes, there is definitely a difference. There will be times along your journey that the progress is difficult for you to see. I have had the same issue as I suspect nearly all of us have. There will come a day when you look in the mirror and ask yourself "do I really look much different?" and then you will look at an old picture and realize that yes, you really do.
  • amatherly81608
    amatherly81608 Posts: 23 Member
    Thank u guys that just made my night!! I love this community and u guys help keep me motivated... So glad social media has a positive side to it lol. I'm still really new here and would love to make some friends so we can help each other
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Yes there is a visible difference.
  • amatherly81608
    amatherly81608 Posts: 23 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    You can totally tell you have lost weight, your face is markedly slimmer. Your daughter is a cutie!
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    You can totally tell you have lost weight, your face is markedly slimmer. Your daughter is a cutie!

    Thank u so much and thanks again for the compliment to my daughter.. She is almost 3 will be 3 on Christmas Eve as a matter of fact. Love her with all my heart but can be a handful lol
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    i find it hard to tell from a still photo, especially when the expressions/positions/angles are different. and i think people who see your face in actual everyday use probably see a lot more than we do from a single angle.

    but even so, what i noticed was: in the first picture it's kind of like you're trying to give your features a bit of a lift. everything's kind of 'up' :tongue: like a facial version of 'suck in your gut'.

    in the second one you're not even trying to 'fix' anything. that's probably about as loose as your face ever gets, and it looks at least as good as the first one where i intuit you were trying to game the angles just a little bit. so nice going.

    also: cute kid. i like the way you and she have exactly the same upper lip.
  • amatherly81608
    amatherly81608 Posts: 23 Member
    canadianlbs wrote: »
    i find it hard to tell from a still photo, especially when the expressions/positions/angles are different. and i think people who see your face in actual everyday use probably see a lot more than we do from a single angle.

    but even so, what i noticed was: in the first picture it's kind of like you're trying to give your features a bit of a lift. everything's kind of 'up' :tongue: like a facial version of 'suck in your gut'.

    in the second one you're not even trying to 'fix' anything. that's probably about as loose as your face ever gets, and it looks at least as good as the first one where i intuit you were trying to game the angles just a little bit. so nice going.

    also: cute kid. i like the way you and she have exactly the same upper lip.

    There is this better?

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  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    There is a definite progress in all the right places. I started around your weight (possibly higher) and it took a good while to see progress, because the fatter you are the harder it is to tell since the body gets smaller in the same shape first before starting to change shape. You also appear to have lost what I call "disappearing eyes" where fat in the cheeks makes eyes look smaller. That's how I could tell the weight I lost made a visible difference when I couldn't see a difference in my body. That, and the jawline. You are doing great, and your daughter is absolutely adorable!
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    edited November 2016
    yup. you're not 'trying' in that one either :D go check your eyebrows in the first one. and check how you're not smiling in the first one, to avoid the whole puffy-cheeks thing.

    my point was that yes, i do see progress. but i see it mostly in the sense that you look the same now when you're not trying as all, as you had to put in some effort to try look when you started out. if that makes sense.
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