Why Taking Progress Photos Is SO Important

seantnash
seantnash Posts: 77 Member
edited November 18 in Success Stories
I decided to keep a photographic record of my weight loss as well as tracking my actual weight and I am so glad I did. The bottom photos are my day 1 photos and the top photos are my day 22 photos (so 3 weeks of weight loss). Despite having lost 21.8 pounds / 9.9 kilograms I still felt as big as I did on day 1. Then I looked at my photos.

So, if you haven't done it already, please start doing it. The reason for my big weight loss in 3 weeks is my BMI was 54.5 when I started and 51.64 on day 22. Obviously, my actual weight loss results aren't typical but photos are beneficial to anybody, regardless of how much you have to lose. We definitely don't lose weight psychologically as fast as we lose it physically.

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Replies

  • alondrakayy
    alondrakayy Posts: 304 Member
    What a difference! Way to go!
  • Penthesilea514
    Penthesilea514 Posts: 1,189 Member
    Amazing progress! There is a definite difference :) Congratulations!
  • poppysierra
    poppysierra Posts: 79 Member
    Keep going and keep taking progress pics
  • suzesvelte
    suzesvelte Posts: 134 Member
    I agree - I also think that seeing how fat I still am after losing two stones stops me getting too complacent an back-peddling too soon.
  • winchestertardisrider
    winchestertardisrider Posts: 21 Member
    Look at how LESS of you there is! You're killing it.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    We definitely don't lose weight psychologically as fast as we lose it physically.
    I never heard it put this way before but you are on! Please post this on every newbie thread who's stressing out ! Congrats on your success to date. Save that before outfit so you can try it on later to really see the change!
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