Before and after pictures
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I really dislike people who think one person's particular problem is everyone else's responsibility. Like our main focus in life should be to not hurt anybody's feelings. How about if someone is that sensitive to be all butt hurt by someone else's progress, they need to just delete their IG altogether.
I despise overly sensitive individuals.7 -
I don't take before or after pictures, but welcome to 2018 when everyone is offended by everything.
I do take before and after pictures, but mainly because it's been my experience that my eyes still see me as the same person in the mirror. The before and after pictures, tell a different story. I don't share them with anyone, they are for my own comparisons. I may post them here someday, but possibly not.7 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »I don't take before or after pictures, but welcome to 2018 when everyone is offended by everything.
I do take before and after pictures, but mainly because it's been my experience that my eyes still see me as the same person in the mirror. The before and after pictures, tell a different story. I don't share them with anyone, they are for my own comparisons. I may post them here someday, but possibly not.
I've posted before and after pics on some threads here, partly in the interest of showing that wrinklies like me can make material improvements. I believe photos make it more real to others than text, and that too many people are cowed by ideas about aging. (If someone is triggered, here, by before and afters . . . I'm not sure they're in the right place.)
In one case - face only photo - I wrote at the time, quite sincerely, that I wasn't sure if difference was visible. It's only looking back now that I can truly see that it was.
Brains are weird.
Edited: Typo. Stupid finger keyboard. Grrr.3 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »I don't take before or after pictures, but welcome to 2018 when everyone is offended by everything.
I do take before and after pictures, but mainly because it's been my experience that my eyes still see me as the same person in the mirror. The before and after pictures, tell a different story. I don't share them with anyone, they are for my own comparisons. I may post them here someday, but possibly not.
I've posted before and after pics on some theeads here, partly in the interest of showing that wrinklies like me can make material improvements. I believe photos make it more real to others than text, and that too many people are cowed by ideas about aging. (If someone is triggered, here, by before and afters . . . I'm not sure they're in the right place.)
In one case - face only photo - I wrote at the time, quite sincerely, that I wasn't sure if difference was visible. It's only looking back now that I can truly see that it was.
Brains are weird.
I am in so much awe over the photos and the open sharing that happens here. It is humbling and inspiring. I will admit to just a little bit of jealousy, just because I don't feel brave enough. Maybe someday, but not right now. But I have learned so much from people here (yourself included) that it just amazes me, that spirit of sharing, caring, compassion, and understanding.9 -
I really dislike people who think one person's particular problem is everyone else's responsibility. Like our main focus in life should be to not hurt anybody's feelings. How about if someone is that sensitive to be all butt hurt by someone else's progress, they need to just delete their IG altogether.
I despise overly sensitive individuals.
Yeah, they really bother me. I just can’t handle it.12 -
Liftinglex wrote: »So I follow this girl on IG because she’s my friend but recently she’s been posting a bunch of anti-diet culture and health at every size type of post. Well today one of her post was about before and after pictures basically she saying the before picture does harm to people that look like your before picture because you believe your after pictures more worthy. I post before and after pictures all the time and my before picture is not a body that I hated my after picture just showing me closer to my goal my personal goals. What do you guys think about before and after pictures do they do more harm than good?
When I used to be fat, I felt upset and took it personally when people talked about being on a diet around me. It was internalized guilt and shame for not doing something about my own body.
For all the talk of accepting their bodies, if someone else posting a picture of their body is upsetting to an individual about their body, that's a projection of their own inner insecurity. The attempt to make everyone else responsible for their own unresolved feelings is hurtful to a productive discussion that seriously needs to be had around women's bodies because of what photoshopping in advertising and the like has done to our collective consciousness around the ideas of body image.
If all bodies are good bodies, so are changed bodies.13 -
Liftinglex wrote: »What do you guys think about before and after pictures do they do more harm than good?
Go to that Success section and take a look at some of the pics posted. If we were all honest there are some that don't show any real difference, but we look to find some lighting faux muscle line we can point out and congratulate them. So in that regard I think they are not as sincere and helpful. But a lot of people get inspired by those pics of people who put in the hard hards to make noticeable differences. The people themselves fonte point to looking at progress pictures over time for thier own motivation.
So useful or harmful? Depends on the person really. In general I don't think there is harm. Helpful wise, I would put it akin to using a scale myself. Really pictures and scales should be used MAYBE monthly to see progress, but anything more frequent isn't helpful.
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NorthCascades wrote: »Here are some before and after pictures of grizzly bears fattening up for the winter.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/10/9/17955432/fat-bear-week-katmai-national-park-409-747-salmon
Literally just unintentionally spent 25 minutes at work watching the bears live stream.
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NorthCascades wrote: »Here are some before and after pictures of grizzly bears fattening up for the winter.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/10/9/17955432/fat-bear-week-katmai-national-park-409-747-salmon
Literally just unintentionally spent 25 minutes at work watching the bears live stream.
I didn't click on the stream for just that reason.....1 -
I personally like before and after pictures. For myself, they can serve as a source of motivation to keep going. I can get very discouraged when I'm not seeing changes. But having a starting place to look back on, wakes me up to the fact that even though I might not think I'm making progress, or my body hasn't changed, I AM making progress and I need to keep going.
That probably didn't make any sense, but I know what I'm trying to say.5 -
I find the before and after photos inspirational. However, I'm more sick and tired of people who disregard people as "thin skinned" or whiners, just because you don't appreciate their thoughts or feelings. If someone gets offended by something, I'm okay with that and I 100% respect that is their feelings and I wouldn't try to invalidate their emotions. Just because I don't share that same offense doesn't mean they are wrong and I'm right. Before and After pictures may in fact do mental harm to some people who have health issues and perhaps for that reason can't lose weight. We don't know everyone's struggles and that does't make them whiners or thin skin. They are still people and all people have things that get to them that may not get to us. Now, saying that, I do realize we can't live our lives on egg shells and I would never advocate for that life, but to go out and verbally attack these people for their emotions and call them whiners and thin skinned is ignorant.5
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As a testosterone poisoned male, I'd have to say #5 and #9 look better heavier. They are more fit compared to their lower weight pictures.
Lower weight doesn't automatically mean fitter or healthier. After all, POWs probably are at their lowest weights as adults...
Another example, you might be a meth addicted tweeker, now sporting a new, lower weight. You probably don't look good...0 -
I think before and after pictures are a great help to track progress as others have said we change so gradually it’s an easier way to see how far we’ve come, I started taking them almost weekly the day I started training and dieting 4 1/2 years ago and have no problem sharing them,if it offends someone that’s there problem0
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Everyone should have the right to feel good about their bodies, even if they're trying to change it. The biggest issue is that it's more OK for the larger people to say weight loss transformations are offensive than it would be for a thin person to say that the reverse transformations offend her bc she tries to gain weight and can't.
Most people wouldn't think twice about calling the skinny girl who can't gain weight a cry baby, but those same people may sympathize with the overweight person who is offended bc weight loss is hard for him/her. I feel like with true "body positivity", that shouldn't be the case.
Also, there is very little you can do or say that isn't going to offend SOMEONE...5
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