Did you take a before photo?

I only took like one or two, and it was after I had already lost the first 10 lbs. Pictures of myself still made me cry at that point so I tried to limit them, but I wanted at least one to be able to look back and compare to. I really wish I had taken more, though.

No, but I have a picture that helped finally kick me into gear.

Like puffbrat said, I didn't have a picture taken but someone took a picture of me at Christmas and posted on Facebook and I realized something had to change.

I didn’t start taking any until I had lost 50lbs. The only pictures I have from my heaviest are me in the hospital (laying in a bed or sitting in a wheelchair) after my the birth of my first son (csection) and a picture I took of my old Drivers License (it had a picture from my heaviest on it...as I lost weight people started doubting it was my ID).

I didn't, but sort of wish I had. It took me years to get from my heaviest (307) to my "usual" weight of 260-270. When I was over 260, I NEVER allowed full body photos of myself to be taken and if they were, I tried to get rid of the evidence.

The only full body before/after photos I have are around 260-270 and then roughly at my goal (165-170). While that's still interesting to look at now, I do wish I had a photo of my worst/heaviest to compare because even though that is 100 lb lost I think my body looked a lot different/worse at 300 than at 260, I think that loss made the biggest impact actually.

A specific photo no. Mainly because I had taken before photos at previous attempts to lose weight and I basically told myself that I had sabotaged myself by taking those photos of front, side, back. Which I know isn't true but, I think I felt like a failure each time I had a before picture but, not a during or after picture.

I do have photos though of me at all different weights because of my kids. Mainly because if they wanted to take a picture of me or have their picture taken with me I didn't want to say no because when they look at me they see Mom. I did however, strategically place myself in some of the photos to try to minimize my actual weight/looks.

I didn't take one right when I started. It was a couple months in before I got an official "before" photo. I wish I would have taken one right away. But the one I did take still worked really well and I'm glad I had it. On days that I don't feel like I've made a ton of progress, I can look at it and see how far I've come.

When I started I was all gung-ho about documenting my progress. So I went and bought a tripod to hold my phone to take pictures and videos. I even bought small whiteboard and coloured markers to design signs to hold up in each update with dates, weights, thoughts, etc on it. I'd take photos, a short video of a 360 spin and whatnot.

That lasted about 5 months before I lost interest and stopped doing it. I may get inspired again one day and pick it up again but if that happens remains to be seen. Still do have the 'day one' photos and videos which are the most important one to show myself how far I've come.