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gewel321
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I know I've lost weight and I look different but my brain had not caught up with just how different I looked until I did a side by side comparison. Wanted to share with everyone so that you can see that it can happen if you just keep with it. 
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Wonderful progress!2
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Looking great!2
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Wow amazing! Such an inspiration!1
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I understand the weight loss, how did you get younger?6
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My progress pics. I hadn't taken time to really compare to where I was, and then I remembered that I had some pics from Easter and Christmas 2017 and thought I'd compare them to 2020.
And. Just. Wow. I knew my fat brain was blocking out just how much I had changed, but I didn't realize how badly my perception of myself was off! Even looking at these pictures, my brain is still having loads of trouble processing that the pictures are all of me!
In 2015, I topped out at 375 lbs, and that's a pic of me near that weight. I started losing weight in January 2017. Easter 2017, I had lost 47 lbs. Christmas 2017 I had lost somewhere around 100 lbs. Christmas 2019 I was sitting at around 90 lbs lost from the 375, and Easter 2020 I was down to almost 120 lbs gone.
Even the difference from Christmas 2019 to Easter 2020 is startling to me - I didn't realize how noticeable the last 35 lbs or so off has been!
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Nice job, both of you! I need to take some new progress pictures.1
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That's awesome!1
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Thanks for sharing! So motivational.0
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I took some updated photos. This is today compared to August 2018.10 -
Here's a progression that also includes my heaviest weight, way back in November 2005.16 -
Wow! That's AMAZING progress! Great job!1
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@bobsburgersfan wow! you are doing fantastic! That's a huge difference (in a good way
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Though you are really smiling in the first pic, sort of in the second, but not in the 3rd - it ought to be the other way around
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LOL, I noticed that. I didn't try at all with my face in today's picture.bmeadows380 wrote: »@bobsburgersfan wow! you are doing fantastic! That's a huge difference (in a good way )
Though you are really smiling in the first pic, sort of in the second, but not in the 3rd - it ought to be the other way around 2 -
I seldom smile in pictures so I can't say much.2
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@bobsburgersfan Girl! That is awesome!1
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Thank you all! As much as I hate that old before picture, it's so good to remember where I started.2
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bobsburgersfan wrote: »Thank you all! As much as I hate that old before picture, it's so good to remember where I started.
I hate my before picture too but when I see someone else's that I know I always think that additional weight never diminished that person's awesomeness.4 -
we are the same people on the inside. A lot of people think that "if I could just lose weight, I'd be a) sexy b) attractive c) happy d) whatever else they can think of".
But the truth is, who we are doesn't change when we lose weight; it doesn't matter what the outside is, the core of who we are stays the same - well, other than hopefully growing a little wiser! So if we don't look at the real root of our problems and issues, we set ourselves up for disappointment when that happiness we think we'll reach when we hit goal weight isn't there.
There are lots of stories around of people talking about how they thought losing weight would help their depression, anxiety, self image, whatever, only to find when they got to goal that all those problems were still there.
Though I do admit that I feel a little more confident now that I'm 130 lbs lighter and I do find myself wondering what people are thinking now when before I just cringed assuming their thoughts were "what a fat cow!" Though I do find myself wanting to scream out that what you see today is a vast improvement over what I was!3 -
@bobsburgersfan - Incredible! You are doing so great!
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Here is my own side by side. 107 pound difference:
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Haven't really made any progress in the last four months but I've been holding onto what I've done so far.
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Look at you!!! hubba hubba2
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/hits disagree.
haha, but thanks.1 -
That's great progress! In my book, maintaining is a WIN too!0
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That's tremendous progress overall, @merph518!2
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Finally brave enough to put a photo on my profile!...68 years young!...Ha!6
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You shouldn't be afraid to post a pic, Connie - you look wonderful!
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Thanks!...takes a lot of maintenance!bmeadows380 wrote: »You shouldn't be afraid to post a pic, Connie - you look wonderful!
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Merph and Conne - you both look great! Thanks for posting.1
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