Does anyone else need to see pictures to *believe* they did it
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WandRsmom
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I have been maintaining for about two yrs now.
I still need to see those before and afters to really *see* it. Maybe that is because there was no finish line like I had envisioned. I am still working on goals. I lift heavy. And I have strength goals. But I still don't think of myself as a *fit* person who has *done * anything.
Anyone else needs reminders of what you have done?
I still need to see those before and afters to really *see* it. Maybe that is because there was no finish line like I had envisioned. I am still working on goals. I lift heavy. And I have strength goals. But I still don't think of myself as a *fit* person who has *done * anything.
Anyone else needs reminders of what you have done?
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Fabulous1
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For sure, especially when loss is fast
Brain will adjust over time and slowly start seeing you *closer* to where you're at.
For many who have lost a lot of weight, I suspect that a mirror or picture (esp. before/after pictures) will remain a useful cross reference.
I would say that a year or two after losing most of my weight I would still occasionally (but no longer daily) check whether my second leg was going to fit in the tiny pants I was holding! Fast forward a bit and it has been years since I've done that.
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For sure, especially when loss is fast
Brain will adjust over time and slowly start seeing you *closer* to where you're at.
For many who have lost a lot of weight, I suspect that a mirror or picture (esp. before/after pictures) will remain a useful cross reference.
I would say that a year or two after losing most of my weight I would still occasionally (but no longer daily) check whether my second leg was going to fit in the tiny pants I was holding! Fast forward a bit and it has been years since I've done that.
Yeah. My bff smacks me when I shop with her because I still go to grab larger sizes. I know realistically that I have been wearing 2's and 4's for a couple yrs now but I still mean towards the 12's... It's such a mind trip.3 -
I have lost 80lbs and when I look at pictures from then, I just can’t believe that I did that to myself. I was afraid of the hard work it was going to take, and I just ate more. Truth is, it has been hard work and will continue to be, but my quality of life is light years better than it was.8
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Damn, girl! Nice gams!!!!
Yes, 1000%. Sitting down, I feel chunky, stomach-y, spread-y and thick. In the mirror, I see gut, baggy skin and flaws.
Photographs make my head snap. I don’t even recognize myself.
I have a hard time looking at them. I feel so vain doing so, and it makes me a little physically ill, though I don’t know why. My trainer sends me photos and videos after every session. I have to force myself to look at them. A lot of times, I just don’t.
It’s almost like my brain doesn’t want to connect the dots and be proven wrong.5 -
Well damn check those legs!! You look incredible.
Yeah I sometimes look back at my old pictures and then in the mirror and am dumbfounded that I was once that person and am now the me I am now. I struggle to recognise myself as either.5 -
I always avoided mirrors and photos, and even after significant weight loss, I still mostly do. But the best reminders that I'm in this new, for real body is when I try on clothes: getting into a size small shirt or size 4 pants is shocking in the best way. It makes clothes shopping so much fun (though, uh, maybe I have replaced the binge eating with binge shopping now?).6
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I just look in the mirror and weigh myself daily.4
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yes I keep a before and after picture in my phone and look at it every once in a while to remind me.3
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Amazing!!! You are gorgeous!! And yes idk when it ever won’t feel surreal!4
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I totally need reminders especially now that I've been maintaining for 10 years. I look back regularly when I feel bloated or that I'm looking chunky.
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You look amazing, and I'm jealous of your legs !
Honestly, no matter what weight I don't really like looking at pictures of myself and am usually quite critical no matter the size, so seeing pictures doesn't really help. When I look in the mirror, some days I think I look pretty good, and other days I focus on my flaws. I know that I am smaller than I once was, and that part I don't need a picture or mirror to believe it.3 -
Before - 2018
After 2021
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What a difference 2 years make. I feel awesome I can actually cross my legs.11
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You look great, @WandRsmom!
Honestly, for a while after weight loss, some photos didn't even do it for me. I couldn't see it. Now (5 years later), looking at the same photos, the problem was all in my brain. The difference was there. Brains are weird!10 -
I'm in maintenance 7 years and its really only when I see photos of myself that I see I'm slim - I think with being overweight for years my head still thinks I'm the curvy girl I used to be.5
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@mpkpbk2015 WOW!!!!!! Respect!!!!2
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You look great, @WandRsmom!
Honestly, for a while after weight loss, some photos didn't even do it for me. I couldn't see it. Now (5 years later), looking at the same photos, the problem was all in my brain. The difference was there. Brains are weird!
It's 2 yrs maintaining for me and I totally agree, brains are weird. I know I am super strong now ,I do things I couldn't do before and my clothes are much smaller ..yet . Haha. I still see a heavier me. So weird.2 -
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