Fake success pictuers

But depending on the 15lbs lost it may *look* like more. They could be doing a lot of strength training so lost a lot of inches but the scale does not reflect a lot of loss. Also, depending on how much they needed to lose may also be a factor at how much 15lbs "looks" like. When someone is trying to lose 20lbs vs 100lbs - 15lbs willl make a difference in their apperance.

Also, like PP said - what is there to gain by photoshopping a Before & After pic? If it motivates you to keep going....who cares!

I agree but when I see be for and after pictures that makes me wanna push myself even more but when I read they only lost 15 pounds and there picture looks like they lost 40.....SMH yeah that don't match up.

15 pounds is different on everyone. 15 pounds on my 5'11 frame doesn't normally look like much. On someone who is 5'2 it's quite a bit of a difference, especially if that person is doing strength training. The last 25 pounds I've lost is a HUGE difference in appearance because I do a lot of strength training. Muscle takes up less space than fat. Every body is different, everyone has different routines and goals, and different results. If anyone is faking, I would say that it is extremely rare. I have never seen one that would make me doubt them.

Fat is going to occupy more space... there is a lot on these treads about this.

Reality is that a person who weighs 150 lbs and it is loose fat is going to look way much bigger than a person who weighs 150 lbs of lean muscle...

I tend to lose inches before weight so it could be that their scale number just doesn't move as fast as the inches they are losing.

Google's image search has confirmed fake success/after photos here. :laugh:

In fact, it led to this addition to the Community Guidelines...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines

Photos altered to present inaccurate weight-loss results are prohibited. Please keep the experience at MyFitnessPal encouraging by keeping your "success" photos authentic.

Maybe they lost weight....joined MFP..lost more weight...and the ticker reflects their "MFP weight loss". It's ok....thinking is hard.

this was me, I lost 10lbs before joining MFP and continued my weight loss journey here but I entered my weight from the day I started here not from my original weight loss journey.

If people post fake pictures, what does it matter? They really are only hurting themselves, does nothing for us. Yes, we look and are in awww of them and it pushes us to do more but to me that's a win, win for us.

I read an article where the girl didn't lose any weight but through working out lost so many inches she eventually went down several sizes. Everyone is different. No one could see 15 lb lose on me. I could tell though.

Who knows. I mean it's insiprational when you see success, but each person has their own journey. Honestly, when I lose 10 pounds I can't see it. I don't think it's noticable on me until about 25, but my friends or people who haven't seen me in a while can tell.

If people are faking their pictures, that's just weak. Who cares about other people. You are doing great and you are so pretty. Keep doing what you are doing. :-)

Maybe they lost weight....joined MFP..lost more weight...and the ticker reflects their "MFP weight loss". It's ok....thinking is hard.

I agree with this. I lost 50lbs on a different website & then Joined MFP to see if it'll get me out of my plateau. MFP says I only lose 11lbs. But my weight-loss photos aren't fake. I doubt someone would post fake photos. There's no gain from that because they still have to look at themselves in the mirror.

I would hope not , but if they do their only cheating themselves..

The success stories are amazing. It's great to see them. I would have to go out on a limb and say that if anyone fakes them that the number of people who have done that would be very small. You can trust that a huge percentage of the pictures are not faked in any way. That said, I agree with the posters about strength training which can really change the way a body looks without losing a lot of pounds. I've only lost 3 or 4 pounds since the first of the year but have been strength training the whole time and the type of compliments I have been getting has changed. In the past people would be saying, "how did you do it?" "you've lost so much weight!" Now I am getting, just in the last week or two, "Oh my gosh! You are getting SO skinny!" Skinny isn't what I am going for, and I surely am not skinny, but my figure has slimmed down so much that a pair of pants I just started fitting into again 4 weeks ago are now loose enough to pull down without unbuttoning.

I have hardly lost anything (seriously... 1 pound) but my before and during pictures are drastically different because I have lost some crazy inches....

There are a lot of things to factor in.. .15 pounds lost on me looks like 20 - 30 pounds because I am 4'10... on someone 5'8 it looks drastically different. Also losing inches adds to how a person looks... I personally do not think anyone on here 'fakes' their before and after pictures.

Some people have lost 50 pounds and then find MFP ... and just go with the weight they were when they joined MFP so if they have lost 15 pounds on MFP... but lost 50 pounds previously their real weight loss is more like 65 pounds and not 15..

and some people do smaller break downs of 10 - 20 pound increments, cant really judge but the proof is generally always in a picture... and you can usually always tell if someone has photo shopped themselves because they usually don't do an entire shop job... just certain parts of their body and from the stories I have seen on here - not one of them looks shopped.

I'm not entirely sure what you're even trying to say.

I can't speak for others, but I started going to the gym 3-4 days a week and strength training the beginning of November. since then I've only lost 3 lbs, but gone from a tight 12 to a very comfortable 10 jeans, soooo..................