JUNE STARTERS - BEFORE & AFTER PICS

kandyjo
kandyjo Posts: 4,493 Member
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, I wanted to throw this out there and see what you guys thought:

Should we do before and after pics? Maybe do it month by month. Say, the first of every month, post a pic...that way, we have a monthly photo journal of our journey?
I wanted to see what you guys thought about this. I got the idea from an email from Jillian Michaels.

So, what do you guys think? If the majority of you ladies think we should do this...then I think we should do this :happy:
Say: the first of every month have a post entitled JUNE STARTERS-PHOTO JOURNAL or something like that....and everyone can post that months photo and also be sure to upload it to your profile here on MFP so others can go to the photo section of our profile and see our journey :happy:
Give me your feedback on this....July will be here before we know it!
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  • Daisy_May
    Daisy_May Posts: 505 Member
    I'm good with this!
  • lizinginholland
    lizinginholland Posts: 3
    hey i'd like to start with ya'll at the beginning of july.. if thats ok..
  • kandyjo
    kandyjo Posts: 4,493 Member
    hey i'd like to start with ya'll at the beginning of july.. if thats ok..

    Absolutely!!
  • spartidax
    spartidax Posts: 18
    As much as I hate to post pics of myself, I think it's a great idea.
  • Melroxsox
    Melroxsox Posts: 1,040 Member
    Im all for it!
  • katealim
    katealim Posts: 45
    Sounds like a good idea to me.
  • mel_renee
    mel_renee Posts: 15
    This is a great idea!!! good motivation :wink:
  • dlhenry511
    dlhenry511 Posts: 57 Member
    Great idea! Count me in! :bigsmile:
  • schlieffen
    schlieffen Posts: 269
    Sounds like a great idea! I'm in
  • busymom74
    busymom74 Posts: 3,341 Member
    I'm in. It'l force me to look at the before picture and add more motivation. :happy:
  • kat05317
    kat05317 Posts: 96 Member
    Sounds like a good idea. Although I usually don't take that many pics. If it will keep me motivated though I am all for it!:blushing:
  • Mamakatspokane
    Mamakatspokane Posts: 3,098 Member
    I'm in. It'l force me to look at the before picture and add more motivation. :happy:

    Agreed! I'm in..
  • brali01
    brali01 Posts: 6
    Hi I am new but I would love to jump right in and do that. Maybe seeing my body change will help to keep me motivated. Since we are so close to July, I will start then.
  • Meags23
    Meags23 Posts: 98
    Eeekk, I totally can't do it. haha. I took before pics a while ago and couldn't stand them on my camera!! It seemed to be anti-motivating! I don't even know why. It was like "well, that's how I look, I'll have to deal." Maybe in a month I'll feel more comfortable! PS- the chart is almost done, I am starting to look at how to post it, because there are 61 members!! That would make for a huge photo file. So I'm thinking about posting it on a private webpage and then posting the link... I'll let you guys know soon...
  • kandyjo
    kandyjo Posts: 4,493 Member
    Eeekk, I totally can't do it. haha. I took before pics a while ago and couldn't stand them on my camera!! It seemed to be anti-motivating! I don't even know why. It was like "well, that's how I look, I'll have to deal." Maybe in a month I'll feel more comfortable! PS- the chart is almost done, I am starting to look at how to post it, because there are 61 members!! That would make for a huge photo file. So I'm thinking about posting it on a private webpage and then posting the link... I'll let you guys know soon...

    Oh, awesome idea!!! You Rock!!! :drinker: Thank you for taking the time to do such a thing!! You are really an awesome person!! We are incredibly lucky to have you!!!!
  • kandyjo
    kandyjo Posts: 4,493 Member
    Yay!! I'm glad so many of you want to do this. I HATE....LOATH!!!! pictures of me right now. BUT we will see ourselves the way other people see us....AND we can also monitor our success this way too!!! WATCH those places get smaller and tighter that we want smaller and tighter. AND I figured a month would be good. I would probably get discouraged doing it every week, because we don't really see a lot of change....BUT per month, I think we will get more positive results. Ok....DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH AT MINE :laugh: :laugh: Or if you do, just don't tell me about it :laugh:
    So we will start July 1st. Post your VERY FIRST "before" pic for JUNE STARTERS-PHOTO JOURNAL...
    Take two pics if you can. One facing forward (full body) and one facing side (full body) EEKKK I know....Although some of you are totally sexy and should fluant it :happy: :happy: LET ME REPHRASE THAT!!! We are all DANG SEXY!!!! There is just more to "love" on some of us than there is on other's :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Ok, I'm leaving that alone...

    Whoever is the first to hop on July 1st with their pic, just start the post....title it JUNE STARTERS-PHOTO JOURNAL (JULY EDITION) or something to that effect.....

    Later, gals! :heart:
  • isandi
    isandi Posts: 162 Member
    I don't know how to do the pictures so this is a practise shot...don't know if it will work
    anyway i will do it for july

    It did not work so can you tell me how to do it?
  • isandi
    isandi Posts: 162 Member
    I guess there is no way to deleete this!
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Ahhh wish I had a camera :sad: All I have is my cell phone camera and no way to get a picture from my phone to the computer.


    Sandi... to post a picture (I usually use Photobucket) you make the coding look like this without all the spaces:
    [ img ] URL of picture here [ /img ]

    Make sure the img and /img is lowercase otherwise it will not work. Dunno why, but its funny like that.
  • slimmingmom
    slimmingmom Posts: 297
    Never thought I would do something like this...BUT I'M IN!!!
  • AlmostHot
    AlmostHot Posts: 312 Member
    I'm in too!:wink:

    Sorry lizagna but I don't understand!:ohwell:

    What is photo bucket?

    What is URL?:blushing:

    I feel soooo blonde, oh wait, I am!:laugh:
  • HEK81
    HEK81 Posts: 50 Member
    I'll have to figure this out. When I took my before pics. My husband showed them to me then uploaded them and put them on our new HD TV (Big Screen). I almost died. Thinking about posting it is a reminder to get my butt back in shape.
  • ican♥and♥iwill
    ican♥and♥iwill Posts: 176 Member
    Ahhh wish I had a camera :sad: All I have is my cell phone camera and no way to get a picture from my phone to the computer.

    You can text the picture to your email address and then save it to your computer. That's what I usually do!!

    And I think before and afters are a great motivation. Month to month really doesn't leave that much time for a transformation, but in the long run the progress will definitely be seen.

    You all may have already seen these, since I've posted them on other threads, but if not, here's some of my before and afters.


    Before @ 280ish
    Before2.jpg

    After @ about 235
    After.jpg

    Most current @ 225ish
    cmedia1-1.jpg
  • JenMarie
    JenMarie Posts: 15
    Me too. This is something I am interested in. I will get my pictures today and post them tonight. Wow this is so scary for me.

    JenMarie
  • kandyjo
    kandyjo Posts: 4,493 Member
    Ahhh wish I had a camera :sad: All I have is my cell phone camera and no way to get a picture from my phone to the computer.

    You can text the picture to your email address and then save it to your computer. That's what I usually do!!

    And I think before and afters are a great motivation. Month to month really doesn't leave that much time for a transformation, but in the long run the progress will definitely be seen.

    You all may have already seen these, since I've posted them on other threads, but if not, here's some of my before and afters.


    Before @ 280ish
    Before2.jpg

    After @ about 235
    After.jpg

    Most current @ 225ish
    cmedia1-1.jpg

    GREAT PHOTOS!!! CONGRATS!!!

    This is more of a PHOTO JOURNAL (monthly) just so we can stay motivated. I know that we are not going to see AMAZINGLY DRAMATIC transformations in just a month, but most of us will see some sort of improvements by staying with it. WHat will be wonderful is seeing the gal in the pictures shrink month by month and then comparing the July pic with say the December pic....
  • kandyjo
    kandyjo Posts: 4,493 Member
    Me too. This is something I am interested in. I will get my pictures today and post them tonight. Wow this is so scary for me.

    JenMarie

    We aren't going to post yet.....Wait and do your pics June 30th and then post July 1st if that is doable :happy:
    We will start a post that is titled JUNE STARTERS-PHOTO JOURNAL (july) or something to that effect and that is where we will post the pics....
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    I'm in too!:wink:

    Sorry lizagna but I don't understand!:ohwell:

    What is photo bucket?

    What is URL?:blushing:

    I feel soooo blonde, oh wait, I am!:laugh:

    Photobucket is a website that will host your pictures online. You can create an account (its free) and upload your pictures from your computer into your own special online album. Now each picture will have its own unique URL (aka web address) which you will need to post the pictures here in the forums.

    So you take your pic, upload it on photobucket and the URL for your picture will look something like http://www.photobucket.com/myaccount/heresmebefore.jpg (it will be very similar to this) So then you would copy that web address and come here to post and do your coding

    [ img ] http://www.photobucket.com/myaccount/heresmebefore.jpg [ /img ] but without all the spaces.

    Make sense? Don't feel blonde... it took me a while to figure it all out :happy: :flowerforyou:

    Edit: Forgot to tell you the addy for Photobucket... its www.photobucket.com :glasses:

    Oh and I would text my phone pictures to my e-mail but I don't have text messaging. :sad: Any other ideas on how to get a picture from my phone onto the computer? I may just have to steal a friends camera. :laugh:
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    can i do this too...but for july
  • iwant2clessofme
    iwant2clessofme Posts: 11
    :heart: Hello, I am new & would love to do this :heart:
    I have been at a plateau for a few months now & this just might be what I need to help me get over this obstacle.
  • hasiangirl
    hasiangirl Posts: 1,613
    so on june 30th is that when ure starting?
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