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cyclingben
cyclingben Posts: 346 Member
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What is your motivation photo? We all have a couple of photos that motivate us, not a photo of someone else.

I have several but it seems like i didn't take near as many photos as when i was at the weight i want to get to. Heres one of my motivation photo from 2003 i was 19 (next goal weight), along with my de-motivation photo and where i am at today.

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  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
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    This is from about 5 years ago and 24 lbs lighter than I am now. I thought I was fat then because of that little roll, now I'm trying my hardest to get back there!!!
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  • Cheeta_HH
    Cheeta_HH Posts: 489 Member
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    I keep a "skinny" picture on my fridge from my 30th birthday (almost 8 years ago)... and thanks to facebook there are endless "chubby" pictures from the past couple years at my fingertips. Right now I'm somewhere in between. My goal is to lose a few more pounds and stay there.

    A friend said something to me recently that I try to keep in mind... "You can't do anything about what you used to be, but you CAN change what you are right now." So, even if I'm never that thin again, I know that I can definitely be healthier and stronger now.
  • Naffry
    Naffry Posts: 37 Member
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    These 2 are actually after I lost quite abit of weight from the biggest I've been.

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    Me now.

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  • JanieJack
    JanieJack Posts: 3,831 Member
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    At first, it was the photo of me coming home from the hospital wiht my son, 209 pounds.

    Now that I've been in good shape a few years it's a series of photos from one of my half marathons: in once frame I'm running with nice muscles in one leg. In the next frame, that same leg is now relaxed and you can see a ton of cellulite. EWWWW. I'm glad I'm in great shape, but THAT'S just ugly. Time to get pretty!
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,468 Member
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    this

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    2 summers ago. Would kill to be back here.
  • Booch101210
    Booch101210 Posts: 12
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    Umm.. I have ALWAYS been fat... Right now I am 19, and weigh less than I did when I was like 14... So I guess my motivation is to just keep up the good work and get past these 15 lbs !
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
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    This is me aged 30... now I know that I probably don't have a hope in hell of ever getting down to a 32" waist or a 40" chest, but this is what keeps me motivated... that and all my FAT foto's :laugh;

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  • esphixiet
    esphixiet Posts: 214 Member
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    How exactly does one post pics?
  • tdaddybarlow
    tdaddybarlow Posts: 673 Member
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    This is me aged 30... now I know that I probably don't have a hope in hell of ever getting down to a 32" waist or a 40" chest, but this is what keeps me motivated...

    Dude, you're only 47 years of age! Let's kick it into beast mode and get those goals accomplished!!!
  • tdaddybarlow
    tdaddybarlow Posts: 673 Member
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    Here's mine:
    This was about 6-7 years ago (35ish). I actually want to go beyond this though.
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  • LittleMissNerdy
    LittleMissNerdy Posts: 792 Member
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    These are pictures from when I went to Playa Del Carmen back in 2008. I want to be back to this!

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  • cyclingben
    cyclingben Posts: 346 Member
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    Nice motivation photos to all....i was looking for my skinnier photos (never been skinny just leaner) they were all taken before digital cameras...lol
  • BeautifulRedButterfly
    BeautifulRedButterfly Posts: 316 Member
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    My motivation photo is in my profile..the one where it says 2010 & 2011 :)
  • Happy916
    Happy916 Posts: 29 Member
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    This is me and my husband our senior year in high school 4 years ago. I want to get to about that but 10lbs heavier.

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  • kristen5286
    kristen5286 Posts: 329 Member
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    This is me when I was about 20. I miss this Kristen! I'll be there soon!

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  • Rachiepie6
    Rachiepie6 Posts: 423 Member
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    In 2008 I got my motivation from a horrible photo my Mum took of me in Broome. It was when I realised I was fat(ter than I should be at 18)

    Put more weight on again, saw some photos and went... woops yep I got fat again..

    I get my motivation to lose weight from 'fat photos' not from 'skinny photos'.
  • lumina0o0
    lumina0o0 Posts: 498 Member
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    so I have a few...
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    my lightest since having 2 kids: 32003_171783485616_579195616_2848133_5688707_n.jpg
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    me at 17, with my favorite teacher his last day at my high school. I was a size 12 here. 10734_145670225616_579195616_2616008_1123746_n.jpg
    My goal is to get down to a 10 or 8
  • Jazzmagic
    Jazzmagic Posts: 91 Member
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    Awesome motivational pics guys! Wish I had one of myself to aim for but I've never been at a size that I've felt happy, always always been over weight and have no idea how I will look when I've lost the weight... Kinda exciting though I guess!

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  • AlbionLass
    AlbionLass Posts: 136
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    Me at 322 lbs, my heaviest ever. (I'm the one in the green t-shirt). If seeing yourself in that disgusting state isn't motivation never to go back there again then I don't know what is.

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    Below. Me 2 years ago at 210lbs, the lightest I've been in 20 years. I look fatter than I was in that pic as I was still wearing clothes at least a size too large. I stopped watching what I was eating and working out not long after this photo and was back up to 300lbs on January 1st this year.

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    My goal is to get down to around 190lbs and then re-evaluate how I feel.
  • Happy916
    Happy916 Posts: 29 Member
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    Can someone help me with the posting of the pictures? I thought I was doing it right but I guess not.

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