Before and After Pictures
on 12/31/13 6:20 am - Canada
So today is day 2 on Optifast, my mind is made up to do this right and i decided to take before pictures to remember where i started.
They are so bad that i am ashamed to post! I always avoid the camera and had a healthy self esteem maybe because i was lying to myself how bad i really look. What a wake up call, i feel like crying.
On a positive note at least i am doing something about it. I just don't understand how i let myself get here because of the love of food, how much i hate food right now.
You are working on you right now and that is the important part! I took before pictures too and showed it only to my mom and asked - does my ass really look like that?!
it is really hard to look at our body objectively - honestly i don't even recognize myself in those before pictures because i am so disconnected .. haven't accepted how big i have really gotten.
New year and fresh start! Tuck those pictures away and focus on the future - the body in those pictures are the past and you don't have to post them until you are proud of your NEW body.
Good luck!
You and I feel the same way. I have before and after photos as well, still haven't posted any! Terrible I know, but soon!! Keep taking them and know those will be the last time you ever pose in that weight again
Annette
Trust me, you CANNOT have enough before pictures! Take lots as horrible as they seem to you at the time. You will love them later!!
17+ years post op RNY. first year blog here or My LongTimer blog. Tummy Tuck Dr. Matic 2014 -Ohip funded panni Windsor WLS support group.message me anytime!
HW:290 LW:139 RW: 167 CW: 139
Keep your biggest pants and shirt too. Super important when those mind games occur!
Dawn
17+ years post op RNY. first year blog here or My LongTimer blog. Tummy Tuck Dr. Matic 2014 -Ohip funded panni Windsor WLS support group.message me anytime!
HW:290 LW:139 RW: 167 CW: 139
on 1/1/14 6:35 am - Canada
Judy thank you, I may never share but at least i will know where i started. It was a big wake up call seeing them and i had a difficult moment wondering why i have such body dysmorphia, what i see in the mirror is so different from what i captured on camera. This is probably why i let myself get to this size. Everytime i saw a mirror i always saw someone who is big but i thought i looked pretty good, sometimes i actually said i was too cute, but the picture told a whole different story. A story i needed to hear and i am so glad that i am doing something positive to change it.