Help with body image problems. What do I really look like?

I don't know if this will help others, but it is something I am working out. I have lost 60 pounds. Somedays I feel much lighter that others. As the holidays approach, we will be around more camaras. Someone gave me a picture from Halloween and I was crushed to see I looked as fat as ever. This is the thing that used to kill old diets-like what was the point. But this is the important thing, do not let these images pull you away from the big picture. My dear friend who had battled weight like me and is as honest as the day is long, spend an afternoon helping me refocus. Sometimes a picture doesn't do you justice. Light and angle do matter. Sometimes what you see really isn't true. Hey maybe that outfit should be retired. Do not focus on what is not just right, and focus on what is. I am healthier, I weigh less than I did as a freshman in high school, and I am happy with the "big picture". Please don't avoid the camara, be proud so you will be a participant in your life rather than an observer. So when you see the pictures of yourself this holiday season look for all the positives and how far you have truely have come. Have a Happy Holiday!!!!

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