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08-21-2009, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Mid-west
Posts: 197
S/C/G: 300/ticker/190
Height: 5'9"
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I think I'm in shock!
I saw a full body picture of myself, standing next to my best college friend & both our husbands. Seriously - I look like that?!! I want to cry! I see myself every day, but not full length, & not next to others. I have been in such denial; even though I really know I need to lose 100+ lbs, this is the first time I REALLY see how I look. I am so scared - can I do it?
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08-21-2009, 10:15 PM
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Finding my wings...
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Crown Point, Indiana
Posts: 1,075
S/C/G: 256/see ticker/156
Height: 5'2 and a freakin' HALF!
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Of course you can do it!
Look at how many people on these boards have achieved it and are achieving it! If we can do it, you can too!
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08-21-2009, 10:17 PM
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Maintaining :)
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,751
S/C/G: 215/117/120
Height: 5'4"
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Pictures are real eye-openers, aren't they?
In answer to your question, YES, you absolutely, positively, CAN do this! Lots of folk around her are losing/have lost amazing amounts of weight. Hang around her - it really does help!
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08-21-2009, 10:25 PM
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Resident Pixie
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 14,658
S/C/G: Pant Size - 28/12/8
Height: 5'2"
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08-21-2009, 11:02 PM
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Linda
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Beautiful Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada
Posts: 1,781
Height: 5'0"
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Maybe I've got reverse body dismorphic disorder, on behalf of others ( )....because I don't think you look bad at all! I would have guessed that you weigh less than me by quite a bit, and you've got really nice legs too!
And you can absolutely do this!!! I'm trying to convince myself that I can too, after so many past failures
I hate pictures of myself most of the time
Linda
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08-21-2009, 11:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 131
S/C/G: 291/159.8/150
Height: 5' 6"
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Yes you CAN do this! I am going to do this too!
I find it a lot of help coming here and reading the many posts by others who are also doing it and those who have already done it! We are not alone!
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08-21-2009, 11:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: London, ON
Posts: 1,631
S/C/G: 354/342/250(for now)
Height: 5'3"
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We are all here for each other. We are each others' cheerleaders. We will do it.
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08-21-2009, 11:40 PM
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Never want to go back!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,804
S/C/G: 338.4/190.8/165
Height: 6 ft
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Oh you can TOTALLY do it! It's just a matter of seriously putting your mind to it and not letting up for any reason. Be tenacious. And be sure to use us!!!!
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08-21-2009, 11:55 PM
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live ur life
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 406
S/C/G: 236/230/150
Height: 5'8
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You can do this! welcome
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08-22-2009, 12:46 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1
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Sure you can do it! good luck!
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08-22-2009, 01:39 AM
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Keto on!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 476
S/C/G: 256/200/180
Height: 5'6
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You can do this!! You have all of us here to help. You've made a great first step in posting here and seeing what you need to do. I completely understand the shock you are feeling...I don't see myself as how my pictures look.
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08-22-2009, 02:35 AM
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,070
S/C/G: 287/120's
Height: 5 foot nuthin'
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There is no reason in this world that you can not lose the weight. It took me decades to finally realize that weight loss IS a doable thing. For everyone and anyone. Myself included. Instead of telling myself that I couldn't, I finally told myself, "hey, why the heck not me?".
You have the power and the capability to do this. You hold the key. You don't have to be overweight if you don't want to be.
Make yourself an ironclad commitment to "do this". Make that commitment, then devise yourself a mode of attack. Make a plan. Find, delve, seek, search out what works for you - and MAKE it work. DECIDE to do this and it shall be done. Get excited about the changes that you are about to make. Get moving, get psyched, get planning, get into it, get going....
Do it today. Don't waste another precious minute of your life not being the best you that you can be. I always knew that being slim would be wonderful, but boy I hadn't a clue it would be THIS wonderful. I wake up every day feeling like I'm living in a fairy tale. Only it's reality!!!
Yes you CAN do this. And you should. What would be your reasons NOT to? I say go for it - I know that you won't regret it, not for a single second.
Last edited by rockinrobin; 08-22-2009 at 02:41 AM.
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08-22-2009, 03:22 AM
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Harl-E-quinn Groupie
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Brighton Beach New York
Posts: 459
Height: 5'6
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omg your post made me tear up thats exactly how i feel about myself .... evreytime i get all dressed up to go out i think i look so nice and when i see the photos of me with my friends i want to cry .... i look nowhere near as nice as i thought i looked, i know how you feel .... but were all here together working on it and thats the first step all great things start with one step in that direction
btw .... i dont think you look as heavy as your ticker indicates you are .... always remember you are your own worst critic you actually look very confident
you CAN do this and you WILL do it cause you deserve this .... ::xoxo::
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08-22-2009, 11:15 AM
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#14
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WW on-line since 1/1/2009
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Mississippi, USA
Posts: 2,332
S/C/G: see ticker
Height: 5'5"
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Girl, if *I* can do it, ANYONE can do it !
Seriously - you just have to find the one reason to motivate you. Mine was my health. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer last November, and obesity is a huge risk factor.
Don't ever think that you *can't* do it. Don't let the inevitable setbacks and plateuas sidetrack you. Be honest with yourself. Those are my three biggest pieces of advice.
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08-22-2009, 11:36 AM
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Mind-Mouth-Muscle-Motion
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 1,281
S/C/G: 274/ticker/174
Height: 5'10"
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Bcort, Photos are often a huge wakeup call. For some reason we see ourselves differently in the mirror. I know I do. Use that photo as motivation and turn that motivation into a committment to doing whatever it takes to lose the weight. You can do it. Absolutely!
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