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01-15-2009, 06:47 PM
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#1
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Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 584
S/C/G: 254/ticker/140
Height: 5'4"
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Who was I kidding?
I just found an old picture of myself. I looked huge...about twice my current weight. I remember when we took the picture, I thought I looked good.
Someone told me that Denial stands for
Don't
Even
kNow
I
Am
Lying
So true...
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01-15-2009, 06:53 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 176
S/C/G: 289/278.8/155
Height: 5'7"
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I've never liked photos of myself, but that said, just celebrate what you've accomplished and take a beautiful photo when you get to goal!
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01-15-2009, 07:07 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 655
S/C/G: 202/160/135
Height: 5 ft 6 in
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That happened to me. I exclaimed to my mom "why didn't anyone TELL ME!!!". she said, "we did!".
~CGH~
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01-15-2009, 07:10 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,431
S/C/G: 278/see ticker/168
Height: 5'6"
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I know when I see the old pictures of me morbidly obese, my jaw drops. I can't believe it. Yet at the same time, I look at myself and think I haven't changed much. Total disconnect!
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01-15-2009, 07:23 PM
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#5
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Motivated for 2009
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ID
Posts: 575
S/C/G: 240/200/125
Height: 5'5"
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When I am heavy I am always too afraid to look at pictures of myself because I know it will make me cry so I just don't look!
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01-15-2009, 07:59 PM
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#6
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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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Talk about denial. I know the place well.
I used to see photos of myself, the very few that I'd allow, and wonder why I looked so enormous in them. Just figured that the camera adds about, oh I don't know a few dozen lbs to oneself.
But the odd thing about it was, that my family or whoever else I was looking at in the pics, all looked the same exact size in real life as they did in the very same pics.
So I thought the camera only made *me* look heavier.
Funny thing is, now I look at pictures of me and think that I am HEAVIER in real life then I am in the photos. Someone please explain THAT ONE to me.
And choirglhotel, this made me giggle outloud:
Quote:
That happened to me. I exclaimed to my mom "why didn't anyone TELL ME!!!". she said, "we did!".
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Oh my gosh, I just read it again - and giggled outloud again. I'm sorry. I'm sure it wasn't meant to be funny, but that's just how it struck me.
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01-15-2009, 07:59 PM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Shelbyville, Kentucky - Near Louisville
Posts: 439
S/C/G: 268/ticker/140
Height: 5'6
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I dont look at my pictures either. Im too disgusted. I like the little thing about denial though, makes sense.
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01-15-2009, 08:04 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California
Posts: 7,097
S/C/G: 197/135/?
Height: 5'7"
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Great acronym. But I do KWYM
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01-15-2009, 08:10 PM
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#9
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Loving life!!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
Posts: 2,349
S/C/G: 360/159/145
Height: 5' 8"
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I was going through pictures today of me at a convention last April....OMG I thought I looked great! So yeah I know what you mean
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01-15-2009, 08:37 PM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 655
S/C/G: 202/160/135
Height: 5 ft 6 in
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rockinrobin
And choirglhotel, this made me giggle outloud:
Oh my gosh, I just read it again - and giggled outloud again. I'm sorry. I'm sure it wasn't meant to be funny, but that's just how it struck me.
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that's okay, it's funny now! LOL.
~CGH~
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01-15-2009, 08:44 PM
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#11
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by choirgirlhotel
that's okay, it's funny now! LOL.
~CGH~
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Oh thank you for saying so. It really IS funny - now. That "now" part being very, very crucial. .
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01-15-2009, 08:45 PM
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#12
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Caroline
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 2,317
Height: 5'0"
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My sister likes to trot out old pictures of me, now that I've lost some weight. I don't know why she gets such a kick out of it; I guess because she's been helping me lose weight (she's an exercise physiologist) and she figures I can handle the truth now. Which I can, mostly.
Tonight she handed me a whole stack of old photos. After I stopped feeling like crying for that miserable-looking version of myself, I asked her to scan a couple. They're great befores, after all, and I will never look like that again, so I can deal with them
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01-15-2009, 09:13 PM
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#13
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Former Quitter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 5,500
S/C/G: 310/310/180
Height: 5'7
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I look in the mirror and I see a slender woman. Each day of my life, I feel like a slender woman. Then,I go clothes shopping or I see myself in a picture and reality slaps me in the face and I wonder "when did this happen?"
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01-15-2009, 10:51 PM
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#14
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M.S. + living balance
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Thompson, MB Canada
Posts: 1,061
S/C/G: 325/200's/199
Height: 5'10"
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pandora i so hear you. I went looking for 2 and 3 year old pics of myself last weekend ( i was feeling bummed about myself).
I didnt even realize. I didnt see it! And I sure didnt let people take pictures of me (I've got like 2 full body shots from 3 years... and i'm posing or standing funny)
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01-15-2009, 10:54 PM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 5,629
S/C/G: HW/232 SW 215/ CW 133/GW 120's
Height: 5.7 and 1/2
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Seeing a picture of me was pretty well THE turning point for me. Like you, I thought I looked REALLY good that day. The picture was of me and a couple of friends--I couldn't believe how big I was next to them!
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