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Old 04-09-2006, 11:53 PM   #1  
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Default Before photos... ugh...

I took some "before" photos today so that I could track my progress. Cameras are evil! I look like I could be a float in the Easter parade! All the lumps and bumps in vivid detail...I so want to be an AFTER! My face melts into my shoulders..where did my neck go? My stomach.. I might as well be nine month pregnant. *sigh* I can't wait to see some changes!
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Old 04-10-2006, 12:03 AM   #2  
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh EJM! Those could be MY words today! <sigh> I was horrified too when I got a sideways look at my stomach in the progress picture! Especially with my skinny thighs and legs sticking out!!! Oh well won't complain about anyplace on me not being fat... but I sure do look topheavy with the huge boobs and stomach sticking out up there!!
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Old 04-10-2006, 12:55 AM   #3  
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Eww god don't get me started. I cringe everytime I pass a mirror.
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Pictures and mirrors are cruel. I lost weight after my son was born 19 years ago, then I had another child 15 years after and now that my daughter is 5, I still have the leftover "flap". My sister in law insists that the "flap" doesn't go away at our age, and I am determined to prove her wrong.
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Good for you, Crisco!!! It is harder when we get older but that doesn't mean we will give up the battle!! Not a chance!!! Hang in there, and I can't wait until you come back to tell us you are "flapless" LOL
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Thanks Misti! BTW do you know why I chose crisco as a user name?
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Old 04-10-2006, 08:52 AM   #7  
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Thanks Misti! BTW do you know why I chose crisco as a user name?

Well, some ideas occur to me. But I will let YOU share why you chose it???

I chose Misti in Seattle because I live in the Seattle area and LOVE the rain!!
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Crisco is Fat in the can! LOL You gotta have a sense of humor because dieting stinks!

I live in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York.
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Old 04-10-2006, 09:45 AM   #9  
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yea the camera is evil, mirrors are evil but Like a child they tell the truth.
One day Ill post my pictures but I have to see a loss first.
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Old 04-10-2006, 05:13 PM   #10  
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I don't have a problem with mirrors, because I have a tendency to see who I want to see. It is when I see a picture of myself I am shocked. I always think, "who is that fat girl who looks like me!" I like to live in denile!
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I wish I had taken more photos at my top weight. I always picture myself as being much thinner than I am, so it would have been nice to do a better job of documenting my progress. At least I took some pretty brutal ones at 335#.
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Old 04-10-2006, 05:51 PM   #12  
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I don't have a problem with mirrors, because I have a tendency to see who I want to see. It is when I see a picture of myself I am shocked. I always think, "who is that fat girl who looks like me!" I like to live in denile!
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This is me too


When you do finally get to an after point you will be proud to show the before picture!
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Old 04-10-2006, 05:57 PM   #13  
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I don't have a problem with mirrors, because I have a tendency to see who I want to see. It is when I see a picture of myself I am shocked. I always think, "who is that fat girl who looks like me!" I like to live in denile!
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Wow, I am the same way! When I see the pic I get so depressed. Luckly we now have the digital camaras so at least we are not wasting money developing pictures that we would end up throwing out anyways!
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Old 04-10-2006, 07:56 PM   #14  
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You could take that horrible picture and put it on your refridgerator-- that would really make you reconsider if you want to delve inside or not! Turn something negative into a positive, and remember that someday you will be the "after"!
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Old 04-10-2006, 10:53 PM   #15  
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Thank you all for the support and commiseration! I printed out the photos and put them on the bulletin board next to my computer (you know.. where I live most of my life lol ) Nothing like a little negative reinforcement!

I absolutely agree about the mirrors. I guess I see what I want to when I look in the mirror. Man, have I been fooling myself. You know.. I look at the photos and think.. my poor sweet husband! He's so supportive and wonderful..he deserve so much better.
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