OMG!!!!! I just took my before pics in my bra and underwear. If I had any intentions of backing out of this diet, they are gone!!!!!! I mean GONE!!! I look awful, worse the I thaught. Took my measurments as well and they are horrid. I'll post the measurments but not the pics(atleast not yet).

Measurments

Bust:56"
Chest: 49 1/2"
Waist: 62"
Hips: 63 1/2"
Thigh: 31"
Calves: 20 1/2"
Upper Arm: 18"
Forearm: 13 1/2"
Neck: 18"

Congrats, I don't have the nerve to take any before pictures.
Good luck on your journey

I have never taken before pictures before, I think that is why I have failed in the past. I had no clue how bad I had gotten. Any time I feel discouaged I am going to look at the before pics and it will reaffirm that I MUST lose this weight.

Taking before pictures is powerful! I wish I had done it. Good luck

I agree, I really wish I had taken before photos. But I won't gain it back so I can take pics lol

I'm a firm believer in before and after pictures. While I didn't take pictures at the start, I went onto facebook and have saved pictures to a folder of when I was certain weights which I knew. The difference between my highest weight of 154lbs and my most recent saved picture from September of 134lbs is shocking. A difference of 20lbs on a short frame like mine is pretty significant. I see the before and after pictures as a great motivator for myself to continue on. A friend of mine has taken before shots in her underwear and she keeps them also for motivation. She said that she sees them as a motivator to keep on going and never to look the way she did in them pictures again.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey!

Good for you for getting the courage to take pics and measurements! Good luck on your journey!

I was mortified when I took my before pics. I'm planning to take monthly pictures now to document my journey.

I didn't lose as many pounds as a lot of 3FC members have, but I wouldn't have been caught dead allowing photos of me in undies to exist in my "before" period. I wish I had some - though unflattering pictures I quickly untagged on Facebook are just as bad.

I took before pictures from the front, back, and side, but stupidly deleted them a few months later because a part of me thought I would always be big... 0.o Really wish I had those shots now.

Proud of you for taking those and your measurements, and your gonna LOVEEE seeing your progress, both in photos, and with the measurements.

Wishing you so much good luck on your journey

Yeah I can not begin to describe the feelings that ran through me when I saw what I have let myself become. And I plan to take monthly pictures as well until I reach my goal.

I figure the horrific images will keep my butt in gear and keep me motivated. I CAN NOT allow myself to remain this way.

Thanks so much. I also took a front, back, and both side pictures for my before pictures. The worst one for me was the back. I literally started crying and asking my family why no one told me it had gotten this bad.

I took my measurements and my "before" pictures in my underwear a couple days ago. Oddly enough I decided that I look damn sexy from behind. I'm sure my "after" pictures will make me think I'm an idiot for saying I looked sexy from any angle right now, but I saw them and was like....nice.

The front and side visual is pretty nauseating though.

I kinda wish I'd taken pictures...I think the only ones that I attempted to take were about at 175 (so when I'd already lost 20 lbs). I suck at taking pictures of myself and didn't have anyone to help, though, so I just let it slide. I REALLY wish I'd taken measurements (I have no excuse for not doing that), but I think that part of me figured "Oh, it's going to be like every other time...you'll lose 10 lbs, get bored, and gain it all back..."

...maybe I should dig up an old picture from facebook and take a new one for comparison. I've been feeling massive lately.

I have so many pics on Facebook. I'll definitely have something to compare to.