Originally Posted by motivated chickie:
I relate to your story. Happened to me too, just this week. I was at a fundraiser and people were saying how good I looked and how I needed to be in a picture. I was put in a photo with two petite women and i was standing nearer to the camera than them. The photo was pretty horrific- I took up half the picture with the other two women taking up very little space in the rest of the photo. Anyway, I was aghast at how bad I looked. Although I have to say it is progress to get my picture taken at all.

Aw, your goal may legitimately be lower, but at 151 there is no way you're horrific! Bad photos suck.

Oh, I feel your pain. I will do just about anything to get out of having my pic taken. Once, my SiL even called me an a**h**** out loud because I excused myself from a group that she was going to take a picture of. The others present (all family) were stunned that she was so nasty. Of course, the laugh's on her - I will lose weight, while she's stuck being who she is! :)

On the other hand, my daughter recently framed two pictures in her room, both with me in them. And while I look pretty awful in both, I don't mind. One is a group shot of the two of us, plus a group of her friends on an outing into NYC to celebrate her 16th birthday. I know in my heart that when she looks at it she doesn't think "Chubby Mom", but thinks of the great day we had. (I've recently learned that one of the friends has the same pic framed and displayed in his dorm room! :eek: )

The other pic is of my husband, son, daughter & me. She framed that one because she loves that we're all laughing in it. It's not a great pic of any of us, but we look like we're having such fun! Goes to show that beauty really is in the eye of the beholder and we are far, far harder on ourselves than others usually are.

I hated having my picture taken at my highest weight. I was always behind the camera instead of in front. I do have just a couple so i know what i looked like. But now i like to have my picture taken. I don't always like how i look. I still have fat rolls i have to hide. Even at 145 i have fat rolls. Actually, even at 134 i had fat rolls to hide. I have got to tone up i think. But it does get better and you do have good times to look back on and also pictures that will show how far you have come!!! So, don't shy away from the camera..just use it to your advantage.

i can relate too. i remember looking at my pics from vacation this year and I looked so huge. Plus my one son was looking at old photo albums one day last month and he said I looked different. I was thin in those pictures. I knew it was time to lose the weight.

LOL...You know I had to search for a "before" picture of myself. I hadn't had a picture taken of myself for a couple of years, probably at around 270. I finally found one taken at Christmas 08 that I was unaware that was being taken. It was in a CD my Brother in Law had sent in a Thank you card. Actually the picture was of my SIL but I just happen to be in it...:( It's a side shot of me standing at the refrigerator, of all places, with a stick of BUTTER in my hand...LOL (granted I was cooking Christmas dinner for the extended family...but geesh!) Oh boy, was I in tears.