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Yesterday was a real eye opener for me. I decided to put my picture on this site and had a friend help me. When I download the pictures to my computer I was shocked to see how obese I was (am). My friend took a couple of full length shots and a couple of behind the desk shots.
I know what I weigh and I know what size I wear. I also look in a full length mirror each morning to make sure I look decent before leaving for work. I'm not sure my mirror is being honest with me. Or maybe I just really wasn't looking correctly.
These pictures have really upset me. At least now, I am doing something about it. I've been counting calories, and I've been on this site for a couple of weeks, and I am losing weight.
Being depressed today, I thought I'd write in my journal to get it out in the open and off my chest. Not sure if I'm feeling any better right now, but hopefully shortly.
I need to move on. My next step is to have more pictures taken in one month from now to visually see my progress. The scale will tell me my progress, but an actual picture says it all.
I've been thinking...this is how the world sees me, and it is not pretty. :(
Diet Calendar Entry for 19 February 2009:
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1190 kcal
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Fat: 34.31g | Prot: 102.88g | Carb: 118.21g.
Breakfast: Light English Muffin, fat free milk, blueberries, bran flakes. Lunch: cape cod chips, Deli Cuts Oven Roasted Cured Turkey Breast, light bread, miracle whip. Dinner: broccoli, yellow onion, green peppers, steak tips. Snacks/Other: Light Butter Microwave Popcorn. more...
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Sometimes unfortunately a picture says a thousand words...also sometimes we are worst critics...HOWEVER please try to not let it consume you or your day...you are focused, you are losing, and your feeling good about losing so you are headed in the right direction...in 30 days take more pics...same place...same points of where each other stood..for my self i wear the same clothes...this is where you will be able to do a side by side comparsion...Trust me you will see it...For myself it is just a great motivation to keep pushing everyday!
19 Feb 09 by member: Niki13
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Please don't go by what pictures say of you. Our minds can be so self-conscious and self-critical that they don't always take the right perception.
Even though I've lost 43 lbs., it's like pictures of me don't show it. I see the difference in the mirror and I know I lost that weight because I now wear size 14 instead of 18 and the scale reads 177 instead of 220. Pictures people take of me, however, seem to tell a different story. I think digital cameras are designed to play tricks on us just like sales flyers - "picture enlarged to show details! - LOL". Thankfully, I no longer let it bother me because I know what the real me looks like.
19 Feb 09 by member: Sweetalot
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