Before Photos

[SValentino]

Yesterday I met with my best friend and asked her to take a couple of before photos of me. I've been putting it off and now that I'm three weeks post-op, I better do it. Gag. I bit the bullet and she snapped away. One front shot and one side shot. I look like a grotesque monster. I knew I would really regret it if I didn't have a before pic. I spent decades avoiding the camera at any cost and there really are no photos of me from the last 30 years really. i'm 48. (Not even a wedding picture). So now I'm facing the demons. Bring it on, I say!

[yoyodieter]

Yesterday I met with my best friend and asked her to take a couple of before photos of me. I've been putting it off and now that I'm three weeks post-op, I better do it. Gag. I bit the bullet and she snapped awayl one front shot abd one side shot. I look like a grotesque monster. I knew I would really regret it if I didn't have a before pic. I spent decades avoiding the camera at any cost and there really are no photos of me from the last 30 years really. i'm 48. (Not even a wedding picture). So now I'm facing the demons. Bring it on, I say!

You won't regret taking the befores, I wish I would of taken more!! You will be so happy when you see your transformation unfold before you.

You should be very proud of yourself!!

[Kimmy in MD]

You won't regret it! Wish I had taken one. Also, you may want to take your measurements, especially your hips and waist. I so wish I had done that!!

Congrats on facing the demons!

[nothereanymore]

Great job, this is when it gets fun.

You won't believe how fast the changes will come - its pretty cool.

I wish I had done what you just did - I have candid bad pictures of me and they work - but the ones like you just took are really cool to track your upcoming weight loss. And Kimmy is right on, make sure to measure everything as well, sometimes we loose more inches than pounds and if you know where you started you’ll be happier if you don’t loose weight but you can see if you lost some inches. (Wished I did that as well) I have no clue how many inches I lost.....

Congrats, the journey begins!

[JazzyJude]

AWESOME Susanna...you won't regret this at all. I am like you...pictures? NO WAY! But hearing all of these successes like Cathy, Denise, lisal. Linda, Kimmy, MamaMichelle, Heidi, Tanya...oh so many more, I thought I had to take some pics as well. GAG is right. And I had already measured myself too, another GAG! BUT, in spite of all of this, I KNOW I am going to be MUCH thinner in one year's time and I want to SEE the results. I am also going to take monthly pictures (thanks LInda for suggesting more than one or two!) on my 'anniversary' day, the 8th, since I was banded last month on Oct 8. This way I can see my progress as I go along.

Do a special photo album of your journey. I started one and I am actually having fun with it! I also added my journal notes too...so, yes, BRING IT ON!

Good Luck and have fun watching the pounds and inches melt away!