Before and after weight loss pics

**Rhayne** · 05-06-2010, 01:25 PM

Has anyone ever done before and after weight loss pics? My boyfriend and I just started to get really serious about working out. We play tennis, jog, walk, play wii sports and are going to buy a soccer ball to use while the tennis courts are being used. I suggested taking pics once a month to see how we progress. He hates having his picture taken so he doesn't wanna do it. I think I might just do it myself. Anyone else ever done this? How was it? Did it keep you motivated to continue?

**savvy_sniper** · 05-06-2010, 01:51 PM

I wouldn't want to take pictures either. I just keep a notebook with my weight at the end of each month and my measurements.

**Linus** · 05-06-2010, 02:02 PM

You could always do it so you can see a comparison as to how you looked before and after. I've seen this done by friends and it's an impressive (especially if you have a fair amount of weight to lose). I think, if you commit to your program, it can be empowering. No one says you have to publish it for the world to see but for some it's needed as a mechanism of commitment and dedicated to our goals. I've done it a couple of times and it's worked for me (I've inevitably fell off the "wagon").

QM · 05-06-2010, 02:48 PM

I didn't do a real 'before picture', but now I wish I did. I lost 32 lbs in 5 months last year and have kept it off for 10 months now. I don't think I would have wanted to take pictures every month though...might get a little depressing if you don't 'see' the difference from the month prior.

Good luck to you and your boyfriend. Remember that it's a lifestyle change, and the weight doesn't fall off overnight.

**Mrs. Piggy Bank** · 05-06-2010, 03:07 PM

I just recently found some 'before' pictures. LOLOL Only thing is they could easily be 'now' pictures.

**Palooka** · 05-06-2010, 04:03 PM

I've never done before or after pics, but what I have done is kept one of my favorite photos of me in the kitchen drawer,(when I was working out 6 days a week) next to my recipes. lol

**PrairieRose** · 05-06-2010, 08:57 PM

My husband and I both have lost around 80-85 lbs....we did not do before and after pics formally. I so wish we had (by formally I mean just for the purpose of taking before and after pics not by a photog). I wish we had, and taken them along the journey in the same place with the same or similar clothes on.......I think it's a great idea. .....

**Debbie-cat** · 05-06-2010, 09:59 PM

I think it's a great idea. My son went from 296 to 185 and the difference in the pictures is unbelievable.

**mauimagic** · 05-07-2010, 08:09 PM

It's much easier to have pictures of before and after, then hanging on to clothes of before and after!!

Sort of funny story......before I moved to Hawaii (about 5 years before) I lost 100 pounds. To this day - 33 years later - no one here is aware of that fact.

One of my new friends back then had this great idea that she and should go on a diet to loss just a few pounds - and she took before pictures of me. Little did she know that she was really taking after pictures. Yes, it was streange!!

**Libby** · 05-11-2010, 01:39 PM

Never took pics but did take measurements of my entire body before...there's definite changes...and they're for the better

If I want to get scared I'll look at a pic of me from a few years ago when I was heavier. May not be exactly a 'before' pic but it serves the purpose.