Your Picture??

[Morn]

I just wondered if there was anyone else out there that hates to get their picture taken. It has been 8 years since our family has had a family photo together primarily cause I never like the way I look. My oldest daughter was 3 and now she is 11 and we don't even have a family photo with my youngest daughter who is 4. I think this is terrible, but because of my weight I avoid the camera like the plague.

So in the spirit of making some goals (and the new hope that the raw diet has given me) I would like to set a goal of having this family photo done. I don't know if I should wait til I am at my ideal weight or just set a date. I know this is far off for me but it will also give me extra incentive to work hard and stay focused. What do you all think?

Is there anyone else out there that would like to set a goal like this by like a certain date? Hopefully we can help one another to reach our goals (accountability). Hopefully I am not alone in this. Are there others of you out there?

[raw-siobhan]

I havent had any pics taken of myself since I picked up extra weight several years ago. It makes me sad because my girls wont have pics of me to look at over time. It isnt good, but I know it has to change regardless of whether or not my weight ever changes. I will make the same goal and we can support eachother.

[salsababy]

I've always hated my picture taken. Mainly because I look fat in them. I was overweight as a child and still feel I have more to lose. Now I have adult acne and I have always had a big chest (which I am not bragging- I hate them). I am more confident now about my body except for my face and chest. I think working out helped that and also accepting that this is what I look like and I can only do things to make it look better. My brother and I climbed Mt. St. Helens a couple of months ago and since I had to wake up early in the morning, I didn't really bother to cover up my acne and I didn't care that my sportbra made me look so much heavier. I think what made me laugh in the pictures that day (which ironically is my RFJ pic) is that I considered that to be my "before" and then later I will take pictures and hopefully look different and that will be my "after". :)

[rawpriestess]

I hadn't had a pic taken in years, until my ex bf came into my life, he was always taking pics of me, and I hated them, but he kept them on his computer, so I couldn't toss them, now I love my old pics as they are so acurate of my hugely immense self, and when I look at myself now, I can see such an amazing difference, it is totally unbelievable to me.


So, please take pics as many as you can, as often as you can and allow them to be reminders of who you were on your quest, your life, your path.

You are beautiful exactly as you are, no matter what stage of your path you are on.

[Morn]

I havent had any pics taken of myself since I picked up extra weight several years ago. It makes me sad because my girls wont have pics of me to look at over time. It isnt good, but I know it has to change regardless of whether or not my weight ever changes. I will make the same goal and we can support eachother.


Cool - I was giving this some extra thought and even though I don't think I will be down to my ideal weight I am thinking I will plan a family photo for the end of May (which is my birthday month). That is 6 months from now.
Maybe you could plan to take a photo with you and your girls. That would be a great photo as it would be something special they could have of you and them when they are grow up. So is 6 months from now good for you or do you want to plan for another month? Let me know your thoughts.

[Morn]

I hadn't had a pic taken in years, until my ex bf came into my life, he was always taking pics of me, and I hated them, but he kept them on his computer, so I couldn't toss them, now I love my old pics as they are so acurate of my hugely immense self, and when I look at myself now, I can see such an amazing difference, it is totally unbelievable to me.


So, please take pics as many as you can, as often as you can and allow them to be reminders of who you were on your quest, your life, your path.

You are beautiful exactly as you are, no matter what stage of your path you are on.


Thanks for your note. Yes I know what you are talking about and I agree it would be nice to have the pictures to reference back to for later. Right now though I can't stand my pictures. I posted my picture on this site as a motivator to stop hiding and get real with where I am at. Another wake up call was when I went shopping and tried on clothes the other day and even after losing 28 pounds on raw, I was again discouraged to find that things still don't look good on me. It was depressing because I would have liked a more positive experience, however, I realize that I just have to work harder and keep plugging along. I do feel good about making some headway, but it also helped me realize just how far out of control I was and how I had accepted it thinking I was powerless to change. Well now Raw has given me hope for the first time in a long time that I can change.

So I will take pictures every month to save on my computer so I can remember, but I don't want to take a professional picture until I make some real headway.

[Conscious Midwife]

I'm not a big picture taker either for various DUMB reasons. So this year we are taking some, PERIOD.

Probably around Dec 22 at the local kmart or Sears just to get it done, then maybe don the road we'll get some higher end photos done or do are own with my brothers digital and make thm work.

It's importat to have the memories and the photos to put before your eyes to remind your heart of the wonderfulness of family.

[Morn]

I'm not a big picture taker either for various DUMB reasons. So this year we are taking some, PERIOD.

Probably around Dec 22 at the local kmart or Sears just to get it done, then maybe don the road we'll get some higher end photos done or do are own with my brothers digital and make thm work.

It's importat to have the memories and the photos to put before your eyes to remind your heart of the wonderfulness of family.


Good for You! That is so Awesome. You are right about family. It is important as the kids grow up so fast!

[Nenyath]

What I think? I think you are beautiful! Just as you are in your avatar! go ahead and get that family photo taken, and then when you have reached a weight you feel comfortable with, take another one! I'm desperatly searching for photos of myself before I shed so many pounds, and they are few! Kind of a bugger lol..

Fly forever free..

[raw-siobhan]

I have been wanting some professional photos of me and the girls. That will give me time to scope out the right photographer, etcetera. :)

[MsBananaHammock]

I use to be extremely camera shy before I went raw and lost weight. I hated seeing how overweight I was, it always brought me down. But then one day I thought.. avoiding taking a picture doesn't do anything but give me a lack of pictoral memory to look back on. Instead I used the pictures to fuel myself by seeing.. "eew this is what I look like? I don't want to look like that".. Seeing what I looked like was the biggest motivation to change what I looked like. :)

[Morn]

I have been wanting some professional photos of me and the girls. That will give me time to scope out the right photographer, etcetera. :)


Cool - The end of May it is. What is that in your avatar?

[Morn]

I use to be extremely camera shy before I went raw and lost weight. I hated seeing how overweight I was, it always brought me down. But then one day I thought.. avoiding taking a picture doesn't do anything but give me a lack of pictoral memory to look back on. Instead I used the pictures to fuel myself by seeing.. "eew this is what I look like? I don't want to look like that".. Seeing what I looked like was the biggest motivation to change what I looked like. :)


Yes your right it is a motivator!!!!

[Morn]

Thanks for the compliment! I will try to take a lot of pictures around the holiday. However, I have been pretty up in my weight for years so I think I will have several to reference back to.

[luckitri]

Yes, I don't like photos because I am ugly. I am even uglier when I am super fat or super thin. It is really really easy to get an ugly photo of me. I often wonder how I got so strange looking and a really little head too and it is a strange shape which makes doing my hair difficult as well as the difficult hair. With care I can get a good photo.

[trinity082482]

* Waves hands in the air* Its not that I dislike having the picture taken, I hate the way I look after I see the picture. I always look fat or like I have an extra large head.. I really dislike that. :p

[everclear]

I hate, hate, HATE having my picture taken. I avoid behind in front of the camera, i'm more comfortable behind it. It's because of my weight, because I know when I was thin (for a short period of time when I was 14/15 haha) I had absolutely no problem having my picture taken, i'd take my own picture all the time.

[mongomango]

Oh Ladies!

This post makes me so sad.

Your body is your vehicle; it's the car you drive. Sometimes it's in disrepair, other times it's restored, or is being worked on, but your body is not you. There is a day when you will leave it far behind.

The light that shines out of your eyes and your hearts is who you are and you are all so very beautiful. My wish for you all is that you come to realize that. Take your pictures. It is the enemy of your soul who causes these feelings within yourself. Deny him this battle.

[madmel]

Hmh, I LOVE having my picture taken - not because I think I am pretty or anything like that but because I like my smile or the funny faces. I do have a couple of pics from my "big" times (LOL) and when I see them today I'm like "gosh, what a pair of thighs" or "wow, that's some hips" - but I really like having pictures taken of me. And I LOVE taking pictures of others too :D

I guess it's because I just like photos in general, of people, flowers, animals - I take pictures all the time and I love documenting journeys or how things/people/myself develop...

But my sister, she gets really angry when I try to take pictures of her, she HATES it. She thinks she looks ugly, I think she's cute - but most pictures she's on she doesn't even smile :(

cheers,
madmel

[luckitri]

Thanks mongomango!