What are you seeing in the mirror?

[Bethanie]

My thighs are melting away.
When i look in the mirror i can pockets of fat where my thighs use to be large and firm:D it looks so funny.
It's nice to see proof when i'm looking in the mirror a new person is emerging.
Now i'm looking to see my stomach go away. I'm overjoyed by the changes that i'm seeing.
So what's showing up in your MIRROR???????:D
B.

[Veganforlife]

A person freed of migraines. A much, much healthier person. A person who has also dropped 40 pounds. Now I don't mind having my picture taken!

[shine72]

I see a slimmer face. I see for the first time since having kids, that my hips are narrower than my thighs!:eek: I see no more bloated stomach. I see the new me starting to peak around the corner! I see someone who now has confidence where before there was none. That's what I see.

[lafsalot]

Right now I see a healthier person (ie firmer body, a new-found waist, clearer eyes without the dark shadows, strong nails and healthier hair, etc). Oh, and a painted Joker's smile (remnants from the carrot juice I had earlier) as did the man from UPS when I answered the door:D ~ Cathy

[Rawmommie]

CLEAR SKIN! I see a younger, clearer, glowing face and a smaller, healthier body! :)

[lovenmama]

I see

a happier smile on me because I'm feeling better
slimmer face
much healthier hair

seems my weight leaves the breast first...oh well!! I'm down to a B cup now..*sigh !!:p

[Bethanie]

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the prettiest girl of all" Now i can say it's me, me.:D
Before it was "Oh look at my stomach or look at my big bottom. I'm so glad i don't see the old me anymore.
Moving onto to a new place in my life and happy to be going there.
I'm so glad to know that you all are having great results and feeling good about the new person that you are becoming:)

B.

[RawVee]

I see nice cheekbones and my eyes are super, super green. :)

[Missrawdiva]

I see a woman I NEVER thought I would EVER see in this lifetime! I see a prettier and sexy ME! I see a woman who now has more self confidence when I where my clothes. I see a woman who has more energy to do things like take up kickboxing a few times a week. I see a woman who now has a brand new look on life!!!
RAW ROCKS!!!!

[puffysmom]

Right now i dont know if anyone wants to know. I am 66 years old. I have lost about 78#s in the last year. As everyone knows when u r older and lose weight your skin does not go back to the way it was. I always got compliments on how wrinkle free my skin was when i was so fat. I told them the truth. When u r fat u dont have wrinkles. So when i look in the mirror i dont see all the fat anymore but I sure do have a lot more wrinkles. Is part of growing older and so I have to accept it along with the fact I feel so much healthier. have more energy and my outlook on life is a much sunnier one. :D

[Bethanie]

I've heard that the winkles will get better as you go along.
I know one of the first places i started losing was in my breast and they seem to look like they had stretch marks well i started rubbing on skin lotion and olive oil and sometimes when i have it vit. E. oil and that really helps.
After a bath or maybe just wet the skin and rub it on and you will see some difference.
Congrads of losing the weight you have all inspired me, i am in love with my MIRROR.
B.

[trinity082482]

My face is thinner,

I have more loose skin on the inner upper thys where it used to be thick fat, and I notice the skin too when I lay on my back and put my knees close by with my feet on the ground, my skin droops over my hips LOL gross eh lol.. anyway...

I notice my breasts are shrinking (Do not enjoy that) :rolleyes:

And under my butt there is some loose skin, that the fat used to fill.. now im looking like those wrinkly puppies LOLOLOL :D

[Bethanie]

Where is all the FAT going.
We are like the incredible shinking women, when will it stop.
I'm so happy that finally with everything i've tryed eating raw is the best solution for stubbon fat cells:)
Beth

[Conscious Midwife]

Awesome BIG HAIR:cool:

Gorgeous skin

a 2 pack for abs:D

junk in my trunk but no longer on top of it;)

[Veganforlife]

Right now i dont know if anyone wants to know. I am 66 years old. I have lost about 78#s in the last year. As everyone knows when u r older and lose weight your skin does not go back to the way it was. I always got compliments on how wrinkle free my skin was when i was so fat. I told them the truth. When u r fat u dont have wrinkles. So when i look in the mirror i dont see all the fat anymore but I sure do have a lot more wrinkles. Is part of growing older and so I have to accept it along with the fact I feel so much healthier. have more energy and my outlook on life is a much sunnier one. :D

Hey puffysmom! Have you tried dry skin brushing? There's some info that was discussed about this a couple months ago. Do a search and you'll find it. It REALLY does help. You figure our skin is our biggest organ and by brushing it, you are removing the dead skin and exfoliating it. It does help. Get a good fiber bristle brush and always brush toward your heart. You can do circular motions on the areas that have the cellulite or wrinkles, but always end with strokes toward the heart.
Here, check this out: www.t-tapp.com
Teresa has great information on dry skin brushing. You want to do it dry as wet skin when brush stretches...
It DOES work. Trust me. I'm 53 and had the saggy/baggy chin thing and arm thing going on and dry brushing has really helped that.
Trust me. Have I ever lead you astray??? :rolleyes: :p ;)
You are young!!! 61 is just really enjoying life. Finally being able to say what you feel and mean it! Finally appreciating life. Live and love life!!!

[monkeyboy]

Yo,

When I first went raw and lost some weight, the first thing I noticed was..................um,um.

When my mid section shrunk it made my tool look bigger!


Peace,

M.B.

[Lay-Lay]

I see a beautiful power woman who can be or do anything she desires. I see me at the perfect weight, at this time, for me!

On a side note, I have released (visable things I can see in the mirror) the following:

my double chin
19 inches in the last 2 weeks
11 lbs in the last 2 weeks

[Lay-Lay]

Yo,

When I first went raw and lost some weight, the first thing I noticed was..................um,um.

When my mid section shrunk it made my tool look bigger!


Peace,

M.B.

Too Funny!:D

[lavendarJ]

It has really been a tradeoff... some of the losses will be missed in all honesty and at least for me. Everything seems to have altered its shape and form. I am fighting to hold on to these modest B's (former C's) :D . The other changes I can work with and firm up for the most part. I don't want to lose anymore of my "booty" and seriously hope I won't have to go down in underwear size. I liked it when it was bigger, it was firm and didn't have any flaws. I am adjusting to the smaller version.

I like curves and I don't want to become a stick. I am so glad to have my body respond to raw this way by losing the unecessary weight but I it is so amazing.. the weight is dropping so fast that I can't keep up with the changes and I'm not even exercising at my momentum (usually would be doing hard core exercising for at least 2 hours 6 days a week but it's just dropping off so fast each week by simply eating raw that I'm just like amazed and overwhelmed) I had to stop reporting my weekly weight loss to people (family) because I was getting too much backlash and it started making me have doubts because I was already trying to adjust to the rapid body changes aside from their two cents.... but that's a post for another time

I'm glad my face is in a staying place right now. I have a oval head or as my dad calls it, a long head and I was worried about looking like a bobble head with all the weight loss but I think my face shape is okay.

[Rawzula]

My skin isn't littered with pimples or blackheads. I'm getting smaller and smaller as each week passes. Before the summer is out...I'll be down to 200 lbs:D.:

[Zuri]

Blissful expression that nobody can take away. Love for myself that is steadfast. :D

[sherahtaylor]

A pregnant momma who actually doesn't look like a lump of lard! LOL J/K, but I am actually happy when I look in the mirror now. There are still areas that I could definitely improve on, such as lovely "back love handles" but I actually have a cute pregnant body that can fit into size Mediums & some Smalls - no more XL's for me this time around!

I'm amazed every time I see myself in the mirror - is that really me??? I'm a bit different in that I'm not necessarily looking for weightloss, as I shouldn't be while pregnant, but I AM astounded that I haven't gained 25lbs already this pregnancy. Staying pretty steady at a 9lb gain. No exercise, really - although I try to go on walks with the kids whenever I can, like once a week. LOL. Soooooo happy! :D

[barose]

I see...

-Cheekbones
-Clearer skin
-Ab muscles :eek:
-Clear eyes (the whites are white)

[Bethanie]

My raw buddies, you all are doing great.
Wow, what testimonies.
My body is slowly transforming, especially around the middle. This is where i need help the most.
Certain tops i put on look better on me, if i can get my stomach to go away i would be very happy.
Keep up the good work:D :D
B.

[NYbutterfly]

Ugh. I guess I am the only one not seeing positive changes. Since going raw, I have seen a HUGE increase in cellulite... it is now in my stomach, which was never really fat to begin with but there it is... the cottage cheese has spread from my thighs, butt, hips up to my belly. Nothing fits. I do not own one pair of pants that button on me now. I gained weight. My boobs don't fit in any bras.

SOME positives... not fatigued, sleep really well, and skin glows more. Also no IBS symptoms and no more gassy bloating in my stomach. But that I do not see in the mirror. What I SEE is a body that is not looking so hot to me :(

I won't quit raw, though. Gonna keep truckin.

[Blossom]

I find it difficult to look at my body in the mirror just now as I am skin and bone, I have always been naturally thin but felt so much happier with the few curves I had gained over the years, but since going raw I have never been so thin, people are giving me a really hard time pointing out how stick like my thighs are but I have put on a few pounds so things are going in the right direction. I don't mean this to be a negative post as the way I see it my body is in transition and I hope to feel happier looking in the mirror in say a years time.

[lavendarJ]

Yeah NYButterfly..I feel ya! My girls just float around in all the bras I wear now. I haven't found the right size yet, I know I'm some sort of B but so far the B's I have bought don't quite work. I gave up and accepted that the girls are gone but hopefully I can whip this tummy into shape, I think it is a little on the flabby side but maybe that's just me...it was always hard and firm and big before raw, but then, I think that was unhealthy for my stomach to be so hard to the touch...had constipation before and I have to account it to that because now my tummy feels soft when I touch it and I'm not used to that....In time, it will work itself out and I just look in the mirror and love myself no mater what I'm like you..gotta keep truckin!!!!

[NYbutterfly]

Blossom, how long have you been raw? I was skin and bones and actually gained weight on raw. Now I want to lose a little as I feel uncomfortable (and detest the cellulite!). All I can say is eat a whole lot of food and take it easy... your body knows what to do :)

[Blossom]

I have been raw for 3-4 months now, my weight has slowly upped from the base level by 5 lb though I don't look much different,but yeh you are right my body must know what it is doing:)

[Nurse in the Raw]

My skin isn't littered with pimples or blackheads. I'm getting smaller and smaller as each week passes. Before the summer is out...I'll be down to 200 lbs:D.:

Me too! I started at almost 230 and now I am 205. That will be a great accomplishment for me to finally be under 200. I remember when I hit 200 for the first time. I cried. I will probably cry again when I hit 199, which should be soon. Keep up the good work Rhazula.

[Eilene]

I have been RAW for 14 months. When I first started, I weighed 113 lbs. I lost weight fast & got to 106 lbs (I'm 5'5 ') I felt that was way too thin for me, so I upped my fat intake. My weight gradually went back up to 113 lbs today. I would like to be around 110 lbs as my clothes fit best at that weight.

I lowered my fat intake again & nothing is helping. I guess my body wants to be this weight. I really thought that my cellulite would look better, but it does not. I have always been thin, but as you get older (There is gravity and from too much sun over the years) my skin is looser. I really wish I had started eating RAW when I was much younger ( I didn't even know about it then)

I will still keep eating RAW as I LOVE this lifestyle, I feel great. I was a very healthy eater for a while prior to raw so I felt pretty darn great before. I may look like I did before RAW, but it has helped in lots of other ways, such as...

No more congestion & post nasal drip (especially in the morning)
Cured my Gastritis (that alone I am sooo happy about. No more MEDICINE)
Nails are a little stronger & not peeling like before.
I feel wonderful
I sleep great
There are other things...I just can't think of them right now.

[Nurse in the Raw]

I have been raw for a little over a month and I have lost a lot of weight but I am also detoxing so when I look in the mirror today. My right eye is almost swollen shut, I have a fever blister on my mouth, my other eye is itching, I have mosquito bites everywhere (been working in the yard with all this energy), my DD breasts are heading south (hope the skin shrinks), my double chin is shrinking, my big round belly has shrunk to two rolls (he he) and that's about it.

[Coriander74]

* Clearer skin
* Nails are growing faster
* Eyes don't have such dark circles under them
* HUGE gaps in the waists of my pants!!
* Shrinking boobs LOL bras are getting too big :eek:
* Hips and thighs look slimmer
* Double chin is shrinking :D