I rarely love a photo of myself. Even the one in my first post taken when I was at my thinnest, is not that great of a pic. There are few pictures I've ever seen of me, that I have truly loved and I'm pretty sure all of them are from childhood (mom has a frame full of my favorites that I gave to her for Mother's day years ago.). It's not to say I suffer from extremely low self-esteem or anything. Even at my current weight (you're dying to know how much I've lost so far right?... Stay tuned..) I think I'm an attractive human. But photos just don't capture that on a regular basis. Photos do however, tell a version of the truth that I don't always see in the mirror. At my thinnest, I still saw a heavier person in the mirror. Now, I just see me, but I don't usually see the weight. In photos I always see the weight (good or bad). There's something about being able to freeze a moment, then step back and look at it. There's power in that. It was, after all, a photo that led me to join WW in the first place. And a photo that has brought me back to it as well!
With all that in mind, I've decided to take a picture of myself each week. No frills, no fuss, just 52 truly unflattering pictures taken with the terrible front facing camera on my cell phone. I think I'll add one to the end of my post each week and with it I will document how much I've lost. That should help keep me on track!
And now we have photo #1!
Along with (DRUM ROLL PLEASE) my total lost since December 23rd....
-9.8lbs
Ok, that's kind of awesome for 2 weeks on plan... I really don't expect that rate to stay the same, but I'm VERY happy with this as a beginning! Honestly, I'll be elated any week with ANY loss. Even a -.1 on the scale will be a victory!
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