I took some before pics but I need to find them...they are from last year on 4th of July...Although I think I got about 10 or 12 lbs heavier after that. So the closer ones that I have are at about 210-215 and I just out my new one up at 202.

I'm going to keep posting my progress.

However...

When I was fat before...I had some photos in Cancun....I LOOK HUGE...

When I had lost weight I remember being very, very embarassed by them and didn't want my boyfriend at the time to know I'd ever been so big!!!

I have very little photos of myself as I do not photograph well, even my good friends will remark how bad I come out in pictures.. My wedding photos the photographer actually said I looked much better in person that day!

There are no documented pictures of me. Every camera that tried to take one broke in the process.

I didn't take any specifically for this purpose, but I have several before pics that were taken by force. I forced myself to upload some really bad ones to my journal site -- but picked a fairly far away pose for my gallery photo here. I think I was still wasn't ready to admit how much I'd gained.

That's cheating. Anyone's going to look thin next to a whale.

I know! I'm pretty smart, huh??

I didn't want to post any pictures AT ALL for a while. Then created my avatar.

Then, after I lost a bit, I posted both a before and a progress pic.

I will post an AFTER pic (I'm pretty close).

I think before and after pics really help those with similar starting weights know that they CAN do this....so I encourage it!!

WOOHOO...what a wonderful WOL...and what a wonderful group of people here on this forum. I've met some of the most beautiful people here I've ever met in my life.

OK OK... I replaced my before picture with a "legal" background.

I didn't take a specific "before" pic but I did come across one which was really gross!!! I will probably use that one with my "after" pic when I get to goal.

I have a before pic from a couple years ago when I was around 265lbs which I think is my heavest I've ever been.
I started atkins at around 240 but don't have any pics from that period Now I'm down to 198 and I guess I need to get a pic taken to just compare the 2.
I do have some pics of when I was 200 before but all that will show is how much I've aged. lol

MyJourney, I can so relate to you on this. Even though my husband and others have said I look beautiful, I still can not get over the fact I got myself this way in the beginning. I hate for others to think that I let myself out of control with eating and letting the pounds pile on. I am still self conscious about it. Basically, IMHO, it all boils down to self-acceptance. I have to learn to accept myself for what I am and for what I have done to myself. I have to say looking at my past photos at my heaviest is depressing. Also, my past photos at my skinnest depress me too because that is a reminder of how fat I am now. Its a catch-22 thing lol.

But on the bright side, I got over my first obstacle. I have posted my before photos and a progress photo! I am LEARNING. I am getting excited by my progress and it really helps me mentally.

You are right....it is a mental obstacle we all have to overcome.

When I first started there was no way I would post a BEFORE picture. I was so ashamed of my body and even more afraid, someone might know me. After I started loosing and I really started noticing a difference in myself, I was proud to post a BEFORE and PROGRESS photo. Now, I'm constantly snapping pictures and hoping to see the disappearance of a new bulge.