My before and after pic.. NO DIFFERENCE lol

[goal65]

[goal65]

first picture is dec 2004 and the second is may 2005

[island reina]

your face looks slimmer, and your skin is glowing, you look great! :joy

[Tara35]

I totally agree! You do look great. Great job on the weight loss.

[chickaDee59]

WOW!! What a difference! I can really see it in your face. :yes NICE JOB!!

[spirittalker]

I think your face is definitely slimmer. Less chin. Great job

[acey]

Whaddya mean NO results?

Draw an imaginary line from your sideburn down to the area between your cheek and jaw line....

Do it for both photos and tell me your face is NOT slimmer.......

YES IT IS!!!!

:hug

[goal65]

thank you guys for your kind words.. i still dont see it, i guess its because its myself? lol hopefully once i leave the 300's ill begin to see it more!

[acey]

I meant draw the line between your CHIN (not cheek) and jaw line...sorry
You are much slimmer in the face, indeed!
Acey :wave

[Perry]

Dude, I can really see a difference in the cheeks, chin and neck! Nice job.

[acey]

And ANOTHER thing, Goal65....
I see from your post that you are perhaps 17 years old?

Well, how do I say this.....

When one is a teenager, it seems that much importance is placed on how others will accept and perceive us....and we are never perfect the way we are...we always think something could be changed. And it seems to be something that remains out of our control to change. (That last sentence IS important).

Oh HOW I used to dwell on my physical shortcomings...too tall, too broad across the beam (fat -a**'d), hair too thin, eyelids too fleshy, feet too long, you name it. But I was in normal weight range back then...it was after years of improper eating, and not enough physical activity that I gained about 40 pounds.

Well now that I'm 49 years old (yes, Cinco de Mayo was my 49th) and at MY GOAL WEIGHT, I can look back to every photo from the high school yearbook to my wedding and vacation photos, I was quite a "dish" (that's a term your grandparents would know well, but is rarely used nowadays, but it means good-looking and attractive....despite the thin hair, too tall, too big feet, fat-butt mirror image I had of myself). Yet I was always wanting to change something I could not or ever change. (All folks older are invited to chime in here!)

You have great hair, great eyes, a wonderful smile...you can't change that. AND WHY WOULD YOU, HANDSOME!!!!! ???? BUT you CAN change your weight. You know you are on the right track, and it DOES show in your facial photo comparison.

Remember, we sometimes have "fat-goggles" on....where we don't see our progress although "others" do.

We "others" have seen your progress, and we are proud of you. so keep on going....this Way of Eating is suiting you well....you would do wise to adhere to it ....despite what your friends may encourage you to do, and despite what you might crave until the cravings subside (which they will).....this is your path...follow it.

'Nuff said!
acey

:wave

[Moochiecat]

Goal, you might have noticed a phrase that we use once in a while on the board about 'wearing fat goggles'.
When we look at ourselves to see our progress, we sometimes have a pair of fat goggles stuck on our face, and all they let us see is the fat that's still there, or they let us see the heavy person we've been so long.

It can take a long time before those fat goggles come off...but in the meantime when you post a pic on here, please please believe us when we say we see a difference! Because we certainly do see a difference!

Remember too, that when you are around people that see you every day (like family or friends), it's not very likely that they'll greet you with "WOW! You're looking good, you've lost weight!" because it happens so gradually.
Trust me though, there'll come a day when you'll run into someone you haven't seen in a while, and you'll get SUCH a boost when they react to your weight loss! It's pretty exciting! :icondance

You can click on my "My Progress" link and see some of my comparison pics. This last set of pics that I have in my signature were the first pics that I feel my goggles came off and I could really see the changes.
It's a crazy thing, the way our minds work :confused

[goal65]

thank you guys so much i really do appreciate your comments. i hope that fat goggles comment really is true haha! seriously, thank you for your kindness, i would never stop this WOE b/c the scale for me, has been showing results and thats important to me as well- thank you guys, it means a lot that i know people here care! =)

[ttdriver]

You're doing so well!! I can definitely see the difference and I love your dedication to this woe!! Man, if only I knew what you know when I was 17!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

"Persistence: The race goes not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running."

Betty

[Galadriel]

I can see a big difference in the two, and I agree with others, your face is slimmer and more defined in the second. I'm the same way, I do not see a difference in mine, but my husband has.