Sunday, April 24, 2005

Best Before & After Pics


December 2001 - April 2005
From 250 pounds to 160, a size 20/22 to 8/10

A co-worker took this pic of me sitting at my desk. I glanced at it in the back of her digitial camera and thought... How DARE she take such an unflattering picture of me! I was glad that I never saw it again. I'm sure she thought she was taking a perfectly normal picture... after all, I WAS smiling. The rest was just how she saw me every day, nothing wrong with that.

The memory of that pic has haunted me. I asked her to dig it out for me, and now I'm SOOO glad she kept it! What a dramatic difference! I still struggle every day with looking at my "fleshy" parts. I am NOT skinny! But to see the drastic change is a real eye-opener. I honestly had no idea I looked like that.

My Jazzercise instructor wants to make a postcard of this pic to send to people who haven't been to class in awhile with the caption "Jazzercise Works!" She was showing it to everyone in class on Saturday. It still makes me cry to think of walking into class looking like I did in the before pic. But I DID and have not regretted it once. If I can do it, anyone can!

2 comments:

Sarah said...

These pics are amazing! Great job!

Anonymous said...

LOU where ya been girl ? Miss chatting with you. Hope all is well. I haven't been able 2 get on at night because my computer's Hard Drive was no good, so i had 2 get it replaced. All fixed now. You look fantastic wow love the before and after photos good job.

Proud of you & i hope 2 see you soon

xoxo