To be horrified at how I look

[theavianexecutioner]

Just asked my mum to take a pic of me from the back and side, for bra measuring.
Horrified. I've been in SW on and off for a few years, need to go back. I've already decided I'm having a dry january and it needs to continue. I'm 43 in May and want to feel and look content.

[WetPaint4]

Same here, OP. Saw myself in pictures taken on NYE and I just look dreadful. Huge and round, belly all fat and rolling over my jeans. Time for change now.

But I'm looking forward to the new me. I'm keeping that picture and I'll keep looking at it. I am excited for 1 January 2019.

[theavianexecutioner]

You have a certain idea of how you look, don't you? Blown out of the water tonight.
Doesn't help that I have huge 38f boobs. Make me look heavier than I am.

[WetPaint4]

Yes! I really thought I looked slimmer. Curvy, you know. Voluptuous. Nope. I'm fat. I was in a typical big lady tunic top, posing with petite girls in tight little dresses. I want one of those tight little dresses.

[SureIusedtobetaller]

I feel your pain. I’ve let my diet and exercise slip for a few months and I look flabby and ugh. Also huge boobage makes everything look worse as I’m short.
I’m on it. New Year and all that. I’ll miss choccie biscuits though

[theavianexecutioner]

Maybe we can stay on this thread?

[onlyonaTuesday]

Found my people 😊
I also saw a photo taken over Xmas and the only description for me is barrel.
My belly is huge!
Time for a serious change

[Tinkerbec]

Oh yes! I am with you.

My face is older than I remember too.

Can’t even mention the belly.

[WetPaint4]

You probably want to get it moved though, to the weight management section? I'm sure there will be plenty of similar threads floating around there at the moment though.

[Nanna50]

OP do you go to a good bra measuring service and try lots on? The difference in your whole body shape and posture is quite dramatic when the boobs are in the right place.

[IrritatedUser1960]

i can't even look in the mirror, I'll be on exante for the forseeable future.

[comedycentral]

Me too! I am dressed for the gym at the min and about to set off so I am hoping I can tackle this once and for all.

[Madonnasmum]

I don't even need a photo, I'm huge!

[theavianexecutioner]

I've really struggled with bra sizing the last couple of months but the belly and I think I need to just lose it all over. Total wake up call today. Don't want to be like this AT ALL

[pinkmagic1]

Same here. Saw a photo of me at a Christmas party and I looked huge and flabby. I brought a pair of size 16 jeans last week and they were too small.
This time 2 years ago I was a size 10/12. Time for action I think!

[yourhavingagiraffee]

Same here. I was horrified of pictures of me at Christmas, albeit I had baby 3 months ago but I didn't realise how big, swollen and round my faced look.


I will be clean eating as soon as husbands back at work.

[RhiWrites]

Go go comedy. No one ever regrets going.

It’s not what you eat between Xmas and new year that counts, it’s what you eat between new year and Xmas.

I say this as someone who lost nearly 2 stone last year and put on a good dollop again over the holiday.

[theavianexecutioner]

Starting tomorrow. Not sure if I can cope with the weekly ritual humiliation of SW - I know it inside out and can weigh in Boots

[Loonoonow]

I'm managing to fool myself by the typical big girl tricks of having lovely hair and makeup and only looking at myself from the neck up. I am going to have get real at some point !

[Zatsuma]

In my head, I still look the way I did 10 years ago. Never a top model, but I did look good.

Photos are cruel and shattering any hope I had: when did I start looking my age - so old and exhausted, so fat and flabby? Depressing (litterally)

[Zaphodsotherhead]

I'm fairly fit, within normal BMI, thought I looked pretty good for my age.

Saw some pics taken of me on holiday last year and I am a dumpy, short-legged middle aged woman. I'm not bothering with exercise any more (outside my usual dog walking/occasional run). When I think of the time and effort I put in and the way I stinted myself of nice food - and I look podgy, rotund and downright ugly.

I'm going to get a hobby instead. All those bloody hours of step aerobics and on the static bike! I could have been eating trifle and watching Netflix, and I doubt I'd look much different!

[FairNotFair]

I've found myself consciously avoiding catching sight of myself in mirrors and the reflections in shop windows. But I saw a photo taken at Christmas and I look atrocious. I reckon I need to lose four stone. I'm 46 and I want to look nice again. I used to be a size 6-8, but I'd happily settle for a 12-14.

[Wauden]

Me too, saw my tummy in the mirror... Although I had an accident recently, I am exercising however else I can.

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Isn’t it terrible what we do to ourselves? 10 years ago I was tons thinner and still thought I was overweight. I was normal bmi btw. Now I am. The thing is will we in 10 or 20 years time want to give ourselves a shake because our bodies were so much better now than they are in the future?

My belly has seriously expanded this year due to ill health.

[sheldonesque]

I am the piggiest pig in knickers that has ever walked on trotters.

I've also put on a stack of weight (3 stone) in 3 months which I am appalled at. On top of what was already there? The shame is intense.

Time for change

[PricillaQueenOfTheDesert]

I stopped smoking 8 weeks ago. I knew I was nibbling a lot but I said I would get into the new year and then sort out my weight.

I’m barrel shaped and only 5foot2inch tall,

I’m doing dry January, that should make a big difference.

I hate being this shape and size, but I love my food and drink.