Weight Loss before & after pictures.

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I'm willing to accept IABU but I am not a fan of them in the slightest, if anything I think they are damaging & unessassary. I can't quite work out the need or thought process which leads people to post them.

Help me out do I just need to pipe down hahah!

For context I am a healthy weight size 10 before anyone tries to say I'm envious.

Who are you seeing them from? If it’s social media, unfollow. If it’s friends or family, ignore.

FWIW, I think they’re far healthier than numbers on the scale. Otherwise you get people doing things like ridiculous juice diets and then celebrating losing 3lbs which is either just water weight or muscle loss and goes straight back on.

They help people objectively see how their bodies have changed which may not be fully apparent on the scales, fit of clothes or by looking in the mirror.

Scales, BMI and measurements can be a bit arbitary to an individual body photos show how a body's composition actually looks including their level of muscle tone. Two people of the same weight and height can look very different.

I find them motivational when dieting and have my own. 8ts a record of hard work and dedication!

Goady and unkind. You know why people like them. Nasty.

Goady and unkind. You know why people like them. Nasty

^ I agree.

I think professional ones you see in a magazine or advert are bad. I read an article about how they create them, usually on the same day, using different angles and such.
Ones from every day people or friends are nice. They're showing you progress from their hard work. I find them very motivating. If they posted a picture of progress in any other part of their lives you'd celebrate them.

Unkind? Yeah and perhaps I have had my own weight loss journey but haven't felt the need to post these kind of pictures?

Christ...

Why do you think they are damaging?

I did these.

The pictures said alot more than what the images presented.

In my old pics, I was 20 - 30lbs overweight, depressed, extremely unhappy in my engagement (some elements of abuse), horrendous job, just recovering from a mental breakdown.

In my newer pics, I had lost that weight. I was very happy. I was free from that horrendous relationship. I'd finally settled in a good job. I had a clear mental outlook and I was prioritising my health.

So the pictures were NOT solely about weight loss. And I was damn proud that I had achieved all those things - healthy mental outlook, pride in myself, not putting up with shit from people, happy relationship, great part time job...

People post these things because they are proud of their achievements and to belittle that just because you don't enjoy seeing them is unnecessary and harsh.

It makes me wonder if there is something missing in your life that wants to drag other people down when they celebrate? Especially when it's so easy just to hide posts these days on SM.

For context I am a healthy weight size 10

Keep your beak out, then.

Really sick of people who are a 'healthy size 10' trying to tell women who are overweight that they should be 'body positive' and that diets are harmful and that they shouldn't talk about their size and that they must just eat all the things they want and that if they want a gateau for breakfast it's self-care. If you're a 'healthy size 10' you have absolutely no idea what it's like to have your weight make you feel unfit, exhausted and uncomfortable and no idea what it's like to struggle to find suitable clothes, so mind your own business and stop policing other women's attitudes to their own bodies.

I'll think what I want about my own body, I'll talk about my own body honestly in the way that I choose, whether that's negatively or positively, and I'll post whatever pictures of it I want.

And yes, I have been taking photos of myself ever since I started my fitness programme a few months ago and yes, damn right I'll be posting before and after pics in six months' time. If people don't like it, they can unfollow me.

I have been a healthy size 10, and I've been an unhealthy size 20, and I certainly know at which weight I feel happier and more comfortable and more like myself. Other women's mileage may vary, of course; we all have our 'happy weight' I think and it will be different for everyone. There is absolutely nothing wrong with women celebrating it.

Perhaps you have indeed had your own weight loss journey. If you have then you should know how much work it takes to change. If you don’t want to congratulate someone then just scroll past. Some people 🙄

Yeah and perhaps I have had my own weight loss journey but haven't felt the need to post these kind of pictures?

You've already told us once already that you're a 'healthy size 10' and now you're talking about your 'weight loss journey'. Why is you making a point of telling people your size and informing everyone that you've lost weight OK, but other women posting pictures is not OK?

It feels like you posted this entire thread just to find a reason to tell everyone that you're a) 'a healthy size 10' and b) better at it than them.

I clicked on here thinking it was going to be weight loss photos. I love looking at them. I’m also a size 10 but I put on weight when I had my two children and had to work hard to lose it. It is hard work and I love seeing how people look more confident and happier in their after photos.

I know that people don’t have to lose weight to be attractive or confident but if someone is posting a photo it means that they want to celebrate their achievement and it makes a lot people feel good to be able to share in that.

YABU - let people post what makes them feel good! Block or unfollow people’s whose social media you don’t like

YABU. People are proud of the changes they've made to their bodies and are sharing that; it's no different to people who post photos of their supper/DC/holidays.

I don't understand what comes across as your anger about this. For many people it's a lot of work, an achievement and can be motivational for others. Why does it bother you so much?

Where have I said I didn't want to congratulate anyone?

Many assumptions have been made about me & my situation.

Body positivity is a load of shit, I don't think you should tell anyone to think a certain way & make them feel bad cause they cannot do so about their body.

I have no idea though but yes I do think that for some people seeing these images is damaging to their self worth & self esteem.

The before photo stigmatized as bad and the after good for dropping weight? This isn't sending the wrong message to people?

But my opinion is invalid it seems... Cool.

Well clearly you were not willing to accept you're being unreasonable.

You sound like a knob OP, I had my weight loss pictures everywhere after I lost 9 stones. Damn proud I am of them too

You must be a bit thick if you can’t understand why people post them.

They are not damaging in the slightest

YABU I think it's amazing to see how far some people have come in their weight loss journey, I'd rather see that than another naked Kardashian. I have some before pictures which are nice to go back to, and see how my bodies changed. I probably won't post them to it's a nice motivation to have.

Do you not read the blurb that comes with them though?

For example

'At 23 stone my joints ached, I was breathless walking up stairs, going on holiday was embarrassing if I needed an extension felt, I felt tired, sluggish and self conscious. Has losing 10 stone helped that? Mostly though it hadn't solved all my problems. Now I can run for a bus, have more energy and feel full of life. My eyes sparkle and I feel more confident'

YABU

This just seems an odd thing to post OP. I can't see how before/after pics would be damaging. Maybe to the minority, but everything is probably damaging to someone in some way.