Does anyone else find it "hard" to look at their before pictures?

**skelooth** · 11-03-2005, 02:34 AM

I cringe when I look at my before pictures. Honestly. I ask myself what the hell I was thinking. I'm so disgusted by the way I used to look (and behave!!!). Some people say it's great inspiration to look at your before pictures, and I guess it is, because I never want to look that way again.... ever. It's like a painful past that I wish never happened. And it goes so much deeper. There's so many years of my life wasted. I can't imagine "living" without being able to be physically active. Being able to run and jump and lift, and play is the most amazing feeling in the world, and I would not trade it for anything.

Here's a before picture that disgusts me... date 07-21-04... over a year ago

http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/pepper1.jpg

Here's another one from the 06-19-04.
http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/06-19-1.jpg

here's a great movie to watch from 07-21-04
http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/peppermovie.gif

I look at these pictures.... I see a fat unhealthy computer nerd who has not been in the sun for weeks on end. It disgusts me to no end.

Then I look at me now, and see that there is still much more of a road left.... but the feeling of disgust is gone

http://patrickavella.com/fitness/pro...s/fr110105.jpg

htxred · 11-03-2005, 03:06 AM

cant say i do. i look at my old pics all the time. cant forget where you come from. doesnt disgust me or anything, i was a great person before, im just a great person with abz now :p

**skelooth** · 11-03-2005, 03:51 AM

you're too happy, it scares me

That's probably part of the reason why you were able to shed your fat so well. I'm naturally a stressed out / bent out of shape person by design, I can't seem to help it. I'm sure deep under my skin when I first started lifting it was because I was disgusted with myself

You happy people intimidate me

KingOfChaos · 11-03-2005, 04:53 AM

I think the most disgusting thing in that first picture is the banana pepper up your nose. :P

DarkFalcon · 11-03-2005, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by skelooth

I cringe when I look at my before pictures. Honestly. I ask myself what the hell I was thinking. I'm so disgusted by the way I used to look (and behave!!!). Some people say it's great inspiration to look at your before pictures, and I guess it is, because I never want to look that way again.... ever. It's like a painful past that I wish never happened. And it goes so much deeper. There's so many years of my life wasted. I can't imagine "living" without being able to be physically active. Being able to run and jump and lift, and play is the most amazing feeling in the world, and I would not trade it for anything.

Here's a before picture that disgusts me... date 07-21-04... over a year ago

http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/pepper1.jpg

Here's another one from the 06-19-04.
http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/06-19-1.jpg

here's a great movie to watch from 07-21-04
http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/peppermovie.gif

I look at these pictures.... I see a fat unhealthy computer nerd who has not been in the sun for weeks on end. It disgusts me to no end.

Then I look at me now, and see that there is still much more of a road left.... but the feeling of disgust is gone

http://patrickavella.com/fitness/pro...s/fr110105.jpg

lol..that's hilarious.

You know bro looking at your latest pic your only a few inches on your love handles away from looking full on stud!

Everything else is really looking good and your arms are great. :nosthumbs

GameDayDog · 11-03-2005, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkFalcon

lol..that's hilarious.

You know bro looking at your latest pic your only a few inches on your love handles away from looking full on stud!

Yeah.. take that from DF.. he's an expert when it comes to studs..

I only have 1 question... Did you eat those peppers?? .. Nevermynd, I thynk I know the answer...

I look at my before pictures... and I can't believe how small I was... I styll was the happiest dude alive tho... I just didn't know I was skinny.. Aiight... All my friends remynded me that I was skinny... and you can search the internet for a billion years and not fynd a picture of my legs, prior to my weight training... *D

But even tho I was thin, I had hundreds of thousands of women (ok, very very very SLIGHT exaggeration) ... charm, sense of humor and soft brown eyes that make women get nekkid without saying a word... I sit back sometymes and wonder how much better lyfe could've been if I'd had some muscles??? It's actually a scary thought...

Here's a pic of me during my skinny days... (Don't even bother to ask why we had a camera pointing at the bed

, I'm a pervert & proud of it.)

Peace..~G

Unholy · 11-03-2005, 03:26 PM

I just took some before pics with no shirt and I can agree even though I have lost 123lbs I still will not go out to swim with no shirt but I hope that will change by summer if I stick with my work out program.

Hybrid · 11-03-2005, 08:48 PM

I got my school pictures from one year ago and compared them to this year WOW do I look different. I never realized my face used to be so round

Lift · 11-03-2005, 09:07 PM

Yeah i cant stand looking at them, although i am only 30lbs heavier in them it makes a hell of difference, i cant believe i didnt do something serious about being overweight earlier.

same goes for fam photos school photos etc

htxred · 11-03-2005, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skelooth

you're too happy, it scares me

That's probably part of the reason why you were able to shed your fat so well. I'm naturally a stressed out / bent out of shape person by design, I can't seem to help it. I'm sure deep under my skin when I first started lifting it was because I was disgusted with myself

You happy people intimidate me

*lightbulb* i got some hidden advice for ya. ITS HIDDEN IN THAT POST!!! LET ME KNOW IF YOU STILL DONT GET IT :p

Scheizekopf · 11-18-2005, 12:39 AM

I actually wish I had more "Before" pictures.

I love the accomplishment!!!

**skelooth** · 11-18-2005, 02:03 AM

I actually wish i did too. Granted, I wouldn't want to look at them, it'd be too painful. But i'd like to have seen myself at my peak of obesity. It's amazing how much we subconciously avoid cameras when we're overweight

Now i can't get enough of the camera and the mirror haha.

DJohnson · 11-18-2005, 06:12 AM

Lol, yeah. When I post my before pictures (any day now!) it'll include my driver license photo. It's so hard to track down the pics at your peak.

WHEN I get REALLY shredded I might have to you knocking on relatives doors and get like pictures of me from xmas 2004.

That should be near my absolute fatness peak. I think I'll only be able to scrounge up pictures of 235lbs or so though.

Good enough though, I looked pretty gross. I'm just glad I had my trip to mexico. I have a few shirtless pics at 227lbs because of that.

Scheizekopf · 11-18-2005, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skelooth

I actually wish i did too. Granted, I wouldn't want to look at them, it'd be too painful. But i'd like to have seen myself at my peak of obesity. It's amazing how much we subconciously avoid cameras when we're overweight

Now i can't get enough of the camera and the mirror haha.

I was and now am the exact same way. Cameras are awesome now.

pammiejoe6 · 11-18-2005, 03:12 PM

WOW skel you look great! you SHOULD be proud!!!

I dont mind looking at my before pics honstly...it makes me feel motivated to keep going and never give up...

I still have so far to go....any OUNCE of motivation I can get helps bigtime...hahaha

dton · 11-21-2005, 07:32 AM

Thats awesome skel, congratulations.

I've got a few before shots of what I was like at the begining of this year... it's scarey. Im still a fatass now, but before was just... bad. More than what I looked like before, how I feel now in comparisson to before is what keeps me going.

**krzna** · 11-21-2005, 12:35 PM

Fat ARSE ... pear shaped and softy

during transition

and now

**MASSIVE** · 11-29-2005, 05:43 AM

^^^^^^^

That's amazing...must feel damn good! :bigthumbu

11-03-2005, 02:34 AM	#1
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,205 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 158	Does anyone else find it "hard" to look at their before pictures? I cringe when I look at my before pictures. Honestly. I ask myself what the hell I was thinking. I'm so disgusted by the way I used to look (and behave!!!). Some people say it's great inspiration to look at your before pictures, and I guess it is, because I never want to look that way again.... ever. It's like a painful past that I wish never happened. And it goes so much deeper. There's so many years of my life wasted. I can't imagine "living" without being able to be physically active. Being able to run and jump and lift, and play is the most amazing feeling in the world, and I would not trade it for anything. Here's a before picture that disgusts me... date 07-21-04... over a year ago http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/pepper1.jpg Here's another one from the 06-19-04. http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/06-19-1.jpg here's a great movie to watch from 07-21-04 http://www.patrickavella.com/mypics/peppermovie.gif I look at these pictures.... I see a fat unhealthy computer nerd who has not been in the sun for weeks on end. It disgusts me to no end. Then I look at me now, and see that there is still much more of a road left.... but the feeling of disgust is gone http://patrickavella.com/fitness/pro...s/fr110105.jpg __________________ R I P Last edited by skelooth : 11-03-2005 at 04:22 AM.

11-03-2005, 03:51 AM	#3
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,205 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 158	you're too happy, it scares me That's probably part of the reason why you were able to shed your fat so well. I'm naturally a stressed out / bent out of shape person by design, I can't seem to help it. I'm sure deep under my skin when I first started lifting it was because I was disgusted with myself You happy people intimidate me __________________ R I P

11-03-2005, 04:53 AM	#4
KingOfChaos Pro Stature Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Temple, TX Posts: 156 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	I think the most disgusting thing in that first picture is the banana pepper up your nose. :P __________________ Shawn Muder Bodybuilding Enthusiast Fire Controlman, United States Navy Starting Weight: 520 lbs. BF - 62% (3/24/04) Current Weight: 315 lbs. BF - 22% (03/09/08) MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/darkspeaker Livejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/~kingoflaw/ Realms of Evil, My D&D website: http://www.realmsofevil.net/

11-03-2005, 08:48 PM	#8
Hybrid IMPC Contestant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gibsonia PA Posts: 824 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 14	I got my school pictures from one year ago and compared them to this year WOW do I look different. I never realized my face used to be so round __________________ If you even dream about beating me you'd better wake up and apologize - Muhammad Ali

11-18-2005, 12:39 AM	#11
Scheizekopf Pink Members Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 226 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	I actually wish I had more "Before" pictures. I love the accomplishment!!! __________________ PINK is cool.

11-03-2005, 03:06 AM	#2
htxred Pro Stature Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: houston Posts: 227 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	cant say i do. i look at my old pics all the time. cant forget where you come from. doesnt disgust me or anything, i was a great person before, im just a great person with abz now :p

11-03-2005, 03:26 PM	#7
Unholy New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Valdosta, GA Posts: 13 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	I just took some before pics with no shirt and I can agree even though I have lost 123lbs I still will not go out to swim with no shirt but I hope that will change by summer if I stick with my work out program.

11-03-2005, 09:07 PM	#9
Lift I Love IronMass.Com Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 825 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 12	Yeah i cant stand looking at them, although i am only 30lbs heavier in them it makes a hell of difference, i cant believe i didnt do something serious about being overweight earlier. same goes for fam photos school photos etc

11-18-2005, 02:03 AM	#12
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,205 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 158	I actually wish i did too. Granted, I wouldn't want to look at them, it'd be too painful. But i'd like to have seen myself at my peak of obesity. It's amazing how much we subconciously avoid cameras when we're overweight Now i can't get enough of the camera and the mirror haha. __________________ R I P

11-18-2005, 06:12 AM	#13
DJohnson IMPC Contestant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,087 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 50	Lol, yeah. When I post my before pictures (any day now!) it'll include my driver license photo. It's so hard to track down the pics at your peak. WHEN I get REALLY shredded I might have to you knocking on relatives doors and get like pictures of me from xmas 2004. That should be near my absolute fatness peak. I think I'll only be able to scrounge up pictures of 235lbs or so though. Good enough though, I looked pretty gross. I'm just glad I had my trip to mexico. I have a few shirtless pics at 227lbs because of that. __________________ Age: 21 Height: 5'10.5" Mar, 2001: 135lbs @ ~14% Nov, 2004: 245lbs @ ~40% Feb, 2006: 188lbs @ 20.1% - Hydrostatic Tested Dec, 2006: 168lbs @ 5.5% - 7 Point Caliper Tested BULKING FOR A LONG TIME NOW Long Term Goal: Over 200lbs @ 8%

11-18-2005, 03:12 PM	#15
pammiejoe6 Pink Members Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: south texas Posts: 4,175 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 85	WOW skel you look great! you SHOULD be proud!!! I dont mind looking at my before pics honstly...it makes me feel motivated to keep going and never give up... I still have so far to go....any OUNCE of motivation I can get helps bigtime...hahaha

11-21-2005, 07:32 AM	#16
dton Pro Stature Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 222 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	Thats awesome skel, congratulations. I've got a few before shots of what I was like at the begining of this year... it's scarey. Im still a fatass now, but before was just... bad. More than what I looked like before, how I feel now in comparisson to before is what keeps me going.

11-29-2005, 05:43 AM	#18
MASSIVE AX Rep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TOKYO Posts: 1,190 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 15	^^^^^^^ That's amazing...must feel damn good! :bigthumbu __________________ Anabolic Xtreme Rep www.AnabolicX