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[Roo101769 742]

I always said I would have photos of me and my daughter together, because I have very few of my own mother. My mom HATED her picture taken. She would very rarely be in them, and mostly only candid shots taken before she could object. When she died I scrambled to find all the pictures I could of her, and there wasn't many. Therefore I always said I would do better by my own daughter, because once we are gone that is one of the only thing left for our survivors. I know I don't care how my mom looked in pictures, all I see is the mom I love and miss. Yet I have found that I too have problems being in the picture. I am hyper critical of my appearance, especially being morbidly obese. In the past five years we have had our pictures taken together twice. Well this weekend we had another round of pictures done. So far I have only received one sneak peek, but I am super thrilled with it. I am only half way to goal right now, but the pictures show such a difference. I love this shot and can only hope the rest are as good! Thought I would share...

[DarbiMolly 188]

Beautiful pic!

[JeanZ_RN 378]

You are BOTH beautiful!

[StephanieRR 131]

So pretty!! Beautiful picture!!! Be a proud momma and keep up the great work!

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

mom HATED her picture taken

@@Roo101769

awwwww, hey cutie what a great pic of you

oh Roo, your pic part is great too

good for you on realizing the importance of pics - posterity et al

you are definitely a smart cookie!!!!

as many others, i always used to run from the camera

hard/almost impossible to find an old pic of me

none with my now married daughter

gonna remedy that soon

we will all be together and have a few professional pics with grandkids et al

wow - you've lost 90 lbs!!!!

party dance, party dance

kathy

congrats

Edited June 16, 2014 by proudgrammy

[SherB 220]

Your picture brought tears to my eyes. I too do the same thing with my 7 year old daughter. I really cannot wait to get a nice picture of us together. I only have two, one when she was 3 months and the other when she was 18 months. Congratulations, you both look beautiful!

[BigGirlPanties 957]

I LOVE that pic...you (and your daughter) look amazing...

I too love photos...of OTHERS... I have a pic of my Mom and Dad on my frig so I can see them everyday... my husband loves to take pictures, and I am getting better about letting him take my photo...but it's a hard one for most of us...

One thing I wish I had done was take a photo journal... a picture of me EVERY month while I was losing...maybe in the same outfit...I think that would have helped me see the progress better... I would suggest that to anyone now!

[Chelly 364]

Wonderful picture!

[healthyme1963 136]

Beautiful!

[BigGirlPanties 957]

@healthyme1963... love your little "signature saying" on your account

[healthyme1963 136]

@healthyme1963... love your little "signature saying" on your account

Thanks! It's one of many mottos I have adopted!

[Bandista 7,466]

That is a great motto -- makes me smile. Could use some uncontrollable laughter but it's early in the week. We will see!

Roo, this is such a beautiful picture of you and your daughter -- something for both of you and others who love you to treasure. I am also in the no-photo club and need to remedy that. My husband jokes that our son won't know what his mother looked like and deep down inside I always thought, well, that's the idea, that's why I'm hiding! I was ashamed of myself and now I'm so very grateful to be dropping that cloak of shame and showing up in my life. And in a few photos. More to come. Thank you for this.

[thesuse2000 698]

Beautiful photo and story. You're both glowing and the love is palpable.

[JCsMamaBear 58]

I also understand where you're coming from. I have a 3yo son and I could count on one hand the number of pictures have of the two of us together. I have pictures of him with everyone else in the family, but I just hate pics of myself. I really want to be in the picture though, and my surgery is coming up on 7/1, so hopefully this holiday season will see more of me in our pictures!

[Roo101769 742]

Don't wait.. Get some now. First, he has known this momma for 3yrs. It won't matter to him looking back, just that you were there. Second, it is a great visual record for your weight loss journey. Trust me, pictures are the best way to document the changes you are about to go through. Might as well have them do double duty!

I also understand where you're coming from. I have a 3yo son and I could count on one hand the number of pictures have of the two of us together. I have pictures of him with everyone else in the family, but I just hate pics of myself. I really want to be in the picture though, and my surgery is coming up on 7/1, so hopefully this holiday season will see more of me in our pictures!