Best options for before/after pics

[midwestchickie 0]

Okay..so I'm being a little obsessive...I have surgery sept 24, start my preop diet on Sunday, so I want to start my progress pics Sunday.

for those of you who took full body pics as you lost weight, did you wear undies/bra, nekkid, clothes??? I'm thinking like a tank top and shorts that are quite tight right now and wearing the same thing each time. I want pretty good pics, as I plan on putting them in my wl blog.

thanks for any suggestions or things you did that you didn't like??

[HeatherO 7]

I think I would forgo the "nekkid" pics. However, you should choose something form fitting that you wont be really embarrassed by should a friend or neighbor stumble across them. A tank top and shorts are fine.

You also want to get pics from the front, side and back to really see the differences. The best before/after shots I have seen go month to month. It is amazing to see how it progresses over time. I really wish I would have gone that route.

You know, I was just thinking about how a top down picture could really show the differences in circumference as well but it would be too hard to obtain without a helper on a ladder, lol. :0)

[Lanakila 1]

for those of you who took full body pics as you lost weight, did you wear undies/bra, nekkid, clothes??? I'm thinking like a tank top and shorts that are quite tight right now and wearing the same thing each time.

I bought a sports bra that I nearly got stuck in...and a pair of cheeky panties that were, well, not good cheeky holders. I figured that it would be pretty darned obvious as I lost weight. I almost thought I was going to have to cancel surgery because I couldn't get the bra off. Luckily my husband had a crowbar handy! We also took a close-up picture of my face with my hair completely pulled back. One from straight on, and one looking not quite all the way to the side.

I remember seeing some incredible before/after pictures of this one girl. She had a cute little semi-formal slipdress that was waaaaayyyyy too small for her in the beginning. She truly did look like a sausage about to burst the casing. In the back pics, you could see that the wide open top of the zipper was almost under her arms it was so small! As she lost weight, you could see the zipper creeping up, the dress actually dropping towards her knees, and the whole sausage look ending up a very cute little cocktail dress. It was a truly inspirational series of pictures, and a very clever idea.

[JaimeSTL 4]

I took/take pictures of myself in clothes, bra/underwear, and naked every month. The bra/underwear and naked pictures are only seen by me (and my husband). I have shared the bra/underwear pictures with one close friend, but I would never post them on my blog. I do wish that I'd picked something to wear that was more form fitting in my pictures, especially at the beginning. I usually just take the pictures for my blog in whatever I happen to be wearing that day, which can make it hard to tell how much weight I've really lost, especially since most of my clothes are baggy.