Before and Before Pics

Chubby 7 year old :)

My favorite part about dieting blogs are the before and after pictures. You know I'm right. You might say you like reading about their trials and victories, but what you really want to see is that horrible 'before' picture filled with fat rolls and depressed, blank expressions, and then the 'after' picture of them - beautiful, trim, and happy.
I'm about to disappoint you. At least for a little while. I don't have any after pics. I barely have any before pics. I hate being in pictures and have very few of me. In fact, I think I could win an award for being tagged in the least amount of face book photos. So what I'll share with you are before pics of when I was a lot skinnier, and the current pics of what I have to live with now. I look forward to the day I can add some fabulous 'after' pictures!



 


Here I am. 17 years old. And I thought I was fat. UGH









About to graduate. I was living by the ocean, tanning every day, and having a blast!










In College. Probably at my skinniest - around 135. I still thought I was fat. Really????








Going to a work christmas party. I was 21. I hid this picture for years because I hated how heavy I looked. I was around 140. If I had a time machine, I would go back and smack this girl.









 Ah - the year I met David. This was taken by my mom when I first introduced him to her. He was 20. I was 22. We had no idea this would be the skinniest we'd see each other through the course of our relationship.








About 6 years later. The pounds had packed on but we barely noticed. It's strange how you can stay in denial for so long.










Ok this picture I normally do hide. It was taken at a wedding. I have no idea why I thought wearing a white dress to someone elses wedding was a good idea - but there you have it. This was about 3 years ago I guess.

My feet look really small in comparison to the rest of my body.







This was 2 years ago. I was opening gifts at my wedding shower that my co-workers threw for me. Can you see the resemblance to the marshmallow man?









This is the most recent picture I could find of me - and it was taken a little over a year ago. Don't question my hair - I was between hair colors lol. This picture makes me sad. We were in the Caribbean and I wouldn't let David take pictures of me because I hated how big I looked. There were a lot of fun moments that we didn't catch on camera because of our insecurities.