Lose weight the fun way.

Posted on February 9, 2015

I have started reading this book call the fat rules by M. D Mosteller (by the way this book is really good)... it is so true! I feel like my weight is causing me to become a shut-in... I am a naturally out going person and I want to continue being out going!

Last night while reading the book the charter (which is based on the author) started another diet... She figured out how much she needed to loose and divided that by 10. She the put FAT pictures of herself on her bedroom mirror and as her reward got to take a picture down for every 10 pounds she lost!!!

I hate looking at myself in pictures these days (especially the full body ones) so I am going to use this little trick! So today I will be looking for the 7 FATest pictures of me. I am not sure what I want my goal weight to be... I will know when I get there... so I may only take 5 pictures down or I might take all 7... for me it's not a size it's how I feel!

I'm not sure anyone is reading this but it is nice to post my thoughts out there... not sure I will continue to post things about myself or not, but it feel good to get the truth out there.

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LOSINGTOFINDMYSELF

04/22/2016 4:19PM

I feel the same way as you. I am this energetic, adventurous person in my head but since I've gained weight I work and go home. I really love this idea. I haven't let anyone take a "full body" picture of me in two years. I'm going to get my sister to take some this weekend and hang them up next week.

Kirsten

02/12/2015 6:34AM

Great idea indeed :) Thats 7 pics for me as well! Need to think on how to do this since I don't have my wardrobe in my bedroom. Maybe I need to hang them in the kitchen....

Candy

02/10/2015 9:25AM

Great idea! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm with you in that I need something in my face to remind me of what and why I'm doing this. That is my motivation!

Moonwytch1313

02/09/2015 2:27PM

This is incredible! Thank you for sharing. I have family pictures hanging and I can't bear to look at the more recent due to my weight, but the earlier ones bring me more pain because I know that I really let myself go. I will now put up pictures of now and back down to then and remove them as I reach each personal milestone. Thank you Thank you Thank you

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Katie P.

02/09/2015 12:24PM

That is an interesting idea! Along the same lines - There is some website where you can upload a picture of you and then program the weight and it will adjust the picture to show what it would be like if you lost weight. Now that would be motivation!

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Katie P.

http://www4.weightmirror.com/weightmirror/liftupload.php

broncosmama

Thanks. I'll check it out.

SquawMarie

02/09/2015 11:50AM

That was a great idea to share! Thanks!

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Nance

02/09/2015 11:48AM

Hi, I am curious about this book. Can you tell us more. I am not so sure about the pictures. It sounds like a punishment that you have to see the pictures of yourself. That sounds wrong to me. This is who you are. This is your starting point. Love yourself for who you are today and if you want to change that's ok.

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Kognac01

I agree it is punishment, but every time I see the pictures I am reminded of what I am working towards!check it out:http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Rules-M-D-Mosteller-ebook/dp/B00JLYEIP4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423511451&sr=8-1&keywords=the+fat+rules

mattandrewsmom

I kind of agree with Nance. I made a goal board and cut out pictures of bodies that I admired and wanted to look like (it is different for everyone) and I used different colored paper to cut out circles. Each circle represented a 5 lb weight loss and got me closer to the center which was the bullseye and my goal weight. Every time I lost another 5 lbs, I would write down the date I achieved it. It helped me to figure out about how long it would take to lose another 5 lbs and how much work would go into it. It was fun. I did have pictures of me on there that I didn't like, but I was also a new mother (2nd child) so I tried not to beat myself up too much. He is 8 now, so no more excuses, lol.