A couple of scary photos. Me in my teens... the first one, somewhere in the mid-teens, with my cousin Kimmi. She is about 10 yrs younger. And me with my dratted sausage-arms even back then. Skinny forearms, but big uppers. I've hated them all my life but never knew how to get rid of them. (Thankfully I figured out how to get rid of those GLASSES years ago though! Ugh, how embarrassing)
And then this was us at her wedding last summer:
And then a picture of me in my later teens, standing with my Mom in front of the restaurant my family owned at the time. During one of the freaky city floods- where we had about 6 inches of water inside the place. It was crazy, the amount of damage and clean-up we had to do. But the scary part were my THIGHS. Those awful, lumpy dimpled thighs. I hated them.
And then this was us at her wedding last summer:
And then a picture of me in my later teens, standing with my Mom in front of the restaurant my family owned at the time. During one of the freaky city floods- where we had about 6 inches of water inside the place. It was crazy, the amount of damage and clean-up we had to do. But the scary part were my THIGHS. Those awful, lumpy dimpled thighs. I hated them.
And I still don't like my thighs to this day, but I am thankful that they don't look quite so lumpy and big anymore. And I can't believe I was only about 118 lbs back then. Not all that heavy, but oh so fatty!!!
Just makes me glad I found a way to shape up. And makes me glad that I know I won't ever be back to THAT old shape again, even though I am more than twice as old in age! But I sure have had major battles in self-image all my life. Not liking how I looked, not knowing what I could do about it. I am glad I found BeachBody and the motivation and TOOLS to get me where I am today, because I might have actually, finally, permanently figured out how to get past the negative self-image I have lived with for so long.
Just makes me glad I found a way to shape up. And makes me glad that I know I won't ever be back to THAT old shape again, even though I am more than twice as old in age! But I sure have had major battles in self-image all my life. Not liking how I looked, not knowing what I could do about it. I am glad I found BeachBody and the motivation and TOOLS to get me where I am today, because I might have actually, finally, permanently figured out how to get past the negative self-image I have lived with for so long.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your embarrasment for our amusement. Gotta love the glasses!!!!!!
And about those arms - they look like nice teenaged arms to me! I would not expect to see sculpted muscles on a teen.
It is amazing how we view ourselves vs. how others view us. I, too, can be my own worst enemy. But, I'm getting better. I saw some pics of me as a teen recently and I thought I was soooo fat in H.S. when in reality I wasn't. I just am not built like some of the girls I admired. And I never will be. I'm learning (oh so slowly) to accept my body for what it is and work with what God gave me. ;-)
Thanks Jeanne... for sharing my horrifying youth with me. LOL
I've just never been happy with my body and I'm glad that I've finally started liking it. Even if it might've taken all of my adult life to get here... I'm at least here! Just wanting to fine-tune now.
~TuxB
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