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What will I look like?!

I remember asking myself this alot, what will I look like when I lose the weight, what will a good weight be for me, how can I expect my clothes to fit, etc. I found awhile ago, a really great and fun website:

http://www.mybodygallery.com/

it is just like it sounds — a searchable database of (mostly anonymous) photographs of women, tagged with their self-described height, weight, body shape, and dress sizes. "A recent study found that 95% of non-eating disordered women overestimate the size of their hips by 16% and their waists by 25%, yet the same women were able to correctly estimate the width of a box," explain the founders. "In a world full of images of how we 'should' look it can get difficult to tell how we DO look."

I think it's a rally good site to visit along this journey as well. I have been losing so much weight so fast, I still feel much bigger than I actually am, so seeing other people, the same height and general shape as me at the same weight is a really good way for me to guage what I actually look like. It's also excited to check out smaller weights and guestimate what I will look like when I'm done plus a few extra rolls of skin...;) but you get the point! Try it!

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I found that site a while ago and its so cool to look at! It really gives you such a good idea how weight, pants size and shape vary SO much! Its great to look at to understand how its so subjective. When people say 'I want to be a a size 6' you can see how there really is NO one size fits all 6 and how it varies so much.

Such an interesting site! Thanks for bringing it here! :)

I found that site a while ago and its so cool to look at! It really gives you such a good idea how weight, pants size and shape vary SO much! Its great to look at to understand how its so subjective. When people say 'I want to be a a size 6' you can see how there really is NO one size fits all 6 and how it varies so much.

Such an interesting site! Thanks for bringing it here! :)

I agree! So many factors to consider! People's body frame:sm, m, or lg? Fat vs. muscle. People with higher muscle content will look thinner because muscle is dense and compact, versus fat that is more volume-ess, less dense, and requires a lot more of to have an equivalent weight to muscle.

However, it was a really neat site and I did find a person of similar body frame size that matched my own. Thanks for sharing :D

That's a pretty cool site even if I didn't enjoy the pics I got when I put my stats in there.

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