MIch elle Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Why is that? :glare: . . . . . . . Yes, I am overweight! .... 5'7"; size 14 ..... Butttt ... I don't really feel that fat - like in the photos. How about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Not fat, but... when I look in the mirror I think my face looks pretty good for my age, but when I see a photo I think, "Who the h*ll is that saggy old woman?!" :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in NY Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I know what you mean! I told my husband that I must have anti-anorexia. I look in the mirror and see thin...but I'm not. (I also see young and cute and those aren't true either!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 My answer would be that the bathroom mirror does not show my hips/butt. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey in NY Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I can really relate to this! Except for me it's the image in my head that is normal, ok weight, decent looking, then I pass a mirror and say, wow, who's that fat girl?, so I just stay away from mirrors:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyFL Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 In the mirror I don't look old either. :confused: Hate those pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LG Gone Wild Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Not fat, but... when I look in the mirror I think my face looks pretty good for my age, but when I see a photo I think, "Who the h*ll is that saggy old woman?!" :confused: Oh, too true, too true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthwestMom Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yep... I feel a lot prettier than I look in photos. Kind of the inverse of my experience as a teenager, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Why is that? :glare:. . . . . . . Yes, I am overweight! .... 5'7"; size 14 ..... Butttt ... I don't really feel that fat - like in the photos. How about you? I have the same problem. I hate the way I look in photos, but I know it will be important to my kids to have picks of their mom so I let the pictures be taken anyway. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I was just thinking this this morning, as I was looking at some new photo! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leighp Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I have the same problem! I'm the same height and pant size as you. I think part of it is because I am a pear shape. From the waist up, I look fine. Waist down - not so much. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 That's weird because I have the opposite problem. Every morning I think I look so wrinkly and saggy (the neck goes first, doncha know?). But in photos I generally look better than I do in my head. Weird. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I try to use only one specific mirror in my house. One of my bathrooms offers a sweet combination of gentle lighting and what must be a profoundly flawed mirror, because I always look pretty good in that one. And I've even managed to convince myself that this lone mirror is telling the truth and all the others are filthy liars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Not fat, but... when I look in the mirror I think my face looks pretty good for my age, but when I see a photo I think, "Who the h*ll is that saggy old woman?!" :confused: That is me too. I don't look like I did as little as 4 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I know what you mean! I told my husband that I must have anti-anorexia. I look in the mirror and see thin...but I'm not. (I also see young and cute and those aren't true either!) This has been my joke for years- that I have reverse anorexia. I think I look good and then I see a picture and barely recognize myself! I am working on getting reality to match what I see in the mirror- lol. I have lost 37 pounds so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Ha! I know how you feel! I wonder why that is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'm right there with you!!!! I hate how I look in photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I have the same issue. I think I look fine and then I see a picture and wonder how those huge arms got there! :iagree:Me, exactly. I see my upper arms in photos and think, Whoa, those would make a whole family a very nutritious meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 So relate to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britomart Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I think part of it is that we can hold ourselves better when we look in the mirror (posture and expression) because we can instantly react to and adjust how we're holding ourselves. But, even more than that, I think we look better moving than still. Even if that moving is just blinking and breathing. No gentle, constant movement in pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenhwyfar Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I despise photos of myself. I'm not in the least bit photogenic - even my dh has confirmed that :laugh: That sounds mean - but it isn't. It's just truth. For instance - I have dark circles under my eyes that show up WAY darker in photos than they do in person. Never fails. A good friend did our wedding photos and said after "whoa, why do you look so tired in all of these???" :tongue_smilie: I also can't smile on demand - even if I'm perfectly happy with whatever I'm doing, the words "say cheese" bring out this weird crooked grin. Mix it with the dark eye circles and it's just creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I am SO all of these posts! (except for Barb's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibbis Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 So glad to hear I'm not the only "reverse anorexic" out there. Pictures shock me - I always think "I thought I looked good that day." Maybe our perspective is damaged by all the unrealistic pictures in magazines and on tv of teeny, tiny women posing as "normal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Can relate and also - What really messes with me is when I go by a mirror and think I see my mother!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Yes, exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I look "not so fat" when I face myself head on in the mirror. Then I turn even slightly and the illusion is shattered:w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 This is me! My sister got married this summer, and in all the photos I wonder why my mom is wearing my clothes...and why she looks exactly like she did 20 years ago!!!:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I am SO all of these posts! (except for Barb's) I must just look better in 2d than I do in real life. It's too bad I can't walk around with a headshot of myself pasted to my forehead like a Halloween mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Why is that? :glare:Yes, I am overweight! .... 5'7"; size 14 ..... Butttt ... I don't really feel that fat - like in the photos. How about you? Yep - call that 'reverse anorexia'. For me, reality also dawns if I catch myself in the mirror out of the corner of my eye - whose butt is that???!! But head on, I look fine! Actually, I finally lost 40lbs. a few years ago and the situation is not as dire, though I could lose 10 more. But the whole time I was very overweight (years!) I was in denial - it was when the scale told me I was about 1 lb. away from being officially obese that finally frightened me into action. Oddly, I think I may be more critical of how I look in the mirror now than I was then... (especially if I've just caught a glimpse of my butt in the mirror out of the corner of my eye...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 The camera really does "add weight". I became very aware of this when I went to a high school reunion where lots of photos were taken. One friend in particular looked really good in person but looked kind of chubby in the pictures. She was NOT, though. It was the pictures. I have reverse anorexia, too.:tongue_smilie: I think I have just had so many pgs and been so many sizes over the years that I have truly lost touch of what I "really" look like.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I have the same issue. I think I look fine and then I see a picture and wonder how those huge arms got there! I call those "the family arms." I just had that experience last week. I hate being tagged on facebook. blech. The only time my arms have ever looked ok was when I worked as a server. There is nothing like carrying a tray around all night to thin out those arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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