Do you have a photo inspiration???

jeffisbig said:
I haven't been thin since I was in grade school, so I don't even know what my body looks like
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I've NEVER been thin. I was heavy as a child, and all through my teenage years. I have no idea what my body will look like at a healthy weight and bf%

I'm actually worried, as aside from a little bit of manboob that's left, I've lost pretty much everything from my upper body. all that's left is stomach, gut, legs. and my upper body is still pretty huge, but that's my ribcage/chest and my stupidly broad shoulders. i'm probably going to have a pretty severe taper to my body once I'm done. dunno how that'll look.
 
I have a photo of myself in a belly shirt. It was pre-babies, probably just under 120lbs. I had semi defined abs. After 4 babies, my stomach will never look like that again. But it's nice to remember I was thin. Too bad I didn't enjoy it. I had an eating disorder. Even when I was 112lbs, my goal weight was 106lbs and I already knew my next goal, had I achieved that one was 99lbs.

Sometimes I think I've come so far, but I guess my filter is still messed up. Of all those pics, the only ones I thought were really thin was Amy Weinhouse I think. Others looked great, yes. But to what I would say thin, or especially rail thin, no.
 
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there are so many!
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I think she has an amazing body!
I do find it sad though how distorted our visions of a perfect body are.. I mean, as much as Gemma Arterton has a normal body, I find Kate Bosworth's body just as attractive as say Penelope Cruz's.
Yet, they're completely different.
 
Mary Jarmolowich's body is my inspiration. We both are the same height. And I hope to be 120 pounds like her someday. That is my goal. She looks great!!
 
I rarely rely on photos for inspiration - I feel inspired when I see before/after pics of people. I just don't trust celeb images, the celeb world is strange as it is and the pics are photoshopped, so I don't want to fall into that.
On the other hand, I have a true hourglass shape and I hated it my whole life, but have recently started to embrace it. I really love Sophia Loren, Christina Hendricks for their curves! As much as I detest Kim K (talk about vacuous..) for what she represents, I idolize her body. I'm around the same height as her and also have an hourglass shape with a big bust and chest, so I hope that when I lose weight I'll have a similar body. Either way, I just want to keep my proportions and be the best of me!
 
Drew Barrymore (pre-weight loss)

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She looks fine now, but I prefer her before she lost some more weight.

Same with Jennifer Connelly

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Too thin now, but perfect (and attainable) before!
 
I love this picture of "plus size" model Kate Dillon. Her body looks so gorgeous, strong, and real. For all the women who are naturally skinny, good for them. For my body type, though, being a size 2 would be neither realistic nor healthy. My goal is to get to a healthy body size and to be happy.

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