Had I known then, what I know now...

Had I known 5 years ago, what I'd look like today, I would've totally loved myself and how I looked   Too bad I didn't. 5 years and 75 pounds later...I pretty much hate myself. Was looking through old pictures and found this one. I was 16 in this pic, and I would totally kill to look like that now. Just more motivation I suppose..

I feel THE SAME WAY. I've had body image issues for a minimum of 10 years. I remember when I weighed 113 and cried about it and thought I was a cow.
Now I'm like ".....oh. Smurf. NOW I'm fat"  

If it helps, I think alot of women feel that way, and I think you're gorgeous!
And I might be creepy, but I legit showed DH your profile picture the other day when I was online, to tell him that I want purple hair. He voted no to that. But you rock it!

I think everyone does this. I do all the time. I thoughts was so fat in high school and I soooo wasnt. What I'd do to look like I did when I was 17.

Quoting Mayhem ♥:" I feel THE SAME WAY. I've had body image issues for a minimum of 10 years. I remember when I weighed ... [snip!] ... profile picture the other day when I was online, to tell him that I want purple hair. He voted no to that. But you rock it!"

haha really?! that's awesome  
and thanks  

you should totally try to convince him to let you. purple has been my favorite hair color out of EVERYTHING I've done. aaand you could use this excuse..mine isn't actually all purple, it's half purple/half black...here's a pic of the other side lol

if i could look the way i did freshman year of college, i think i'd kill for it....

i weighed about 203 pounds, which in my head meant i was a friggin whale. looking back now, i looked HOT.

Quoting K.MarieAnnette:" if i could look the way i did freshman year of college, i think i'd kill for it.... i weighed about 203 pounds, which in my head meant i was a friggin whale. looking back now, i looked HOT."

same here...I was about 220 in that pic :/ and i always saw the 110/120 girls running around school and I thought I was an elephant   lol

Quoting Kristin B.:" same here...I was about 220 in that pic :/ and i always saw the 110/120 girls running around school and I thought I was an elephant   lol"

are you tall? i'm almost 5'10"

Quoting K.MarieAnnette:" are you tall? i'm almost 5'10""

5'11"  

Quoting K.MarieAnnette:" are you tall? i'm almost 5'10""

i carry most of my weight in my stomach unfortunately :/

Quoting Kristin B.:" i carry most of my weight in my stomach unfortunately :/"

mine's in my legs and i have a HUUUUUGE ass. LOL.

THIS is what i looked like. i thought i was fat. WTF was wrong with me? i'd seriously kill to look like this again.

Quoting K.MarieAnnette:" mine's in my legs and i have a HUUUUUGE ass. LOL. THIS is what i looked like. i thought i was fat. WTF was wrong with me? i'd seriously kill to look like this again. "

yep definitely not fat! lol
I guess back then our brains were warped or something

Quoting Kristin B.:" yep definitely not fat! lol I guess back then our brains were warped or something"

i guess so. lol.
i need to figure out how to look like that again.

Quoting Kristin B.:" Had I known 5 years ago, what I'd look like today, I would've totally loved myself and how I looked   ... [snip!] ... and found this one. I was 16 in this pic, and I would totally kill to look like that now. Just more motivation I suppose.. "

lmfao when i was 16/17 I had just lost about 50-60 lbs and i thought i was still fat


please excuse my lame face and my pose ... i was 17 and going through something lmfao

Quoting Miss Ashley +2:" lmfao when i was 16/17 I had just lost about 50-60 lbs and i thought i was still fat please excuse my lame face and my pose ... i was 17 and going through something lmfao "

haha duck face   i have those too lmao

<blockquote><b>Quoting Kristin B.:</b>" haha really?! that's awesome   and thanks   you should totally try to convince him to let you. purple ... [snip!] ... you could use this excuse..mine isn't actually all purple, it's half purple/half black...here's a pic of the other side lol "</blockquote>

I love it!!! It looks so good with your eyes and skin tone.
I'm sure he'd get over it if I did it, I'm super worried about the upkeep though! Mine is red and it's so hard to keep up   I was thinking of eventually doing dark brown with some purple peeking out to test it out on my hair. But I'm afraid to lose the red and never get it back if I want it lol. whatd you use for your purple???