My Thoughts on Pre-OP & Post-Op Pics

Elizabeth G.
on 8/1/12 1:07 am - RI

RNY on 10/18/12

Good Morning,

Give this a thought when you take your pre-op and post-op pics.

- Light colored, close fitting clothes give the picture viewer a better sense of how and where your body has transformed with weightloss.

Yeah, I don't really want to post pics of myself in an all-white spandex outfit BUT it would show all of my pre-op wiggly-jigglies and post-op changes, despite how loathesome the pics might be. I do love, love, LOVE everyones before and after pics. Completely inspiring! Thank you!

And no, I don't have an all-white spandex outfit but if you know where I can buy one, well... no. Scratch that thought. I don't really want to know. :-)

Liz

GraceGirl
on 8/1/12 1:54 am

I didnt do that... I took my before pic in an outfit I wore ALL THE TIME. I figured that would give me a good idea of how I looked to everyone.
good idea tho!

"If you're interested in achieving success, you'll do what's convenient. When you are committed to success, you'll do whatever it takes."

DangerGirl
on 8/1/12 2:01 am - Toronto, Canada

RNY on 08/17/12

I've also heard it's a good idea to keep ONE "before" outfit even just for you to be able to see the difference.

ToNewBeginnings
on 8/1/12 5:23 am

It is amazing how quickly or easily one can forget just how big he/she was.

I have two pairs of pants that I kept. Every time I put them on I shock myself!

MyLady Heidi
on 8/1/12 5:49 am

I would never waste money on clothes pre-op, especially to just take a picture for posterity. I post my side by sides, mainly in a bikini, because I can wear one and I can't post it anywhere else on earth that wouldn't make me feel like I was bragging. No one else gets what its like to lose half your body weight besides people who have, everyone else I know struggling to lose 10-20-30-40-50lbs I won't even show my pics too now.

brenlee1965
on 8/1/12 11:29 am - New Berlin, NY

I think I will post a pre-op pic of me wearing something that I wore alot and that people who know me has seen me in numerous times (yes, I am a clothes hound; so I could take a ton of different pics in different clothes they have seen me in,,,lol). I will most likely be even worse, once I start losing weight. I am a GREAT shopper and friends are giving me their clothes as they lose (they did Lap and RNY)so I am very lucky!! I think an after pic should be something that you can "see" so many are big & you can't really see the changes. But time will tell for my pics. Love the Before and after pics also....they are truely inspirational.