Comments on: Question of the Week: Do weight loss photos inspire you or depress you?

By: marina

marina — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:50:42 +0000

i love janet jackson and i wuld do anything to meet her<3im her biggest fan

By: Jasmine White

Jasmine White — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:18:01 +0000

As part of my personal weight loss plan I made a vision board. It's kind of like a collage only with pictures of what you would like to achieve and inspirational sayings. I had photos of skinny women who had lost weight and were holding up thier old "fat" pants. I had photos of women running, jumping and dancing and quotes from women athletes. I hung it on my wall and looked at it for one year, asking myself, "What would it take to look like that?" Then I was inspired to change my habits. So yes, photos do inspire me. I was wearing an 18, now I wear a size 10.

By: Elastic Waist

Elastic Waist — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:46:48 +0000

It can definitely be inspiring to see a body transform before your eyes, but it isn't healthy for a person's weight to fluctuate drastically back and forth. Slow and steady wins the race on this one!

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:31:26 +0000

If I’m sticking to my exercise schedule – looking at pictures really encourages me to stick with it. In fact, I usually take a magazine to look at when I’m on the stair climber!

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:38:55 +0000

Sometimes the photos inspire me & sometimes they depress me. If I am doing really well, eating healthy & going to the gym often, they inspire me. If I’m not working that hard, sometimes they depress me. “I’ll never look like that!” And then there are the times that I am not working hard & I look at photos like these & I think, “I can do that too!” I guess it’s a woman’s perogative to change her mind!

By: Kwan

Kwan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:05:07 +0000

Janet's pictures inspire me because I am pushing close to 40 years old. Well...I am 36 but still. I know that she is human and have the same problems with weight as most of us.

It is so easy to gain weight, but it is difficult to get back in the grove to reverse the numbers. The show, The Biggest Loser, also inspires me. I love Marcus. He has truly been my inspiration to continue to strive for my fitness goal.

By: iportion

iportion — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:10:11 +0000

When I am eating heslthy stories of healthy eating help me but photos don't. I am not trying to look like anybudy else but me and a lot of photos are doctored.