Where I can I find motivating before/after photos?

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good site (non commercial preferably as I often suspect them to be doctored) that shows some motivating before/after weight loss pictures.  At the moment I seem to be having a hard time thinking I'll even look better when I lose weight...though I hope I will... In the past I found seeing other people's success helped me... I sure wish there was a site for people who are 5'1 and 30-40 lbs overweight...(as I find at this height the weight loss looked different than people taller...less room to store it I guess...)

I am still not that familiar with the CC site so maybe there are some photos here and I just don't know yet?

If you search "before and after photos" at the top right under "Forums", there should be a bevy of CC users who have replied to past topics like this. They've listed themselves as inspiration, and you can look at their galleries for their transformation photos! It's very encouraging :) I have a few as well, so feel free to look.

Original Post by vron082:

If you search "before and after photos" at the top right under "Forums", there should be a bevy of CC users who have replied to past topics like this. They've listed themselves as inspiration, and you can look at their galleries for their transformation photos! It's very encouraging :) I have a few as well, so feel free to look.

 Thanks vron082..I will do a search and see then... Your gallery was very motivational because I see such a change in your faceshape... (you are very pretty...at any weight)...

Its my face weight gain that bothers more than anything...Its like I don't even look like myself anymore...its interesting the way some people (not talking about you now just in general) can gain tons of weight but their face largely stays the same... Oprah seems like that and some friends I know.... My neck seems to enlarge and my jaw line (not very defined to begin) all but disappears...and I just had my hair cut very very short which of course makes my jaw line all the more prominent....

I'll stop whining now, lol.... Thanks again for the suggestion...

I know it's not exactly what you asked for but using this site motivates me: http://www.virtualmodel.com/cs/ ; My photo (and it's pretty accurate) shows my body type at my current weight but if you go to my gallery you can also see my goal picture.  These tools help me!

Good luck!

Outside of calorie count forums, the Biggest Loser website also has some pretty good before/afters from real people who watch the show.  I also like this guy, even though I am a girl because his transformation is really incredible.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mrlowbodyfat/MyQu estForASixPack#

Go to the Maintaining forum, and look at the profile for one of the mods - x17star17x. If that doesn't motivate you, I don't know what will.

bodybuilding.com Transformations of the Week.  They have summaries of how they changed themselves, their workout routines and diets.  Some are a little extreme (diet/excercise wise) but they are still interesting to read.

Awwwww! I got an honerable mention. That's too funny.

I just toodle around here a lot and look in peoples profiles for images. You can also do a google image search and find a lot of before/after weight loss photos.

Stay motivated! This can be done.