Weight Loss Before After Pictures: 4 Tips to Easily Create Your Own
Want to make some impressive weight loss before after pictures and share them online?
Or use them as reminders whenever you’re tempted by that fudge cake?
Let me give you first a few useful tips and suggestions for making perfect before & after pictures of yourself.
Then, I'll point you to a cool resource to help you visualize what you will look like thinner, or at your ideal weight - a great tool to boost your motivation and stay on track.
But first, let’s see the things you need to make your before and after weight loss pics.
Well-lit space in front of a dark background
Same set of clothes to wear - if possible
Digital camera with tripod (or an assistant)
Computer and image editing software (see below)
A blog or site to upload and publish your pictures
You want your photos to be similar, with alike clothing - the only difference should be your size. So here are a few tips:
1) When you take weight loss before after pictures make sure you stand at the same distance from the camera at both times and that the camera is at the same height - preferably at your face level.
2) It’s better to have the same lighting for both sets of pics. If you use daylight, make sure you take the pic at around the same time of the day. Avoid using the flash, as it creates sharp shadows, difficult to eliminate.
3) Use a flat-finish, non-reflective wall as background. Try to minimize the number of objects and the colors around you, as these diminish the effect of difference in your size. If you use a darker background you will not have to deal with shadows that diminish the weight loss effect.
4) Use a handy free software like Paint.net (download) or Picnik (online) - they're super-easy programs to use for your weight loss before after pictures. You can resize, edit, insert caption text, collage and do just about anything with this simple tool.
5)*Secret tip: For a more dramatic effect, take your "before" pic squarely facing the camera and your "after" pic at a 45 degree angle - you'll be pleasantly surprised by the result ;)
Now, you're ready to use your weight loss before after pictures to simply show off or to participate in various weight loss contests.
Boost Your Motivation with Virtual "Before and After Weight Loss" Pictures...
...of yourself at your ideal weight. You’ve surely heard of the power of visualization and that "seeing is believing", right?
Well, there’s a nice free (for now) online weight loss tool that you can use to see how you will look thinner. Use it as an incentive to keep at your weight loss plan. Just upload pics of yourself at your current weight and specify how many pounds you’d like to lose - you’ll get the photos featuring you at your goal weight.
For maximum impact, keep these virtual weight loss before after pictures beside your bed to see them first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Or, put them on the fridge to see them whenever you’d like to reach for that fudge cake ;)
"Thank you, thank you, thank you for putting together such a wonderful site! Eye-opening info on the different body types... it really helped me understand how to adjust my meals to lose weight without craving sweets and being hungry all day... or crushing after lunch. I've already lost 12 pounds in the last three weeks and I'm thrilled!! Never ever thought it would be so easy!"
