Weighty retrospective

31 May 2008 at 2:14 am (photo)

Posted by Paola

For a couple of months, I’ve been planning this weighty retrospective – a photo for each year of my life – to see how my weight has changed.

I found more than one suitable photo for some years whilst none for a handful of years. Many of these are photos I’d otherwise not have shared but they’re all part of the story of how I’ve looked over the years. The thumbnails link to the full photo on Flickr.

It was after doing this that I realised how daunting my diet was, as I have 30 years of over-eating to undo.

Bath time Happy baby Trapped Woody Young gardener Pool ball Ball girl St Peter's Shy smile River boat At the zoo Daddy's little girl All striped Stonehenge Summer holiday in Italy Passport photo Serious bridge Shy in Italy School photo Retford 8th birthday New dress Red in garden Hampton Court Red suit Big nose Caravan holiday Self-conscious Land's End Neck hankie Cornwall Badri booth Biology field trip Newcastle Sixth-form school photo Italian holiday Sarah booth 17th birthday Summer camp Hadrian's wall Italian holiday Italian holiday Italian wedding Pink and purple In the garden 18th birthday First year Attitude in Leeds Graduation day Sussex Photo booth Folkestone Big hair Second year at Stafford Asian wedding Programming at UKC UKC party Visit from my pen-pal Finishing an essay My room at UKC UKC PhD Glasgow library Glasgow party Leeds threesome Seattle hotel Tickle Poke Blow Dead squid Victor's wedding Hampton Court Palace Garden party Brother's wedding Dad's birthday After a net meet Cream-filled jam doughnut Lunch for Lance Smile Dallas, Texas Stouffer Hotel Corvallis Richmond meet Sulk Purple hair Ghent hotel With Alison Oxford At the Perrys' At home Richmond giggles Year of the eclipse New millennium Selfridges PPIG Workshop Aunty's embroidery 02-02-02 Wedding day Wedding photos PPIG Workshop PPIG @ Brunel At an art exhibition Christmas Eve Picnic Miserable git PPIG Workshop Christmas day at mum's Green Serpentine Paola Pink Posting pose Runnymead Out-door noodles Wedding anniversary Office party May meet

9 Comments

  1. Anna said,

    31 May 2008 at 9:56 am

    I’ve enjoyed looking at all the photos!

    You’ve lost 34 lbs to date — how many years is it that you’ve undone so far?

  2. Paola said,

    31 May 2008 at 10:02 am

    *tappity-tap*

    Eleven and a half.

  3. Anna said,

    31 May 2008 at 11:30 am

    Cool! Is that taking an average weight-gain over the 30 years, or was that the weight you know you were back then?

    I ask, because most of my weight gain has occurred in the last 8 years. Apart from when I was pregnant (I think ate for 3!) and for 6 or so months after, I was pretty much a size 10 between 20 and 40.

  4. Sylvia said,

    31 May 2008 at 11:45 am

    Wow, this is great! I really am impressed with the time and effort you put in to get these all together.

  5. Paola said,

    31 May 2008 at 1:23 pm

    I just applied 34/88 lbs * 30 years as I haven’t got a record of my weights during the years, just the photos.

    I remember being a size 16 as a teenager. You can see in the 1979 (17) biology field trip photo that I’m trying to pull my jumper down to hide my thighs.

    However, it does look like my weight-gain accelerated after meeting Frank in 1988, which was also when I left university and got a job + income.

    I think was I was my heaviest when I got married at the start of 2002 (16 stone – 224 lbs). I lost two stone (28 lbs) the following year by doing a frantic 10 mins on the Nordic Track every day but I put a stone back on when I stopped. And I put on a stone last year.

  6. Anna said,

    31 May 2008 at 11:40 pm

    I think you should add that photo I sent you this evening to the end of the array as an accurate reflection of where you are now. You really looked fab today! :-)

  7. Paola said,

    1 June 2008 at 12:40 am

    Thanks. And thanks! Done.

  8. Anna said,

    1 June 2008 at 7:45 am

    “and the necklace”… *grin*

  9. Sylvia said,

    1 June 2008 at 12:01 pm

    I was thinking that you hadn’t added a recent photograph – I’m glad you have now!

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