Kathy Ireland weight gain and loss

[RC Vikings]

http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/k...nd-loss/205?nc

The one picture of her just killed me. Even the rich and famous battle it.

[Surfah]

http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/k...nd-loss/205?nc

The one picture of her just killed me. Even the rich and famous battle it.

Shawn Briley and Mark Occhilupo are my two favorite surfers because of their weight.

Shawn is just a big boy and kills Pipeline. I have never seen someone his size surf like he does.

Mark is ripped and if you see pictures of him you'd never know that in the middle of his career as a pro surfer he disappeared from the tour because of his struggle with his weight. He got up to over a size 40 waist and was so embarrassed and ashamed that when he'd get new swag from his sponsors he'd have them shipped to the other side of Austrailia so they wouldn't know they were for him. But then he caught the stoke again, got ripped and returned to become a World No. 1 again. Pretty amazing really.

Here's a vid of Briley I found. The last wave he catches is one of legend. Supposedly he paddled out, bombed that wave and got deep. Throws his trademark "up yours" with his fist to the wave as he comes flying out of super deep tube. He rides back to shore. Throws his board down and hands up screaming "mad skills" to everyone on the beach and went home. The guy is legendary.

[YOUTUBE]7KpI5VXuDUk[/YOUTUBE]

[Donuthole]

I suppose this is as good a place as any to discuss the weight gain and loss of others. I am fb friend with a girl who I grew up with in my home ward. She was always very pretty, but was always about 25 lbs overweight. Apparently, after she had children and battled some addiction demons, she was up over 300 lbs. She apparently began using Isagenix, had success, became a down-liner, and is now constantly pimping the stuff. Her before and after photos are impressive, as they show she has gone from morbidly obese to reasonably overweight (honestly, probably right around where she always was growing up, or maybe slightly fitter than that).

In short, while I am impressed by her weight-loss success, but I am not at all blown away by the results. I guess what I'm saying is that her results seem like feasible results for the average person who commits to losing weight:

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However, as she is an Isagenix MLMer, she is constantly sharing "before/after" success stories of others. She never provides a link to any discussion or testimonials of these people, but just provides a picture and a quick "see what you can do with isagenix!" type comment. Many of the photos she shares are realistic, and it's clear that the person in the before and after photos is the same person. These results often vary between average and very impressive, but are generally believable. The person goes from: overweight to less overweight; thin and unfit to thin and fit; bloated looking to thinner and muscular looking, etc. A couple examples:

Before.After 3.jpg

Before.After 4.jpg

Every once in a while, though, she shares a picture that just seems too good to be true--someone going from morbidly obese to amazingly fit. I'm not saying this doesn't happen--it does. However, inevitably, these extreme success stories she shares are the pictures that are somewhat blurry, out of focus, pixelated, or have some other reason (flash face, too far away, etc) making it difficult to tell if it's actually the same person in the before and after picture. Often they look photoshopped, or they raise questions in my mind as to what happened to the excess skin:

Before.After 2.JPG


I actually think that one is feasible, though it is very curious as to why the flash face. However, today she shared this one:


Before.After.JPG

I guess there is not really any point to this post other than to demonstrate that I"m having a slow day at work and that I really enjoy analyzing before/after weight loss photos and trying to decide if I think they are legit. For the record, the last one above is not, IMHO.

[falafel]

The eyebrows look kinda similar?

[kccougar]

And the fingers.

[falafel]

And you can see some stretching in her stomach area that would be present if she lost that much weight. So even if it isn't the same woman, it looks like the skinny woman has lost some significant weight.

[BigFatMeanie]

No way is that the same woman. No way. She would have far more excess skin and even with surgery to remove it her stomach wouldn't be that taut. There would also be significant scarring under the upper arms that would have been required to remove the "wing bags" that she would've inevitably had after that much weight loss.

Also, the problem with before and after photos is that you really don't know if the before and the after are swapped.

[falafel]

No way is that the same woman. No way. She would have far more excess skin and even with surgery to remove it her stomach wouldn't be that taut. There would also be significant scarring under the upper arms that would have been required to remove the "wing bags" that she would've inevitably had after that much weight loss.

Also, the problem with before and after photos is that you really don't know if the before and the after are swapped.

If you've ever spent time on instagram looking at weight loss inspiration accounts, you would know that there are plenty of ways to hide the excess skin that comes from extreme weight loss. Wearing dark pants and pulling them up to your belly button. Standing with your arms covered or hanging down so as not to accentuate the extra skin. There are plenty of ways to make the after pic look like she's a fitness model, when in reality she's still far from having a perfect body (not that she needs one).

[Jeff Lebowski]

If you've ever spent time on instagram looking at weight loss inspiration accounts, you would know that there are plenty of ways to hide the excess skin that comes from extreme weight loss. Wearing dark pants and pulling them up to your belly button. Standing with your arms covered or hanging down so as not to accentuate the extra skin. There are plenty of ways to make the after pic look like she's a fitness model, when in reality she's still far from having a perfect body (not that she needs one).

[falafel]

Basically the same idea as this whole thread (which I notice you are reading).

[Uncle Ted]

No way is that the same woman. No way. She would have far more excess skin and even with surgery to remove it her stomach wouldn't be that taut. There would also be significant scarring under the upper arms that would have been required to remove the "wing bags" that she would've inevitably had after that much weight loss.

Also, the problem with before and after photos is that you really don't know if the before and the after are swapped.

Google facial recognition works pretty well these days...

http://evoke.ie/life-style/woman-who...s-her-new-body




Edit: Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/simonesjour...ealth/timeline

[cougjunkie]

Google facial recognition works pretty well these days...

http://evoke.ie/life-style/woman-who...s-her-new-body




Edit: Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/simonesjour...ealth/timeline

She has had a ton of surgeries and she documents them on her facebook page. Pretty amazing transformation.

[Uncle Ted]

She has had a ton of surgeries and she documents them on her facebook page. Pretty amazing transformation.

Yes, pretty amazing. The question is did she use any of this Isagenix snake oil. Google seems to indicate the answer is no.