The old me vs the new me!

Last week I posted photographs of me last year versus me today on Facebook and wow the difference is huge! So here are the pics.

I look at my before pictures and want to cry, I look revolting! When I say that I was sumo sized, I really was it was awful. Back then I had list of ailments that were crippling me and my quality of life was basically well....I didn't have a life!

I had:
- borderline diabetes (taking metformin)
- trouble breathing in my sleep
- bad eczema
- acne
- achilles tendon issues
- plantar fasciitis
- sciatic nerve problems
- numbness in my hands
- radical mood swings
- and an intense feeling of wanting to die and that my life was over!

These days, aside from getting annoyed by things such as stupid posts on Facebook, people not returning messages, towels left on the floor, paint spilled on the carpet, and my daughter saying a curse word here and there, there is NOTHING wrong with me. I take NO MEDS, I eat loads of fresh food, I don't scarf down meat much any more, I move my butt every single day and I feel fantastic!

BUT: I need to get to my goal and I will get there :)

Barbs xx

Photo A Day: April - Days 1 - 5

Here are the first five days, I seriously need to do some catch up :)

Day 1 - Play

Day 2 - Blue

Day 3 - Something beginning with A, Apps

Day 4 - This happened today, demolition

Day 5 - Something good, coffee!

Photo a Day

I have been a bit of a slack ass not posting my photos and the reason is that I haven't been taking many lately well that was until recently. I am now doing the Photo A Day by FatMumSlim so this being the month of April she has compiled subjects for every day of the month, here are the subject themes for each day.

This is a really great way to keep practising with photography and gaining more skills and techniques. Most people just shoot things in relation to the topics, but I try and stretch it a bit creatively to really get the creative juices flowing, so I will post my pics both in here and facebook for you all to have a look at.

Why not do the challenge yourself, dust off that camera and get snapping! it's great fun!

Photo of the day: Pineapple in an apple?

I thought this was kind of cute. I bought some apples and noticed that this one looks as if it has a picture of a pineapple in it, mother nature has some funny ways :)

Photo of the day: a shipping crate!

This crate is used as cover for people walking near a construction site, the footpath is closed as the mall is being built so this crate is there for that purpose. I love it because it's gritty and dirty and how much would I love to do a fashion shoot in here, I would love it BIG TIME!

I'm a photographer, surely I should be shooting!

Okay so yes I am a photographer and I really should be shooting photographs everyday so what is my problem? Well laziness to be exact. After a work out the last thing I feel like doing is trying to be creative but I need to get on with it and get those creative juices flowing! How can I expect to be an expert without the practice, I can't. I still have a bit of a learning curve with my camera too, so Barbs needs to get off her backside and get clicking and today I started. I shall take one photo everyday and post it in here, I should've started January 1st but hey, better late than never!

Heart Shaped Pepper - taken via iPhone