Self-Portrait Challenge - "New Year's Resolution: Weight Loss"

UPDATE Jan. 15: Drumroll, please! 5.5 pounds lost! Equal to a bag of sugar AND a box of noodles - two things I'm avoiding!

Update Jan. 8: 4 boxes of 14 oz. cereal = 3.5 pound lost so far!

"How can we express our new year resolutions through photography and self portraiture? …"

I have seen several blog pals participate in the Self Portrait Challenge over the past months and I decided to check it out. The way it works is that each month a theme is posted and you can enter a photo for it each week. This month's theme "New Year's Resolutions" is too juicy to resist, so I'm in.

One of the most cliched of resolutions - weight loss. I started this resolution early, after I downloaded the camera on Christmas day and saw myself on the slideshow. Eeep! Actually, before I saw the SPC theme, I had thought it would be interesting, and perhaps motivating, to record visually the amount of weight that I had lost so far. So, here it is, after one week - 2.5 lbs lost - equal to one bag of powdered sugar and a jar of marshmallow creme (appropriate, no?).