FGG Photo of the Week: Fresh!
Welcome to November! Because we don’t yet have any entries for this month’s photo challenge (theme: COOKING), I combed flickr in search of a self portrait that would inspire our readers. I also decided what to have for lunch: a sandwich loaded with fresh veggies!
If you’d like a chance to be featured as our FGG Photo of the Week and to be in the running for a prize at month’s end, join our photo challenge! Here’s how:
Throughout November, snap a photo of yourself, or have someone else snap it for you, in the act of baking, frying, prepping, or buying – anything associated with cooking. Then upload it to the FGG Flickr Group for a chance to be featured in FGG’s Photo of the Week each Sunday. At the end of the month, we’ll select one prize winner for November. Good luck!
Also, I’d like to hear from you readers who don’t join our photo challenges: why not? For those who are having fun in the FGG flickr group, is there anything more you’d like to see there? Your feedback helps us create fun promotions and continue growing our thriving, supportive community – all with an eye toward celebrating ourselves just the way we are. Share your thoughts in the comments section. And when you have lunch today, consider snapping a tasty pic of yourself doing the prep work!
I think that the photo challenges are an awesome idea and I enjoy browsing the Flickr group. I don’t join in the fun though for two reasons. One, I’m an anonymous blogger and don’t want to risk family or friends finding my blog. And two, I hate getting my picture taken. This is definitely not a new concept to women struggling with weight issues, so I’m sure you’ll understand. I’m not proud of this, but it’s who I am right now. I’m encouraged by the photos of the beautiful women who DO have the courage to put photos of themselves out there for everyone to see, so I hope you continue with the challenges.
Hi! I’m glad you commented, I’m the same way. I’ve avoided having my own picture taken for, ohh..15 years? Last year I started taking faceless self portraits of my body (I didn’t want to be recognized, either) because I wanted to see what it really looked like. I expected to be disgusted, but instead I was pleasantly surprised. Yep, I was fat alright. But without my own face attached to those pictures it removed my association with it, and I saw them from a different point of view. And I liked them.
That’s really why we started the Flickr group, in hopes that other women would start to find that too. Would you be willing to give a faceless self-portrait a shot?