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Progress photos that are actually comparable
Most progress photos are useless because the conditions changed. Fixing that is nearly all of the technique.
- 01 Same conditions Same spot, light, time of day and clothing
- 02 Same poses Front, side, back — relaxed, not flexed
- 03 Compare Any two photos side by side with a slider
Why most progress photos fail
Different light, different time of day, different posture and different degrees of flexing. Any one of those is larger than a month of genuine change, so the comparison measures the conditions rather than you.
A month of real progress can look like nothing, or like a transformation, purely on lighting.
What to standardise
Same place, same light — natural, indirect, not overhead spotlights that carve shadows into an abdomen.
Same time of day, ideally morning before eating.
Same clothing, same distance, phone at the same height.
Relaxed rather than flexed, and the same three angles every time.
What Heala does with them
Photos are stored privately against your account, never public, and you can delete any of them.
Any two can be put side by side in a before-and-after slider, so a comparison across three months is one gesture rather than scrolling a camera roll.
They sit next to your weight trend and body scans, which is what turns three images into evidence.
Questions
How often should I take progress photos?
Every two to four weeks. More often than that and you are photographing lighting and bloating.
Are my photos private?
Yes — stored against your account with row-level security, never public, and deletable at any time.
Should I flex in progress photos?
Take them relaxed. Flexed photos vary far more between sessions and are harder to compare honestly.
The quiz is free, takes about four minutes and needs no card. It ends with your calorie target, your macros and a training week you can look at.
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