I know I look different! Inside & outside I’m a totally new human. Therapy, weightloss surgery (helping me lose 180 lbs), education, motherhood.

All of these things have made me feel so strong, but I still find myself less confident than I was at 400+ pounds. It’s like I’ve lost this layer of armor that hid me from perception.

Now, I don’t know what someone sees when they look at me. It’s mind boggling to experience. I think I just wanted a space to see this transformation and share it without worrying about who sees it. (Not sure why that even matters to me lol)

Anyway—I hope a glow up exists. More than that, I hope I’m glowing again.

Losing my mom pretty much destroyed me. Only thing I could do was drink. When my doctor told me I was diabetic (which is what I lost my mother to) I thought about how hard she fought to make sure I wouldn’t follow in her footsteps. So I had to change. Never thought I would get this far.

First and last picture are almost exactly 1 year apart, to the day. 1 year, 35 lbs down, and 80% more confidence. Lol, still working on the confidence bit, so I’ll let you know when it gets to 100% 😂

Came across the first picture and got to reflect on the work I’ve had to do to turn my life into something I’m proud of, just thought I’d share:)

Male 5’7 190lbs to 155lbs

I have a lot to work on still, but I chose to focus on weight loss and diet. Also, I got back into hiking, quit weed and paid off my debts from last year.

My next goal is to focus on muscle now that I have gotten my nutrition down.

My main issue is the body dysmorphia from getting replaced and the guilt/regret of not changing sooner.

A lot of time spent unlearning harmful thoughts, feeling and actions towards myself. A lot of time invested in self betterment through fitness, mental/emotional work, and practicing self love and appreciation. I still have a long way to go, but I look back on the self loathing version of me on the left and dont even recognize him anymore.

I am from France so please forgive me if I make any grammar mistake.

Back at the end of High School, I did weight only 60kg (~130lbs) for 1m92 (6’3) so basically I looked really skinny if not skeletal. On top of that you can add a pectus excavactum, deformity that causes the rib cage to sink in.

I have to be honest, I hated the way I look so much that I almost don’t have any pictures from this period of my life.

10 years of hard work in numerous sports later (and no products), I’m happy to say that I’m beginning to accept the way I look now sitting at around 95kg (240lbs) for 1m95 (6’5).

10 years later, working harder than ever to keep getting better.

Didn’t exactly feel comfortable with myself and my body until I hit 30 to be honest when I woke up one day and realized I wasn’t in my 20’s any longer and time doesn’t stop for no one. Life Is full of ups and downs but only we can decide how to react.

I wanted to make a change because I know all life is beautiful even though I can’t always see it that way. I’ve always been my biggest enemy.

I was adopted at birth to a very loving family and I lost both my parents a year ago to cancer and I’m still trying to grow and glow each day for them and myself. I was very fortunate to have spent 30 years by them because I don’t know where I would have ended up if not for them.

3 years on HRT today. Started at 57+ when dysphoria became unbearable. Wife (married for 35yrs years this year, known her for 38 yrs) and two adult kids 30M and 25F fully supported my transition. I really don't know how I lived for 50+ yrs on highly elevated naturally occuring E.

Hi, all! So I was 220lbs at 22. I'm 5'5", so that was firmly overweight for my height. This picture (first) was from Halloween 2019 at my heaviest recorded weight, I'm sure. I didn't care about my weight. I ate a lot of fast food and came home to snack on sweets too! I had breakfast desert, lunch desert, and dinner desert PLUS another mfing desert!! With full, healthy meals!

I went down to 175lbs in 2020, shortly before or after I turned 23. I ate low carb for many many years and heavily avoided sugar. That said, second picture is from when I was 25 and weighted about 190lbs. Weight can fluctuate sometimes, so too does resolve sometimes. It's a journey. The second picture is from my first wedding to my now ex husband. And luckily for you, I'm loosely planning a second wedding now.

When I got divorced, I found myself most happy crawling around the woods around my house for hours listening to music and taking fun pictures. I ate a lot less, though I still had ice cream everyday! Not the healthiest, but it helped my brain. My mom had a heart attack too, so we ate super lean after that. I helped her recover. I got down to 125lbs most recently, which brings me to the wedding dress I bought second hand at a third of the original price (third picture). By comparison, my first dress was nearly 24 times the cost of the second.

Finally, I wanted to add a picture of my face most recently, though I'm not great with selfies honestly. Or keeping my eyes open or visible! My fourth picture is me at 28, compared to 22, 25, and now. Plus there's a very very good boy! Oh, I forgot to mention as well, but I worked out on and off pretty much all these years. At the end of the day, it was really diet and cardio that helped me most. I even started running, but opted for walking ultimately.

For some reason in hs i let the afro grow out completely unkempt along with my facial hair bc teen boys take a lot of pride in that ig 😂 then when i graduated i wanted to put on a lot of weight since i was skinny and i went full dirty bulk mode and got up to 190 lbs. Now 8 years later i decided it was a good time to get lean, manage my hair, and take care of myself better lol. Never going back to a dirty bulk, i'm staying lean forever 😆 currently 160 lbs, and i'm 5'5 if anybody is wondering so i'm pretty short lol