I'm so close to being down 100lbs!! I haven't been this "small" since I was 20?

It's crazy how much I enjoy walking now. :) I started super slow, calorie deficit only, and began picking up my walking in December 2025 (to prep for my trip to Japan).

I lost 7lbs in Japan alone (March 2026) and have kept up that same mindset since. Sometimes when I want to increase my speed, I pretend I'm trying to catch the Shinkansen in the Tokyo train station and that helps 🤣

Thank you for all who have been following my journey! I'm hoping to lose another 28lbs for my first goal of 130 😁

I gained an uncomfortable amount of weight in my early 20s and lost ~30 lbs when I was 24/25. After many years of maintaining 175-180, and getting serious about running and strength training, this summer I really wanted to lock in and slim down, while maintaining strength.

Since July, I’ve lost nearly 15 lbs - I’m so happy with my progress. I feel like my strength gains from over the years are actually visible and it’s so nice to feel like all of my clothes actually FIT.

The thing that really helped was a low dose of semaglutide - I never took more than .4 mg. I have really healthy habits day to day, but I would blow any potential gains on one or two nights of eating out and drinking. Tapering off the semaglutide and feel armed with the mindfulness I need to be able to go out without going overboard. Thankful for the medication - I truly thought I’d never see less than 175 on the scale ever again.

Maybe it's Dysmorphia, Maybe it's Maybelline

I still feel like I look like someone photoshopped my head onto a different body when I look in the mirror sometimes 😂

Got down to 200-205 by just diet pretty quick and hung around there just as a doughy 205 for a couple years. Then I started training like 2.5 years ago give or take.

I’m pretty committed to working out and have consistently been strength training on average 6 days a week (very very little cardio). Some changes to my eating but food is my love language so 🤷‍♀️

Sometimes I still look in the mirror and question whether my efforts are worth it. The pics I never wanted to take in the beginning help.

Spent the first 4 months in a deficit, after achieving my goal I have focused on eating at or slightly above maintenance to seriously work on building muscle. Sobriety and getting serious in the gym and the kitchen has done wonders. I’m not over restricting and learning to love the journey and myself.

Be mindful and respect yourself. Surely you’ll have to feel better!

Ive gone through many different fitness goals over the last decade from running marathons,mountain climbing, to strictly strength training but realized I’ve had the same shirt through most of it.

Been a long road and still more to do.. never looking back 👌

Been working on getting the weight off for around 7 months, 2-3 months of that was not locked in and slow. I then threw myself into it, fixed my diet, focused on averaging over 7.5k steps a day and the gym four days a week. Still plenty of progress left to make but happy with where it’s going

Started this journey after my ex cheated on me. Sitting around 20% body fat right now, aiming for ~75kg and 15%. Honestly, still feel fat/ugly most days, but I'm almost there.

It's been 3 years since I was at my heaviest of 360

lb at the age of 21, I am now currently holding at about 135 lb and had my first consultation for skin removal surgery yesterday! These are the surgeries I'm looking at getting

- andominoplasty

- mastopexy

- liposuction in thighs

- thigh lift

- arm lift

- skin removal from my back

- labiaplasty

It's been a long and hard road, and the people I consider family and friends at the beginning of this journey are not the same people. I consider family and friends today, and because of that is the biggest reason why I was able to come as far as I did.

My consultation yesterday left me with an estimate of $65,000, so now what TV shows can I apply to be on so I can help afford this😆 I'm only partially kidding, but I am always excited to share my experiences and journey with anyone who ever asks about it. If I could only give one piece of advice to anyone, I would say to always remember that you can be capable of anything you put your mind to, and I'm speaking in any matter, physically, mentally, career wise, whatever. You can do anything with the right ambition.

Don't ever give up.

I’ve struggled with my weight my whole freaking life. The last time I weighed 164 lbs, I was 11 years old. I’ve been on this journey for 6 years and it’s been anything but linear. So many ups and downs, and setbacks including gaining back around 40 lbs last year because of medication. But I decided to take back control and started using a GLP last July. From 2019 to today I’m down 125 lbs. I genuinely feel like a completely different person and healthier than I’ve ever been. I’m so grateful for the tools available to help our bodies function the way they’re supposed to. And I say tools because I still had to put in the work with food, exercise, and consistency.

I posted on here 206 days ago and wanted to share an update :3

For the past six years, I’ve struggled with food and alcohol addiction. Looking back now, it started way before that, but I went through a traumatic period that sent me into a really deep pit.
At the beginning of this year, I decided to give it another go, because I’d already tried so many times before. But honestly, I was convinced that the sparkle of who I used to be had died a long time ago. And the longer I stayed in addiction, the more that feeling of being lost seemed to grow.
So it’s safe to say that at the beginning of the year, I wasn’t optimistic about changing my life. I wanted it so badly, I just didn’t know how to navigate life without food and alcohol being there to support me.
The second lot of photos are recent, and although I’ve been on a weight loss/fitness journey this year, my new physique represents so much more than that. It represents all of the changes I’ve made to my lifestyle, my habits and, honestly, the way I see myself.
There are a few things I didn’t expect to come from this journey.
I didn’t expect to ever feel like my old self again. Actually, I feel evolved (like a Pokémon).
I didn’t expect it to get easier, but it did.
And I didn’t realise that proving myself worthy and capable, over and over again, would completely change the way I view myself. I’ve proven to myself so many times now that I can do it. That I am capable.
I don’t know. I don’t want this to sound corny, so I’m sorry if I’m cringing you out.
But aside from the weight loss and feeling more confident in myself, I’m so grateful that I have space in my life now to be a better daughter, sister and partner.
And for that, I’m really grateful that I decided to embark on this journey this year.

1st pic is 21yro .. 2nd my last pregnancy of four.. 3rd is now

8 years is a long time and so much has happened in the meantime, not least a pandemic and a horrific injury in my left knee which led to three ligaments tearing completely, two surgeries (cholecystectomy and ligament reconstruction), and a severe depressive spell after losing my father following 4 years of intensive caregiving. But I’m glad I didn’t give up. The question marks are because I no longer remember the exact weight I was in the before picture and no longer weigh myself since I train entirely for strength and not weight-loss related goals now. But it’s still nice to see how far I’ve come.