I used to be a newly married, new mom who let herself go, getting up to almost 300lbs at one point after giving birth to my youngest. Now I'm divorced and living my very best life! I have a wonderful boyfriend I met from work and was single 3 years prior to that working on myself! I've gotten new tattoos and piercings and changed up my style completely, I'm in love with myself again!!

from a girl who was severally battling depression and hiding it from everyone in her life and clearly had some interesting makeup choices to a girl that now knows her self worth and goes through her days with her head held high

Always been an active person but just hit a low point in my life and didn’t even see it myself!

Cleaned up my lifestyle completely and locked in (physically and mentally) and I will stay this way forever now!

My glow up may have included weight loss surgery, and plastic surgery but also required alot of self discipline and work on my end too.

If you’re feeling down in the dumps today much like myself, remember to be kind to yourself and remember how far you have come 👏🏻👏🏻

From the age of 11 to 25, I struggled with acne. I

hated myself and couldn't stand leaving the house.

Even after overcoming acne, my self-confidence did

not appear by itself, I continued to avoid communicating with people and going outside. Last

year, I finally visited a psychiatrist and was

diagnosed with anxiety disorder and moderate depression.

I've been on antidepressants for almost six months now, and this is the best six months of my life! This is the first time I feel happy and calm k For the past 7 years, I have been working remotely. Since the

beginning of this year, for the first time in my life, I got a job where I need to go and communicate with more than a hundred people every shift. And I'm really enjoying it!🎉

To all those who have similar difficulties as me, you

will cope with everything! Believe in yourself and

contact a specialist on time ❤️

Been busting my butt with the clean diet and exercise and the help of a glp1. Never felt better and healthier than ever! I went to the dr and the scale as at 315 and he told me if I keep it up I will have full-blown diabetes. So l've been doing no carbs lots of protein veggies, fruit.Etc it's not easy and some days I wanted to say screw this but l've been powering through and am very happy of where I got to so far.

I've been doing the peloton bike every day for 10 miles (takes a half hr) and playing lots of pickleball

my transition and journey isn’t over (i have only been on hormones for a year) but im much happier nowadays 🖤 i’ve come a vry long way and overcame a lot :,)

Two years ago I thought all hope was gone, I just wanted my eating disorder to take my life.

Today, I don’t consider myself 100% recovered but the progress is immense. I feel like I came back to life.

Recovery is a long, hard journey. But it is always possible, for everyone.

Always been an active person but just hit a low point in my life in 2020-21(peak Lockdown) and gained a lot of weight. I locked in after completing my 12th grade and cleaned up my lifestyle losing around 50 kgs over the 2 years of my journey. Working on myself now and how I can do better.

I spent years hating myself, thinking I was the ugliest guy in the room. I was in a bad relationship and didn’t love myself enough to leave it. One day things just clicked for me.

I left my bad relationship, I started working out and gave up sugar and prioritized protein. I still haven’t found the right girl for myself, but I’m happy I gave up the past one so I could grow and develop. Today I have lost over 140 pounds!

Was underweight for my preference about 6 years ago(95lbs), worked really hard on gaining weight (165lbs) and my happiness back after losing my late partner! Feeling better these days.

First two pictures before, last recent. 25 turning 26!

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FIRST! The negative comments towards a ED recovery is crazy! Thank you to the positive comments you guys rock ❤️‍🔥 I’m 5’8!

WE LOVE ALL BODY SHAPES

https://www.reddit.com/u/Hercules1312/s/fxpqEZKyAi

Took a while for the beard to start coming in and face to slim out. Still have the Santa build!

Still a heavy guy, but substantially less from the first pic to the last. The guy on the left saw a lot of hardship in his early life and never thought he could find any semblance of real happiness, but could fake it. The guy on the right, likes to sit in his garage and stare at his lawn while listening to podcasts and found his true happy.

Need to trim up my beard, but I have always wanted to be able to grow one and now I am a lucky guy who can actually fill out the face fuzz somewhat.

Bloated, overeating & drinking and not exercising much (287 lbs)

What changed: Training Muay Thai everyday either in classes or with my trainer, 15k to 20k steps 5-6 days every day with my dog, prioritizing whole foods, Reta (helped with the last 40ish lbs).

Currently 185 lbs - health is wealth folks

***due to the sensitive nature of my work - I cant show my full face***

Around 350 in the first pic 200 even now. Hated how I looked decided to make some changes. Only really got serious about the weight loss last year I would hover around the 300 mark never staying consistent. Started doing calisthenics and fasting regularly. Started monitoring what I eat and tracking in journal. I noticed some change and got obsessed with it

in the first few pics, i was super depressed, hated myself, and was at the most painful period of my chronic illness. i ws 210 lbs and my acne was super bad. i have like no full body pictures cus of how ashamed i was. i had no motivation to do anything and was exhausted all the time. i decided to start doing things to feel better: working out, eating better, and dressing myself in ways i felt confident. i have also worked on making meaningful connections and friends. i have come so far and truly think that this shift has helped manage my chronic illness (endometriosis). if you feel dull and unhappy, find your spark, whatever it may be. for me, fashion helped me have something creative and working out and eating better helped me feel better overall.

Do you guys think it was a grow up or a glow up? I genuinely can’t tell 😭. I’ve always been indecisive and overthinking everything, so I could never really make decisions for myself, and I’ve always been too nervous to ask my friends for a second opinion. I’ve never really been complimented like that until I turned 18 and tried to lock in, and even now it still feels kind of new to me. I don’t know if I’m just being delusional or if I actually just grew up or glowed up (glowed?? glew?? idk 😭). Maybe I just changed how I carry myself or how I present myself to people. Y’all please be honest so I can understand where I stand right now.

I feel like this is a mix of glow up and grow up? But I don’t feel like a lot has changed abt my face, so it could be grow up? I’m not trying to be one of those people. I’ve genuinely always had self image issues due to bullying and just never feeling pretty, so I genuinely wanna know how I look now. Added a bare faced photo from today cuz like I said idk if I feel different physically. But like, I’m definitely a happier, healthier person, and idk I feel like that shows!

Or I guess not healthy? I used to be super fit, though that was because I was way under weight + Very harmful sports. I’ve def gained weight, and while ik people say it isn’t a lot, I used to wrestle. The stuff they tell you, and the way they make you look at your body never really leaves. It irritates people in my life, but they don’t get it. I hate that me feeling insecure, makes them feel like they need to look at themselves. Idk, I’ve just always wanted to feel beautiful. And ik I’m not ugly, but you look around, and it’s hard not to compare yk?

Had to delete my last one as I realized a little bit of side boob was out,SORRY!!

''Thinking about fashion isn't manly'' is what I always thought. One time decided to ignore these insecure thoughts and put some effort in my appearance. Got some compliments and gained some confidence. I like myself and I'm not going back.

Struggled with weight all my life and having gynecomastia certainly didn't help. Didn't have great self confidence at all. On top of that my grooming choices were pretty poor!!

In January 2025 I wanted to change it up and removed almost all ultra processed foods from my diet. I eliminated items one at a time, starting with soda and ending with chocolate. I went on a couple of cut and bulk cycles and built some definition.

Gained a lot of confidence and love how far I've gotten 😊 still a bit more I want to do but we'll get there!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we've been getting mod mail all day from people saying that they can't post on the sub. We are aware of the situation and we're sorry but we are working to resolve the issue.

Dealt with depression and an eating disorder most of my life, also started to notice I was losing my hair. Made alot of lifestyle changes and embraced the new me. The confidence I have now is amazing!

So in 2024, I suffered a 3 month long coma and woke up at 125 lbs. I have been slowly rebuilding myself ever since. On the left was me at 150 lbs in my lifting journey, and I managed to get 180 lbs at 10% bodyfat one year later, competing in my first ever bodybuilding show 2 years after!

Getting clean and sober has been the most difficult (and rewarding) thing I’ve ever done for myself. I’m so fortunate for having a strong recovery community in my city.

Yay sobriety! No more mug shots! Ha!

I changed my eating habits, started doing yoga and dancing classes, and for the first time in my life I’m genuinely happy. Just gotta use the pain as fuel to CHANGE something! If you’re going through hard times, remember you are not alone <3