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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 😁

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.

Maybe it's Dysmorphia, Maybe it's Maybelline

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.

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.

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 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

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

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

The comparison picture is all the way back from 2021, but I've only been on my weight loss journey for the past 1.5ish years now. A friend sent me the old picture and I was pretty shocked. Sorry the comparisons aren't 1 to 1, but I hope the difference is clear enough!

I officially hit my goal around 04/27/2026 and have been on maintenance since!

Practically all of my weight was lost simply from calorie tracking / restricting) No meds or anything like that (not that there's anything wrong with that stuff, just wasn't apart of my journey.)

Transformation over 5.5 years. Started lifting at 15, been taking it seriously for 2.5 years now.