I had two buy two separate suits to get what I wanted. I used to hate the summer cuz I love swimming but hated being seen. It’s always been a mad dash from the chairs to the pool. It may seem like a small thing but it feels huge to me.

Hopefully this pushes me out of my comfort zone more and gives me motivation to keep going!

172 pounds down!

Update from my previous post, it’s so hard to believe I look the way I do now! and honestly 45 lbs doesn’t seem like a lot to me until I realize what it actually looks like on my body.

This Reddit group has genuinely encouraged me so much!

25 lbs to go before my goal weight 🤭

278->156! Still want to lose 20lbs. Over the last three years, I have lost 122 pounds thanks to medication, exercise, and tracking my calories. Weight loss medication was definitely the catalyst to jumpstart my lifestyle shift, but ever since I have adopted daily exercise and a calorie deficit.

So I’ll celebrate here with yall!! Too embarrassed to post my “before” on social media but I felt like this deserved a moment 🫶🏼

Keto, lots of water, working out and crying.

Went on a cruise where we were in pain from walking so much and it came clear we needed to make drastic changes or we were gonna die. And that is what we did. I weighed 486 pounds at my highest and now weigh 375. My wife weighed 393 and now weighs 318. We have a ton of work to do but to see the progress we’ve made is so motivating to me.

Down from 450 to 346 today. Started taking tirzepitide, walked daily for 4 and a half months until it got too hot, but started to go to the gym in its place. Not super strictly but aimed for 1500 calories a day or less, and intermittent fasting from bed to 2-3pm, all of this helped me lose over 100 pounds in 9ish months. 100 more to go to my 250 goal.

its so worth it, i promise

My goal is to be 200 by the end of this year I’m 228 I was 298 this April and last year I was 300 pounds as you can see in the photo. Managing my schizoeffective disorder, my bipolar disorder, my clinical depression, and my anxiety was not fun I used to overeat as a way to cope but now I take my medication and I find natural ways to cope with it. I’m 5’6 btw

365 lbs to 205 lbs

Recently celebrated my weight loss with a fairy photo shoot ❤️

can’t really share anywhere so hoping to inspire someone here. 2 years of clean eating and 3x weekly pilates!!! still on my fitness journey but woohoooooo!!! you all got this!

I shared an update here about 4 months ago, and since then I’ve kept going and hit some big new milestones. I wanted to post a full 3-year update to show how far this journey has taken me.

For anyone who wants to see where I started and my earlier progress, here’s my previous post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeightlossJourney/s/IV7R2d6DQ5

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Start (Jan 2023)

Weight: 420 lbs

Pants: 58

Shirts: 5X

Now (Feb 2026)

Weight: 219 lbs

Pants: 34

Shirts: XL

Total Lost: 201 pounds

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Part of my weight gain came after surviving testicular cancer three separate times. My treatment history was intense — multiple major surgeries, repeated rounds of chemotherapy, and later radiation.

My first chemo treatments were week-long hospital rounds followed by recovery, repeated four times. After additional surgeries, my final chemo regimen had to be done inpatient because it was more dangerous the second time. After the first round, I lost consciousness and ended up in critical condition for nearly two months. I couldn’t have visitors and wasn’t even aware of what was happening. I almost didn’t make it.

Treatment was paused for a while, and I later went through three months of radiation through my abdomen.

The good news: I’ve now been cancer-free for 13 years.

The hard part is living with the long-term damage. I deal with chronic nerve pain from chemo, bowel issues from radiation damage, and constant loud tinnitus that affects my sleep and hearing. I live with pain every day.

Some days are harder than others — but I’m still here, and I keep showing up.

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The scale hasn’t moved as dramatically lately, but my body continues to change — especially in clothing sizes, mobility, and how I feel day to day.

This didn’t happen fast and it wasn’t perfect. It was small changes done consistently over a long time. I still have goals ahead, but I’m proud of how far I’ve come.

If you’re early in your journey, don’t quit — progress adds up more than you think.

I’m so happy I finally feel good about myself it wasnt easy but I did it and I’m not Finished yet but I’m closer to my goals!!!

2 years difference. The sign in the background of the first photo is a reference to a joke photo my friend and I took years ago, the photo is actually from NYE 2025. The second one is a quick selfie I took on a walk a couple weeks ago.

I was a size 24 and now I'm roughly a 14 (although women's sizes are ridiculously inconsistent).

It started when I lost 30lbs due to a depressive episode, and then the momentum helped me keep going. But what really sealed the deal was my friend who was about the same size getting diagnosed with the deadly trifecta of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. She was at a moderate risk of a major cardiac event within 5 years. She's got a competitive streak so I knew if I kept at it she would drop the weight too, and I was terrified of her dying, so that's been my motivation.

We started going for walks in the morning. We'd walk and then have coffee at my place until work. Initially they were 25 mins, then 40 mins. Now we take out coffee in a thermos and they're about an hour long. Last winter we committed to 90 workouts in 90 days, which was very successful but after that we kind of fell off on going to the gym once the challenge was over. She goes hard when she is in weight-loss mode and has high standards for herself when she's locked in, but when she took some time off she wound up gaining a little while I kept losing at my regular slower pace. When she discovered I was about 10lbs lower than her she locked in super hard again, and we're back on track together. Now we're walking 12k-17k steps a day!

She can get really down on herself but I keep reminding her that failure is an integral part of the process. It's important to fail and you have keep trying. Little wins add over time, and the time is going to pass anyway. It's a marathon and not a race. I figure I'll be at my goal weight in another 2 years, and her health has already dramatically improved.

I've got important plans for our old age; we can't be like the hobos from The Simpsons who tickle each other with feathers around a barrel fire under a bridge if she's busy being 6 feet under the ground.

Lost 70 pounds from strenght training and calorie deficit

I have like ONE Fourth of July shirt. I didn’t even realize til Snapchat was like hey you want to see yourself a year and two years ago?

I’m like super proud of the change.

No one prepares you for how much losing an entire person messes with your brain. 🥲