r/GlowUps

2019 was dark.... 2026 looking brighter than ever.

2019 was the heaviest I've ever been. Was up to 350 lbs and just tired of life. I started a lifestyle change and cleaned up my diet and worked out 5x a week.

Then life hit again and I blew back up to 321. Reality hit when I was pulling back out the old fat clothes. I couldn't do that again....

Since December I've taken wellness serious again. Back on a clean diet, 4x a week at the gym.... but I decided to try tirzepatide.

I'm down 55 lbs since December and weighed in at 260 today. I feel great, and looking forward to cutting down to the 220-200. \[42\]

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!

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

Honestly, I’m still processing the fact that 260 lbs is officially gone. 🥂✨ 400 lbs down to 140 lbs.

For the longest time, I used my weight as armor. A protective shield if you will ,

thought if I stayed big I could stay invisible and protected. But now that the "armor" is off, I’m navigating this weird "Uncanny Valley" of weight loss. People are suddenly extra nice, doors are being held open, and the world is just… "on" in a way it never was before. It’s beautiful, but if I’m being real? It’s also scary as hell.

I’m officially in my Recalibration Era if you’d call it

At 25, and as a recent grad, I’ve realized that losing the weight was the easy part it’s the mental shift that’s the real work. I’ve been journaling like crazy about the psychology of being "seen" again and how to love this new frame without losing the girl I was. I’m actually turning all of these thoughts into a guide called the Second Skin because nobody warns you about the mental side of the glow-up.. I want to empower and help people on similar paths as me while understanding the mental side behind it

I’m curious for anyone else who has gone through a massive shift:

• Did you feel "exposed" once you hit your goal?

• How are you handling the world?

•any experiences that have shaped you after the loss?

Btw loss was obtained by the following

•hit my highest 2020 400 pounds

•got down to 230 with ozempic at the time due to my pre diabee bees

•2024 had bypass at 230pounds (stopped oz)

• 2025 lowest down was 130

•2026 got up to 160 (depression med Mangement )

•2026(current) back on Wegovy 140 pounds

So I had natural loss, ozempic/wegovy bypass & glp1 AFTER bypass

✨️ Well for starters I'm not sure if I've changed much in the looks department. But I'll definitely say that I've accepted myself as being the only family that I have. I try my hardest to no longer question that. As a wise man once said you can't control the family you were born into but you can always build a new one.

Thanks for reading my Ted Talk. Good day all. ✨️

I think people may be divided over this, but I’m really curious - would you say this is a glow up or glow down?

Thank you in advance!