I've been a long time lurker on this subreddit and have been so inspired by some of your stories that I felt now was the perfect time for me to post this!
From a young age I had always been overweight, and unfortunately due to this I was bullied, and the love/hate relationship with my body began! When I was 15yo I was sitting @ 6"1 - 230lbs and I have a few photos of myself around this time and weight, at this point the bullying really ramped up and my desire to be in photos or take any of myself reduced to zero, I have no photos of me past this point until now!
Around 17yo my weight gain increased significantly, I was uneducated on calories and what I was putting into my body, and ended up at my heaviest around 290lbs, since then I've been in a very strange mindset around my body and especially taking my shirt off or other people seeing my body, when I was 18/19 I started underfeeding, unfortunately no pictures of this either, I lost +100lbs in the space of just over 7 months and my body was not thanking me for it, I lost a lot of the weight so rapidly that my skin would hang off of me! I lost weight in an attempt to make myself feel good about my body and myself, and ended up looking in the mirror and still not liking what was looking back at me!
Since then I have completely self educated myself on food and have been counting calories on and off for 2/3 years, I've put weight back on and reduced some of that shame around loose skin, my mental attitude around my body has been very up and down over the years, but now I genuinely feel on track to hitting my target weight and being happy and healthy the way I am! I am now 22yo @ 6"4 - 205lbs and am really happy sitting at this weight +/-5lbs!
I am beginning to the love the body that I am in, and taking care of it properly, one lesson that I learned over this journey is that you should always look after your body, you have 1 life to live and 1 body to do that in! Love your body, no matter your shape or size! And remember anything is possible, our bodies are incredible and can do so much more than you'll ever believe!
I'm still too nervous to show these pictures to people that I know, but I thought I could share them and my Journey with some strangers on the internet :) https://imgur.com/a/ic0ts1g (NSFW Warning - Topless Male) Thank you all so much for even reading this story and I hope that it motivates or keeps you guys on track, I believe in all of you!
P.S please excuse my messy bathroom hahah
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