You’ve seen the pictures. The dramatic transformation. The slimmer face. The new clothes. The confident smile. But let me tell you something most people won’t: Before and After is a lie.
Yes, my body has changed. But I’m still the same person inside. The same thoughts. The same fears. The same battles. I didn’t magically become happy. Or mentally strong. Or emotionally secure. I just got thinner.
The truth is, losing weight didn’t fix everything. Body image issues? Still there. Mental health? Still a daily climb. Temptation, doubt, self-criticism? Still lurking. The maintenance of the “new me” is constant, relentless and exhausting.
Sometimes I miss the old me. Not the body, but the comfort. The shield. The way food helped me cope when nothing else worked. And sometimes, I feel like an imposter in this leaner skin.
But I share this not for sympathy. I share it because someone out there needs to hear it: You are not broken because you’re struggling, even after the “after.” This is not a fairytale. This is a fight. A lifelong one.
And that’s okay.
Let’s stop pretending that transformation ends with a photo. The real work begins when the camera flashes fade.
Bye Bye Fatman
🎠"Before and After is a Lie"
You’ve seen the pictures. The dramatic transformation. The slimmer face. The new clothes. The confident smile.
But let me tell you something most people won’t: Before and After is a lie.
Yes, my body has changed. But I’m still the same person inside. The same thoughts. The same fears. The same battles.
I didn’t magically become happy. Or mentally strong. Or emotionally secure.
I just got thinner.
The truth is, losing weight didn’t fix everything.
Body image issues? Still there.
Mental health? Still a daily climb.
Temptation, doubt, self-criticism? Still lurking.
The maintenance of the “new me” is constant, relentless and exhausting.
Sometimes I miss the old me. Not the body, but the comfort. The shield. The way food helped me cope when nothing else worked.
And sometimes, I feel like an imposter in this leaner skin.
But I share this not for sympathy. I share it because someone out there needs to hear it:
You are not broken because you’re struggling, even after the “after.”
This is not a fairytale. This is a fight.
A lifelong one.
And that’s okay.
Let’s stop pretending that transformation ends with a photo.
The real work begins when the camera flashes fade.
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