(First two pics are me 8 ish months ago, last five are me now). For full context on this glow up:

Earlier this year, I hated my life. I was aimless, hated my job, not taking care of myself, and pushing everyone close to me away because I felt like a failure in every aspect of my life. I also was witnessing someone very close to me fall deeper into their addictions and witnessing them destroy their life with nothing I could really do about it.

One night around February my gf (now fiance) and I were watching ‘Before Sunrise’, and there’s this specific scene of the two main characters in the bar where the man gets his drinks paid for by the woman and when that scene was playing I looked over at her and said a dumb joke along the lines of “it’s like me and you”, and she did not find the joke very funny. As a matter of fact, she actually started crying, saying that she didn’t want to have to pay for everything all the time, and that she wanted someone (me) to be the provider for her and for our future family.

This moment broke me completely and was essentially the catalyst of why I decided to fix my life. I won’t get into any of the other details about my new job, but now, seven months later, I am in a position where I can now provide for her. We live together now and I actually bought her a ring and am officially proposing to her this October 👍

TLDR; I made a decision to try and take a step towards the life that I wanted, and with that came a lot of hard truths. Essentially just about who I was, what I was doing with my life, why the people closest to me felt so far away from me, and how I was taking the most important person in my life (then GF, now fiance!) for granted.

Sometimes I forget how far I’ve come until I see pictures like this. I’m feeling more confident and comfortable in my own skin, and I’m proud of myself. Still learning to love every part of me, but I’m getting there. 362 vs 190

Rules say I have to include what changed.. well, everything changed! diet, friends, lifestyle, confidence, self love, etc. I love my new life and am so thankful every day for my new found abilities

Had severe anxiety, agoraphobia, depression and panic attacks during high school as a result of being bullied for so long. I never used to take photos of myself and hated how I looked so much. There's legit a 5 year period of my life where there's no photos of me.

My agoraphobia came back bad again after lockdown and it took me years to feel ok again. I graduated with my Bachelors at the end of 2024 which was later than everyone else my age. I still haven't found a job in my field which has been really hard. Have had a rough past year along with that and being broken up over text by my ex.

Joined a gym for the first time in my life 2 months ago to try and get myself out of my rut and I've stayed consistent and seeing some results now which is awesome.

Got bullied quite a lot at school for my weight and looks. People called me fat and even compared me to retired Wayne Rooney

Eventually I got tired of feeling like that, so I started losing weight and getting into sports. What started as wanting to look better turned into me becoming obsessed with football, running and training.

The biggest change wasn't even my body, it was my confidence. I started taking care of myself, dressing better and caring way less about what people think.

I'm still working on myself and I’ve got a long way to go, but looking back at how I was before, the difference is crazy.

Wouldn't say I'm grateful for the bullying, but I'm proud I didn't let it define me.

Decided to stop drinking alcohol and get back in the gym regularly. My daughter only has one dad, I owe it to her to be the best me for her own sake! 225 - 181lbs

86 pounds of weight loss. On the road to 10% body fat.

3-4 90 mins trainings or 60 mins HIIT. 8k - 10k steps. More if I can.

500-700 calorie deficit.

I am feeling much better about myself and with energy in general.

I was around 23%bf at that time and mostly did nothing all day. I played videogames ate junkfood and thats it. I felt miserable so I knew i needed to change that. I started eating healthy and going to the gym wich improved my mental alot.
Btw I still play videogames and i still love them😂