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I’ve put on weight recently and I got an offer in the mail about wanting to purchase my graduation pics that were taken in December. The preview pictures of me made me want to cry because I genuinely looked so overweight, ugly, and miserable. 1/2
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Anonymous 1d

To the girlies who’ve been able to lose weight and have a glow up, how did you do it? When I saw those pictures of myself, my heart broke because of who I saw looking back at me. I feel so ugly and undesirable that I could just about cry.

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Anonymous 1d

I should also add that my mental health hasn’t been great and that I think I might actually be depressed and it showed in how depressed and empty I looked in my pictures. It felt like I was looking at a troll imitating a woman.

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Anonymous 1d

Idk how old u are but as u approach ur 20s and especially mid 20s, youll probably learn that some things in your body are out of whack and need to be addressed. If you have health insurance, talk to a dr about ur weight gain. There may be an underlying cause. Mine was PCOS and insulin resistance. Best of luck

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Anonymous 18h

Im so sorry you feel this way, and I fully sympathize as I had the same reaction to seeing mine. However, a year later I look at them and realize I was so in my head over how I looked I didn’t appreciate my beauty in the moment and I can be happy over them now. This doesn’t really help now, but to answer your question now I started with upping my daily steps and finding enjoyable work outs (remember to start lower and work your way up!) and eat food you enjoy while working in protein, fruits…

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 18h

Veggies, etc. Work on hair care, finding styles you enjoy, makeup that enhances your features and keeps you natural (honestly vaseline and an eyelash curler is my day to day now after a few months of mascara). Truly making a routine of taking care of yourself helps with depression. However when I struggle this routine and feeling good will stop, so remember to give yourself grace and…

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 17h

Remember that its not linear and steps back still mean you moved forward !!! Proud of you for wanting to work on your mental health and feel better <3 sorry this is so long 😭💗

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 15h

Thank you so much for being so sweet!! I really appreciate you taking the type to write this out for me!! 💕

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