Thank you for this honest post. It made me rethink my own attitude towards my body!

First, I think she's beautiful in both pictures. She's not overweight and with a good nutrition (not diet) she would get back to be in shape—because it's mentally and phisically healthy to be in shape, not because it's aesthetically pleasing to the eye. That said. 18 months ago I had a baby. I kept eating healthy and going to my dance classes, and I went back to my flat stomach and protruding bones. Again, not because it's beautiful or to impress people, but because it's part of the healthy lifestyle I want to teach my children. Now I'm pregnant again, 24 weeks, and my body is again undergoing a transformation that will surely leave its signs. But I will go back to my flat stomach and protruding bones, not because I want more likes on Instagram or because I want people to like me and my body. But because a healthy body is the reflection of a healthy lifestyle and a healthy mind, and this is for me the ultimate sign of love and respect for the self.

The only thing I hate about articles like these is that they create an enemy that doesn't necessarily exist... It uses phrases like 'people' and 'they' didn't find it attractive... Who are 'people' and 'they'?? This is nothing, no one.. No real, tangible human being to place the blame on.. So now our enemy is software; we can't even identify it let alone defeat it. I'm a personal trainer (6 years) . I have conversations like these all the time... My (albeit incredibly small sample size) shows a huge shift towards those who aren't 'fat-shaming narcissists'... Now we have a primal trait in our instincts that believes that the rest of society feels the way we feel... So maybe if someone has convinced themselves that the whole world is jam-packed with fat-shamers it's actually because they are fat shamers themselves... They just haven't rustled up the willpower to drag themselves down to that unhealthy weight. Just cut that mean minority out of your life... Size 6 or 60

I think you are f*****g hot in the second picture just look at the legs and boobs

Rock on gal pal!

I think she looks better and more healthy on the "after" photo to be honest. She is a beautiful woman now :)

This was inspirational... I've struggled ever since I was a kid, with having a positive body image... I feel a tad bit more...relaxed now!

Why do people create big dramatic emotional story over everyday struggle that I bet most new moms have, and I guess I will have it to one day. I know I'm gonna be lapidated now, but really, why is this needed to be an article?

I gave birth and keep the baby fat. It has been 6 years from now and I was used to be fat. Now it has change since I realize it was not my really me. I started exercising for health. I hope to be strong no thin but a real me.

I actually find her prettier now, not everyone prefers the skinny ones. She looks healthy and amazing now.

If you aren’t happy about the body you have just get yourself into a calorie deficit and stick with it. It may seem difficult at first but if you substitute all the c**p ingredients in the foods you eat and opt for lower calorie alternatives and stick to whole foods it’s very achievable. I’m a nearly 40,yo dad, had the dad bod, and realised enough was enough and I got myself shredded. I fluctuate in weight here and there these days but once you do it once it’s so damn easy to maintain a low body fat percentage.

You look great! Just look at your precious gift. Enjoy your life and your babies.

Maybe it's the angle and the lighting, but the body on the left looks a bit anemic while the body on the right is "zaftig" and really sexy. (Zaftig is a Yiddish word for well-built!)

Ok so 20 chicken nuggets is fat. Serving size is 4 or 5. All the cake and processed sugar, no good at all. Being fat with all that c**p is not healthy and it obviously shows. That is not attractive. Love doesn't make you fat, it makes you lazy and complacent which is what really makes you fat. You feel you have nobody to impress anymore since you're stuck with one guy and you let yourself go. This is the reality whether you like it or not. My girlfriend works out every morning work and looks amazing. I work out after work. Together 8 years and we both try to look good for each other. How you look on the outside is a reflection of what you put on the inside and how well you take care of yourself. Fat = lazy and unattractive. Nobody wakes up and says, I'd love to find myself a fat mate and become a fat lazy a*s myself. If you do, you need to set better goals for yourself because no matter how many times you tell yourself or others, you don't love yourself if you don't care how you look.

I like the way you look in the right hand picture, fully natural and beautiful!

You are incredible beautiful currently. And not fat. Just thicker. However we need to be careful for the ones who arent. Idk what to say anymore its so sad and shocking that we think being a size 60 should be celebrated. I work with hundreds of women suffering mental trauma and physical damages from obesity. Daughters losing their mothers because their mom chooses food over them. Young women who are overcome with ocd and depression becAuse no matter how hard they try they just cant accept this body when they know they deserve a healthy one. Its so sad what we are doing as a country please. My next goal is to bring these problems to light and show every "love yourself at size 60" what its like inside these homes. No do not celebrate and love a size 60. Do not accept morbid obesity. and please as a beautiful not obese woman do not tell women scared to touch their bodies in the showers that they need to love their body. Help them change it. Wish u all the best

Yes, being comfortable in one's own skin is the most powerful thing.

No. (and yes)

Hi Jen, first off thanks for keeping it civil despite being contrary.. I must admit though a little offense taken. It's unfortunate that you believe I'm incapable of judging these situations correctly simply because of my gender.. Obviously I know there are people like that.. There's also people who believe in bigfoot. It would be ridiculous to suggest they don't exist, I'm just saying what we don't need is articles like these that cement in this false idea that they are the norm... I'm on board with you; these people exist, I see they're in the comments here also. They are cruel human beings whose behaviour doesn't belong in our modern society... But have you stopped to think about the positive comments here? Or even still the hundreds and thousands of people who read this article and didn't comment at all? Those cruel people commenting; they do not represent an accurate cross-section of society and to believe that everyone feels the same because of them is called Hasty Generalisation

The after shot is still a good body, by conventional standards. But I do get the point the difference between the two is considerable

The best picture is the last one... on the top... before/after... you hide your true beauty: your face... if you're happy with yourself amd feel healthy... then f it what society thinks...

I love u 😢 don't be sad

Looking at the before picture there is no wonder you had kids, you would have had a house full if I had found you first, wink wink, you were a very bonny lass, and still are if you would care to just lose the odd pound here and there.

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Just give a gymn a try and thank me later, though you still look hot, but don't try your luck - don't go appove that weight. M33, Bavaria

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Please don't tell me that you like the AFTER more.....

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I dont like this kind of confessions so what you made humans. Do we need more humans? Be a mature woman and solve your problems inside your head. There is 7 billion people on earth and millions of orphans outside, I find this kind of notes idiotically brave. Your self confidence will not come back with your fake love my body motto, cause at the beginning your confidence was builded on a temporary thing, your body. If you would say "yes I know there is 7 billion people, but I couldn'T stop my hormones and I made a baby and I am happy what I did." It's okay. But don't come up with this c**p. don't try to spread the idea of creating more humans is a good thing.

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You're still beautiful, just lay off the twinkies

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a sad hill of b******t. f**k you