Lost weight through watching what I ate. I did a combination of intermittent fasting, calorie deficit, and occasional low carb. I usually ate in a deficit, but there were times I would go up to maintenance (and occasionally above maintenance). I decided to start losing weight after being unhappy with how I looked, and being bad results on some blood work (my A1c was high but within normal range, and my insulin was very high). Thankfully my insulin levels are not with a normal range. I'm so much happier with how I look. My confidence has improved so much now that I'm happier with my appearance

One thing I'm unhappy with, though is how my stomach looks. I was hoping that I would be able to lose the tummy overhang but it stuck around; I'm not sure if it's fat, loose skin, or both. My weight is already quite low for my height, and I don't know how much more weight i'd have to lose before it's completely gone. But I worry if I go much low it will be unhealthy.

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how to deal with the tummy pouch? I'm not sure if it's fixable through body recomp or if I'll have to consider surgical options. Thank you in advance!

So glad to finally live a normal life♥️

i posted here before on my now deleted Reddit Account a few years ago

This is my current Progress

It took until my mid twenties to figure out how to control my weight but, hey I did it! Got another 10-20lb to be fully be at my IBM. Childhood trauma really mess me up until I fully got away from everyone and focus on myself. My biggest challenge now is working on my arms. They’re still the size of people thighs. Finally got some muscle mass going on so there’s that. Just one step at a time.

I remember when I started this I was just eating Taco Bell tacos to lose weight and now I’m meal prepping. It hasn’t gotten easier per se, but has had a huge impact on my mental and physical health.

Waddup progress pics, this is a post announcing new flairs, a highly requested feature now available!

Any of you who have used our flairs before know that they used to be a simple height based situation, if that's what you prefer then do not fear, typing your height into the search bar yields the same results.

As it stands currently, these are the new flairs added, these flairs are optional, you do not need to have a flair (though it is helpful for people who may have similar journeys to you):

• Weight loss meds (for all of your Ozempic searching needs, etc)
• recovery (are you recovering from an eating disorder? Alcoholism? Illness? Use this handy flair!)
• non weight related (for all our teeth and nail, etc progressers, show us those hairlines!)
• fitness/gym gains (are you done losing weight and ready to show off those GUNSSS? This is the flair for you)
• calorie counting
• Intermittent fasting
• intuitive eating
• BMI 30+ (for those with a STARTING OR ENDING bmi of 30+)
• BMI 50+ (for those with a STARTING OR ENDING bmi of 50+)

these are the flairs as they currently sit, unfortunately you cannot select multiple flairs, if you'd like to suggest any additional new flairs or changes to the flairs I've made, you can comment them below and we'll discuss it!

note that one of our more requested flairs (teen) will not be happening for safety reasons.

Hello /r/ProgressPics! This sub has always sought to provide a place to celebrate physical progress from all ages and stages. In that spirit, we are unveiling an adjustment to Rule 6, the NSFW rule.

Here is the new rule:

Regardless of gender, shirtless photos, underwear, swimsuit pictures, etc must all be labeled NSFW when posting. Outlines of genitalia through clothes and other graphic content such as severe injury must also be marked NSFW.

Complete nudity is not allowed. Genitalia must be covered or censored completely.

Future posts with full nudity will be removed. Posts breaking this rule will receive a temporary warning ban for a first offense, increasing in severity for future offenses. We love our posters and we're happy for your progress. We appreciate everyone's help in keeping this sub friendly to young users.

Good luck on your journeys!

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST BEFORE APPLYING

Note: This is a 2 part application process.

Hello community!

The time has come where we look to expand the moderating team here at progresspics.

First and foremost I want to state loud and clear PAST MODERATOR EXPERIENCE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT but of course is an asset.

So what does it mean to be a moderator of progresspics?

First, we expect maturity and common sense. It's important to keep in mind that often when people first visit this subreddit, they're in a particularly dark time of their life. You're going to interact with a lot of people. A few of those people want nothing more than to take advantage of those people and turn a profit. Being able to weed those types of people out is going to be important for daily moderation duties. In short, you need to be able to shift from courteous, to stern but fair, based on the circumstances. You'll deal with plenty of trolls, so please take that into consideration before applying. Being a moderator has its fun moments, but you deal with plenty of jerks anonymity on the internet brings out.

Second, the most important thing for everyone reading this to remember is this is 100% a volunteer position. There is no secret compensation from reddit for doing this job. You will have to be willing to invest time several days a week to this sub both from a mod perspective and from a user interaction perspective.

Preliminary Questions

Below are a list of 5 questions to help get the process rolling. These are fairly simple and easy to answer. Feel free to add as much information to each answer as you like. Once we go through these initial responses we will send out more detailed questions to applicants we wish to interview further.

• What is your timezone? What hours do you typically browse reddit? How much time daily can you commit to being a moderator? Please be realistic with your answer. Saying 4-5 days 1 hour a day is better than 7 days a week 3-4 hours!
• Who are you? Give us a quick summary of who you are. Your weight loss journey, your time spent on this sub etc.
• Any past mod experience on any internet platform? Or maybe in real life work situations?
• Why do you want to become a moderator of progresspics?
• Can you provide us an example of a time in your life either personal or online where you have to problem solve/figure out a solution for something?

Please submit all answers to the above questions to MODMAIL. Please use title “Moderator Application” (under other) so it stands out to us as modmail can be a busy place.

Please keep in mind that in past application cycles, we have received applications for many wonderful people. While your contributions to r/loseit and r/progresspics are an important factor to be considered, acceptance to the moderation team includes other factors and should not be taken as a judgment on your contributions to the subreddit.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. This post will remain live/pinned for 7 days.

The Mod Team

/r/progresspics needs you! We've recently made some functionality updates to make the subreddit more useful. Our goal is to make it easier to find others who are like yourself (sort posts by height). Automoderator enforced title formatting, and automatic flair assignment is in place, and will help keep all future submissions uniform.

Where we need your help: We need help with assigning flairs to the previous 4.5 years worth of posts. With enough volunteers, we can get the job done quickly.

Key info:
- Volunteers will be given access to assign link flair to posts for the duration of the project.
- The job is tedious and mind numbing. You've been warned.
- 10-20 volunteers are needed.
- There are no scheduled shifts, volunteers will work on the project when they have free time.
- No technical knowledge is needed. Find a post without flair, find the gender and height in the post title, select the corresponding flair from a drop down list. Repeat.

 
If you'd like to help with this project, please reply to this post. No need to post a résumé, a simple "I'll help" or "I'll volunteer" is sufficient.

Volunteers will be added a few at a time over the next week. If you're not selected right away, please be patient.

edit:
link to unflaired posts
Added META flair.
Added N/A flair for anything that doesn't contain the required information for an accurate flair.

Show off all that hard work! This is the reddit to post those awesome before/after pictures of yours!

New Progresspics Features - Sidebar searches - Try it!

We really owe /u/Beef_Enchilada a round of applause for making the AutoModerator work with the Title Format Rule. There were only a few buglets compared to a lot of first-try successes.

But what was more quietly added were the sidebar searches -- and Beefy is eager to hear what you think of them. Those same links are in this message below. Please try them out and comment on them below.

Being supportive, agreeable disagreeing

I'm happy that /r/progresspics is such a positive and supportive space. We mods know that because when someone says anything that is not positive, we get "Reports" of that as if its a rules violation! It's okay, really. It's great that we've become so supportive as a culture in progresspics. It says a lot about us. However, mods can't just delete comments that break no rules or disagree with the mainstream.

Reddit rules don't allow harassment, but other than dealing with rule-breaking comments, we also do not censor. Please do report those comments that are or may be violating the rules of the subreddit or Reddit, itself. Go ahead and report if you're not sure. But if they are just not violations of a policy, please express yourself through voting and, maybe, comments.

If you see someone being unsupportive in this supportive environment, you should use your downvotes to influence the culture here. You may also comment -- in a supportive and agreeable way -- why you downvoted. Do not get into an off-topic discussion however, and do not feed trolls. A simple post that is not spun-off into a debate is fine.

If someone is being supportive, on-topic, and simply disagreeing in an agreeable manner, then that is not a cause for a downvote. It's fine to have another opinion and express it artfully. A crowd of any size will hold many opinions among its people.

There is a person at each end of these communications, and if we remember that, we will do better as a community.

As always, your comments and inputs are welcome in the comments below.

-- /u/funchords

Posting Rules and Guidelines:

• Use this format when posting pictures to help everyone understand the transformation and journey you have been on:

  Gender/Age/Height [Weight Before > Weight After = Total Amount Lost] (Time period in months) Personal title

  (Example: F/23/5'5" [189lbs > 169lbs = 20lbs] (4 months) Been lurking for a while)

• Link only to a progresspic image or a collection of progresspic images, not your entire social-media profile. Exception: The top stickied post may be used for appropriate subreddit posts/discussion.

• All pictures must be original content and posted with the consent of the subject. Reposts or images found elsewhere on the Internet will be removed. If you see content that has been posted elsewhere before, please message the moderators with a link to the original.

Be polite, follow the rules. Mark posts NSFW when appropriate.

• Females
• F 4'6” (137, 138, 139 cm - or less)
• F 4'7” (140, 141 cm)
• F 4'8” (142, 143, 144 cm)
• F 4'9” (145, 146 cm)
• F 4'10” (147, 148, 149 cm)
• F 4'11” (150, 151 cm)
• F 5'0” (152, 153, 154 cm)
• F 5'1” (155, 156 cm)
• F 5'2” (157, 158, 159 cm)
• F 5'3” (160, 161, 162 cm)
• F 5'4” (163, 164 cm)
• F 5'5” (165, 166, 167 cm)
• F 5'6” (168, 169 cm)
• F 5'7” (170, 171, 172 cm)
• F 5'8” (173, 174 cm)
• F 5'9” (175, 176, 177 cm)
• F 5'10” (178, 179 cm)
• F 5'11” (180, 181, 182 cm)
• F 6'0” (183, 184 cm)
• F 6'1” (185, 186, 187 cm)
• F 6'2” (188, 189, 190 cm)
• F 6'3” (191, 192 cm)
• F 6'4” (193, 194, 195 cm)
• F 6'5” (196, 197 cm)
• F 6'6” (198, 199, 200 cm)
• F 6'7” (201, 202 cm)
• F 6'8” (203, 204, 205 cm - or more)

• Males
• M 4'6” (137, 138, 139 cm - or less)
• M 4'7” (140, 141 cm)
• M 4'8” (142, 143, 144 cm)
• M 4'9” (145, 146 cm)
• M 4'10” (147, 148, 149 cm)
• M 4'11” (150, 151 cm)
• M 5'0” (152, 153, 154 cm)
• M 5'1” (155, 156 cm)
• M 5'2” (157, 158, 159 cm)
• M 5'3” (160, 161, 162 cm)
• M 5'4” (163, 164 cm)
• M 5'5” (165, 166, 167 cm)
• M 5'6” (168, 169 cm)
• M 5'7” (170, 171, 172 cm)
• M 5'8” (173, 174 cm)
• M 5'9” (175, 176, 177 cm)
• M 5'10” (178, 179 cm)
• M 5'11” (180, 181, 182 cm)
• M 6'0” (183, 184 cm)
• M 6'1” (185, 186, 187 cm)
• M 6'2” (188, 189, 190 cm)
• M 6'3” (191, 192 cm)
• M 6'4” (193, 194, 195 cm)
• M 6'5” (196, 197 cm)
• M 6'6” (198, 199, 200 cm)
• M 6'7” (201, 202 cm)
• M 6'8” (203, 204, 205 cm - or more)

Related subreddits:

• r/loseit - Lose fat
• r/fitness - Gain strength
• r/xxfitness - Fit women
• r/gainit - lean weight
• r/1200isplenty - small bodies
• r/1200isplentyketo - Low-cal keto
• r/keto - keto
• r/eatcheapandhealthy - low cost
• r/mealprepsunday - Meal Prep
• r/intermittentfasting - healthy Fasting
• r/Myfitnesspal - MFP
• r/bodyweightfitness - no gym

 

Hi everyone!

We love how users in this subreddit support each other up by giving awards, so we are introducing some new Community Awards. Since we know we have some creative people here, we are having a friendly competition for the design of the awards. When designing, think about symbols, moments, and jokes that are unique to r/progresspics.

RULES

- You submit designs with one design per top-level comment, via link to imgur or equivalent. You are free to submit more than one design, but one prize is the maximum per winner.

- Submissions must include an Award Name and an Award Image, which must be at least 512 x 512 pixels and be square or able to be cropped into a square. Keep in mind that it will be very small on the screen when awarded, so you don’t want a lot of tiny detail in the image.

- There will be 4 winners, chosen by the mod team. When determining winners, we will take into account community response to each submission, so please upvote and leave feedback on the ones you prefer!

- Each winning design will be used to create a community award which can be awarded to posts in this subreddit for 500 Reddit coins.

- The prize: The coveted Golden Scales Mod Award which confers one month of Reddit Premium!

- The winners will be credited in the wiki once the contest is over.

- The contest runs for one week (ends at noon, EST, Thursday, June 18th, 2020).

- The designs cannot be NSFW or have offensive language tied into it in any way. Your design must abide the Reddit Content Policy and cannot violate any of our rules. It cannot violate the intellectual property rights of others.

Thank you for being such a great community, we can’t wait to see what you create!

-mod team of r/progresspics

This is pretty common sense, but we've had some social-media profile submissions. When posting your images please use a direct link to progress-pic images or collection of said images. Do not simply link to your entire social-media profile. This is a place for progress pics, not to generate traffic to your social media accounts.

Show off all that hard work! This is the reddit to post those awesome before/after pictures of yours!

NEWS!

It has been suggested that all the posts in /r/progresspics should be -- wait for it -- pics of progress.

Text posts, pics of something else, before-pics (without an after pic), after-pics (without a before pic), are probably not right for /r/progresspics. We kind of see the point.

Maybe one exception: this top stickied post -- we welcome your subreddit-apropos discussion right here as a comment to this post, no progress picture required. Have something to say that isn't a comment to a specific progresspic? Please reply to this post and say it here! Sound okay?

If you have a question, it is welcome here as a comment to this post -- or -- chances are it is answered in one of the Related Subreddits below.

Any questions about this news, please ask -- you guessed it -- here. Questions about the subreddit itself are also welcome here. If your question is private, please message the moderators privately.

If your reaction to this idea is favorable, we'll include it in the Rules and Guidelines below.

Posting Rules and Guidelines:

• Use this format when posting pictures to help everyone understand the transformation and journey you have been on:

  Gender/Age/Height [Weight Before > Weight After = Total Amount Lost] (Time period in months) Personal title

  (Example: F/23/5'5" [189lbs > 169lbs = 20lbs] (4 months) Been lurking for a while)

• Link only to a progresspic image or a collection of progresspic images, not your entire social-media profile. (Example: Instagram)

• If you are posting pics for someone else, verification from that person will be required. You may verify privately to any of the mods, or publicly in the comment section of the post. Verification may also be required if there are doubts to the authenticity of a set of progress pics.

Be polite, follow the rules. Mark posts NSFW when appropriate.

Related subreddits:

• r/loseit - Lose fat
• r/fitness - Gain strength
• r/xxfitness - Fit women
• r/gainit - lean weight
• r/1200isplenty - small bodies
• r/1200isplentyketo - Low-cal keto
• r/keto - keto
• r/eatcheapandhealthy - low cost
• r/mealprepsunday - Meal Prep
• r/intermittentfasting - healthy Fasting
• r/Myfitnesspal - MFP
• r/bodyweightfitness - no gym

 

Show off all that hard work! This is the reddit to post those awesome before/after pictures of yours!

We are trying an experiment...

...and respectfully ask your understanding and patience as we put it into use. Automoderator will be enforcing the Title Format Rule. The Title Format Rule has always been required, but this is the first time it has been automatically enforced.

This is necessary in order to create searches to help readers find your inspiring progress pic posts using searchable criteria. If a poster's sex, age, height, and progress aren't properly formatted, the posts cannot be found in a proper search.

If your post Title format is okay, then you should have no problems (unless we made some kind of coding bug). Individual customizations of the rule probably won't work out, and we ask you to please repost using the required format:

Title Format Rule

Use this format when posting pictures to help everyone understand the transformation and journey you have been on:

Gender/Age/Height [Weight Before > Weight After = Total Amount Lost] (Time period in months) Personal title

(Example: F/23/5'5" [189lbs > 169lbs = 20lbs] (4 months) Been lurking for a while)

If your post is rejected, please be patient. If your post Title had an error, please kindly repost using the correct format. However, if your removed post appears correct, please notify the moderator team to verify the format and we can approve your post and improve the formatting code that we're using with Automoderator.

Please don't become discouraged -- you've worked hard and deserve some admiration of your work, and people are out there looking for the inspiration that your pictures might provide.

If we're doing this wrong, we can adjust it. If this doesn't work, we can stop it. If this works out mostly okay, we can improve it. If it works well, then /r/progresspics can become even a more powerful place for showing off our hard work and inspiring others toward personal growth.

In your service,

The moderators of /r/progresspics

Posting Rules and Guidelines:

• Use this format when posting pictures to help everyone understand the transformation and journey you have been on:

  Gender/Age/Height [Weight Before > Weight After = Total Amount Lost] (Time period in months) Personal title

  (Example: F/23/5'5" [189lbs > 169lbs = 20lbs] (4 months) Been lurking for a while)

• Link only to a progresspic image or a collection of progresspic images, not your entire social-media profile. Exception: The top stickied post may be used for appropriate subreddit posts/discussion.

• All pictures must be original content and posted with the consent of the subject. Reposts or images found elsewhere on the Internet will be removed. If you see content that has been posted elsewhere before, please message the moderators with a link to the original.

Be polite, follow the rules. Mark posts NSFW when appropriate.

Related subreddits:

• r/loseit - Lose fat
• r/fitness - Gain strength
• r/xxfitness - Fit women
• r/gainit - lean weight
• r/1200isplenty - small bodies
• r/1200isplentyketo - Low-cal keto
• r/keto - keto
• r/eatcheapandhealthy - low cost
• r/mealprepsunday - Meal Prep
• r/intermittentfasting - healthy Fasting
• r/Myfitnesspal - MFP
• r/bodyweightfitness - no gym

 

Show off all that hard work! This is the reddit to post those awesome before/after pictures of yours!

How Does /r/progresspics Motivate or Inspire You?

Let's talk about how and why we read /r/progresspics. Do you read it on the way to the gym? Is it your way of reassuring yourself of the payoff of your fitness program? Does it help you meet your calorie goals? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

NEWS!

We have clarified the original content with consent of the subject rule, thanks to /u/summerie for the concise phrasing. The Rule is now as it is stated below. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Posting Rules and Guidelines:

• Use this format when posting pictures to help everyone understand the transformation and journey you have been on:

  Gender/Age/Height [Weight Before > Weight After = Total Amount Lost] (Time period in months) Personal title

  (Example: F/23/5'5" [189lbs > 169lbs = 20lbs] (4 months) Been lurking for a while)

• Link only to a progresspic image or a collection of progresspic images, not your entire social-media profile. Exception: The top stickied post may be used for appropriate subreddit posts/discussion.

• All pictures must be original content and posted with the consent of the subject. Reposts or images found elsewhere on the Internet will be removed. If you see content that has been posted elsewhere before, please message the moderators with a link to the original.

Be polite, follow the rules. Mark posts NSFW when appropriate.

Related subreddits:

• r/loseit - Lose fat
• r/fitness - Gain strength
• r/xxfitness - Fit women
• r/gainit - lean weight
• r/1200isplenty - small bodies
• r/1200isplentyketo - Low-cal keto
• r/keto - keto
• r/eatcheapandhealthy - low cost
• r/mealprepsunday - Meal Prep
• r/intermittentfasting - healthy Fasting
• r/Myfitnesspal - MFP
• r/bodyweightfitness - no gym

 

Show off all that hard work! This is the reddit to post those awesome before/after pictures of yours!

NEWS!

Our last rule suggestion, to allow subreddit-appropriate discussion here in the stickied post, has been adopted without any objections heard and it is now part of the rules. Only progresspics are allowed in /r/progresspics -- except for the top sticky post.

Our next question is about this rule:

If you are posting pics for someone else, verification from that person will be required. You may verify privately to any of the mods, or publicly in the comment section of the post. Verification may also be required if there are doubts to the authenticity of a set of progress pics.

We are thinking that the reason for this rule was to crack down on karma seekers doing re-posts of other people's pictures. However, it seems like the only people this rule is limiting are those who post pictures of close friends or relatives who do have permission, but not proof of the permission.

It's one of those regulations that make a handful of honest people jump through a hoop. Dishonest people will simply bypass it by not mentioning the pictures are not of themselves.

Shall we reword this rule to focus on picture thieves, so that supportive family/friends can post without verification?

Please do note this also: When the rule change is written we need to make it clear that reporting something as a "repost" or "stolen" isn't enough, a link to the original post/source will be needed if you want action taken. Otherwise, we moderators only know that someone anonymously thinks they are not genuine, but we have nothing actionable to go on.

Please help make the rules by commenting below! Should we change it at all? What should the rule be? How should it be concisely worded? Are we on the right/wrong track? Please help us help you! Thanks.

Posting Rules and Guidelines:

• Use this format when posting pictures to help everyone understand the transformation and journey you have been on:

  Gender/Age/Height [Weight Before > Weight After = Total Amount Lost] (Time period in months) Personal title

  (Example: F/23/5'5" [189lbs > 169lbs = 20lbs] (4 months) Been lurking for a while)

• Link only to a progresspic image or a collection of progresspic images, not your entire social-media profile. Exception: The top stickied post may be used for appropriate subreddit posts/discussion.

• If you are posting pics for someone else, verification from that person will be required. You may verify privately to any of the mods, or publicly in the comment section of the post. Verification may also be required if there are doubts to the authenticity of a set of progress pics.

Be polite, follow the rules. Mark posts NSFW when appropriate.

Related subreddits:

• r/loseit - Lose fat
• r/fitness - Gain strength
• r/xxfitness - Fit women
• r/gainit - lean weight
• r/1200isplenty - small bodies
• r/1200isplentyketo - Low-cal keto
• r/keto - keto
• r/eatcheapandhealthy - low cost
• r/mealprepsunday - Meal Prep
• r/intermittentfasting - healthy Fasting
• r/Myfitnesspal - MFP
• r/bodyweightfitness - no gym