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navel-gazer: “Muscle makes all the difference.” Just to answer a few of the questions I received in one swoop: yes, this is me; the first photo was taken about a month after I started working out with a personal trainer; the second photo is four months after that. I posted this on Reddit’s ProgressPics forum and got a big response from women who were discouraged about their exercise when it seemed like they weren’t losing any pounds. Thought sharing this on my blog might help some others. I’ve had many difficult years of struggling with my body image and my health. Building muscle is so important and makes a big difference in how I look and feel. I won’t even weigh myself anymore, but prefer to use visual references like this — there’s still plenty of room for improvement, but you can see that numbers aren’t all that matter. Liking those wide hips too. Ass.

navel-gazer:

“Muscle makes all the difference.”

Just to answer a few of the questions I received in one swoop: yes, this is me; the first photo was taken about a month after I started working out with a personal trainer; the second photo is four months after that. I posted this on Reddit’s ProgressPics forum and got a big response from women who were discouraged about their exercise when it seemed like they weren’t losing any pounds. Thought sharing this on my blog might help some others.

I’ve had many difficult years of struggling with my body image and my health. Building muscle is so important and makes a big difference in how I look and feel. I won’t even weigh myself anymore, but prefer to use visual references like this — there’s still plenty of room for improvement, but you can see that numbers aren’t all that matter.

Liking those wide hips too. Ass.

(via truestrength525)

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    I love this! Shows that the scale is just a number !
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    This lady is lovely.. and is proof that muscle vs fat is a huuuuge difference. I’ve lost serious inches and not moved on...
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    This makes me feel so much better honestly. I’ve gained almost 15 pounds since I’ve been away for BMT and tech school...
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