Women share inspiring photos of weight gain
For many women getting on the scales is a daunting experience and seeing a high number they weren’t expecting can potentially be heartbreaking for some.
However, in a recent social media movement women across the globe and sharing their inspirational stories of weight gain in a positive light.
Hashtags like #gainingweightiscool and #screwthescale are becoming extremely popular with tens of thousands of people sharing their before and after pictures of their body transformations.
Many of the stories shared are similar, with girls quitting their unhealthy eating habits and obsessing over the numbers on the scales.
One woman on Instagram, Jules, shared her incredible transformation, admitting she “loved” the way she looked in her before photo.
But she admits in the caption she was struggling and “had tried countless times to stop obsessing over calories, to throw way the scale but [she] kept reverting [back] to these habits”.
She decided her “health and life were more important than a number on a scale”.
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Many women just like Jules have shared their incredible stories, which are all differen but all equally as inspiring with some gaining over 10kg.
It just goes to show, whatever shape or size you are it’s all about how you feel in your own skin and if you feel good that’s the only thing that matters.
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