“Warning, massive paragraph ahead” On the left was me in august 2019, I had been suffering depression after someone close to me started suffering from a serious life threatening illness. I turned to emotional eating to try make me feel better. For a long time I was so unhappy in my own skin, I hated looking in the mirror and I kept comparing myself to every one on Instagram. I had tried every fad diet on the planet. One day I found myself looking back in the archives and looking at myself 20kg lighter. The funny thing is in that photo I was trying to lose weight. Here I was two years later wanting to get back to that. In that moment I decided to accept myself and find happiness and peace with my body. In September 2020 I decided to take the plunge into trying to live a healthier lifestyle and change my relationship with food. The middle photo was January 2021 when I was 4 months into my journey and 9 kilos down. Happy with who I was and what I looked like, stoked with my progress and feeling fit enough to get back into AFL. 💪🏻🖤💛 On the right is me in November 2021, still just as happy with myself as I was in the other picture. 🧡Today I hit my goal which was 20kg of weight loss. All I wanted was to be healthier and to have a better relationship with food and to not use it as some sort of emotional relief, after getting the help of a nutritionist I slowly got there. 🤍 With a good support network you can achieve anything but first and foremost you have to stop comparing yourself to everyone else and put yourself and your own needs first. YOU get yourself through every day and every hardship you face and your body is what carries you through it all too. It’s ok to ask for help and support. I wouldn’t have been able to achieve my goals without a great support network around me 🧡💗 so thankful to everyone who supported me and encouraged me on this journey