Woman Loses Half Her Body Weight Naturally After Seeing Vacation Photos She "Hated"

A woman who hated the way she looked in her vacation photos has lost nearly 100 pounds – almost half her body weight – naturally in just a year. Sarah, 24, from New York City, arrived home from a vacation to Delray Beach and Key West, Florida, in December 2023, and "hated" how she looked in every photo taken of her. Everything in life was going well, she said, but she felt she had been neglecting her body, which she attributed to her weight standing at 234lbs in January 2024. Having viewed this negativity as something completely within her control, she committed to a clear vision for natural weight loss – focusing first on tracking her calories and the meals she was eating. She practiced intermittent fasting and restricting her eating window to between 11am and 6pm, and exercised 40 minutes of cardio daily, alternating between a stationary bike, elliptical and stair master. Sarah admitted the first month was the toughest,as she was moving from the habit of overeating whenever she liked to mindful eating. On her weight loss journey, she posted videos and photos of her progress to social media - being inspired to do so because she felt she had not seen many natural weight loss examples of people her age when looking for inspiration herself. By January 2025, one year after she started, Sarah weighed 140 pounds – a loss of 94 pounds naturally.