05/31/2026
body dysmorphia after weight loss is the part nobody warns you about, and i’d like to file a complaint. i lost over 300 lbs and my brain is still operating on photos from 2018. so i grabbed sidewalk chalk, laid down on my actual driveway like a co**se, and asked my best friend to trace me because my mirror has been lying to my face for two years and i needed a second opinion.
the outline she drew was smaller than the body my brain keeps insisting is mine. that’s what dysmorphia looks like in chalk. body neutrality has done more for me than body positivity ever could, mostly because i had to see the truth before i could feel a single thing about it.
save this if your body got smaller and your brain refused the update. send it to the friend who’s still in the bathroom losing a fight with her own reflection.