At first, I was worried that I would be trolled on social media. I expected comments ridiculing me for my obesity. But such comments were exceptionally rare – in fact, almost non-existent. In fact, I was overwhelmed by the number of comments that I received that were encouraging and supporting.
From the first week of my journey, I was receiving affirming
comments from total strangers, who just happened to see my content on social
media. All of the sudden, it wasn’t just a case of using social media to hold
myself to account, but I was developing a network of people who were willing me
to succeed with my weight loss. I guess that could have added to the pressure
on me to lose weight and be successful on my weight loss journey, but it
actually had the opposite effect. I felt the empathy that people found in my
posts, and began to realise that as time went on and I was consistently losing
weight, that I was inspiring other people to transform their own lives.
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