This New Zealand Woman Lost Over 200 Pounds And Shared Her Journey On Instagram

Losing weight is clearly not easy, so regardless of the number of pounds someone sheds you have to give them kudos for that. And one New Zealand woman deserves a lot of credit after losing over 200 pounds.

Week 88 Update From 169kg (372 pounds) to 77kg (169 pounds) – a total loss of 92kg (202 pounds) – I’m 181cm tall (5″11). For the who are seeing my journey for the first time this is over the course of just over one year and eight months, I began my journey on August 29th 2014 then had Gastric Sleeve Surgery on October 29th 2014 – I have completely changed my lifestyle, diet and exercise. I am thirty three weeks post opp abdominoplasty, bra line backlift, breast lift & augmentation by @drrepta_plasticsurgery (so basically most of my lose skin has been removed apart from that on my upper thighs and bottom). For those that will ask sports bra is from @hardyfitnessandfashion pants & shoes are @nikewomen To find out more indepth infornation on my journey and tips head to www.journeytohealth.co.nz

A photo posted by Journey To Health (@simone_anderson) on May 5, 2016 at 2:11am PDT

Simone Anderson, now 25 years old, began her weight loss journey when she was 23, and started off at 372 pounds. Today she sits at about 169 pounds. Simone began losing weight after she underwent gastric sleeve surgery, as a healthier lifestyle followed. Simone decided to share her journey with everyone as a way to make herself more accountable.

“I made an account and I pressed publish after four or five days of crying — but the minute I pressed publish it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders,” Simone tells BBC Newsbeat. “I knew this time there was no turning back.”

Week 88 Update From 169kg (372 pounds) to 77kg (169 pounds) – a total loss of 92kg (202 pounds) – I’m 181cm tall (5″11). For the who are seeing my journey for the first time this is over the course of just over one year and eight months, I began my journey on August 29th 2014 then had Gastric Sleeve Surgery on October 29th 2014 – I have completely changed my lifestyle, diet and exercise. I am thirty three weeks post opp abdominoplasty, bra line backlift, breast lift & augmentation by @drrepta_plasticsurgery (so basically most of my lose skin has been removed apart from that on my upper thighs and bottom). For those that will ask sports bra is from @hardyfitnessandfashion pants & shoes are @nikewomen To find out more indepth infornation on my journey and tips head to www.journeytohealth.co.nz

A photo posted by Journey To Health (@simone_anderson) on May 5, 2016 at 2:10am PDT

There were of course people who bashed Simone: “The worst comments I ever received were when people would accuse me of being a fake and a liar. It hurt me because I only ever tried to be as honest as possible,” Simone reveals.

“From day one I showed the good, the bad and the ugly of extreme weight loss. I exposed my skin, I showed every stretch mark, every little bit of sagging to the world.”

I can’t even imagine doing all this hard work and staying consistent with my diet, so Simone deserves all the positive vibes she’s gotten. Check out some more pictures of her thanks to her Instagram:

I don’t no why but every single comment that called me out for being fake and a liar really bothered me far more than it should. I think it’s because it took hours of crying and debating whether to share my story online and for others to see, posting the first picture online along with my weight for the world to see what the hardest thing I have ever done. Throughout my whole journey I have tried to be so honest about the whole experience and tell people it exactly as it’s happened so to be called a fake hurt a lot. And then when it came to posting about my lose skin well that was equally as tough. So here we go I hope this helps all the “non believers” – my face uncovered, yes my hair and eyebrows are a different colour as I’m going back to blonde, yes I have changed my phone from Samsung to apple and have moved house so the background has changed (it has been 11 months people, things change!), my skin colour varies in every single post as I get a spray tan once a week on a Thursday and often change the depth of the colour I get depending on what event I have that weekend, yes I have lose skin and stretch marks but I don’t feel the need to show them in every single photo I post online, I have shared my excess skin picture before so if you had bothered to click on my page you would have seen it and as for my ears changing in appearance?! Well I can’t see that haha so who the hell knows!!! Maybe weight changes ears lol. Hope this helps 😀 now lost 85.7 GO ME!

A photo posted by Journey To Health (@simone_anderson) on Jul 12, 2015 at 4:54pm PDT

No better feeling than saying bye bye to re growth – thanks so much @lindajoyhairstylist not only are you the best hair dresser I always leave feeling so positive and on track you are a gem. Dress is from @lanaboutiquenz

A photo posted by Journey To Health (@simone_anderson) on May 2, 2016 at 7:30pm PDT

The human body is incredible that’s for sure, the places it has taken me, the huge changes it has witnessed and how much it continues to change still blows my mind. In the photo on the left I had already lost 56kg, and now the photo on the right is after losing 92kg. So there is an apx 36kg difference between the two photos!

A photo posted by Journey To Health (@simone_anderson) on May 9, 2016 at 3:28pm PDT

Using the outdoor gym to do incline bar push ups – these are a great option if you can’t quite do full push-ups on the ground. At my heaviest I started doing push-ups against walls / high poles etc it still really challenged me!

A photo posted by Journey To Health (@simone_anderson) on May 3, 2016 at 6:54pm PDT

I’m ready for you Wilkinson OOTD: top @asos , pants @dotti_squad, choker @lovisajewellery and boots @numberoneshoes HELP – straps or no straps?

A photo posted by Journey To Health (@simone_anderson) on Apr 29, 2016 at 12:21am PDT