A fitness blogger from England explained why losing weight should not be an end in itself by comparing her photos of 2013 and 2018

Lucy Mountain lives in Britain and runs a fitness blog on Instagram, where she writes about harmful and healthy foods, compares them, talks about her workouts and shares her life with subscribers. The girl became famous after publications with food, in which she explained that healthy food is not always low-calorie and it can also lead to obesity. Subsequently, a separate account of Lucy was dedicated to this.

The girl posted a collage with two photos: one she took in 2018, and the other five years ago. In the description, Lucy talked about her lifestyle in the past and noted that a beautiful figure is not a guarantee of good health and reasonable weight loss.

2013 was the first year I achieved my first fitness goal and lost weight. I thought I was leading a healthy lifestyle and doing everything right.

In addition to excessively hard workouts and a lack of daily calories, I did everything that Instagram told me: I took fat-burning supplements, drank teas for weight loss and even applied special creams to my feet. Today I am not ashamed to say that I did everything absolutely wrong.

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I thought that I had achieved success thanks to these things, when in fact I was experiencing a calorie and energy deficit, malnourished and exercising too much. But if you scroll through my instagram before those times, you will see that I really praised all these so-called "assistants".

"But I've lost weight—so they have to work?" Do not confuse the relationship with causal relationships. Now that I've started to understand the topic, I can't look at myself at that time without a smile. And my hair. But it was all part of my fitness journey, and I wouldn't change anything.

I am happy to be at that stage of my life when losing weight is not the main goal. And I am very grateful that my hair no longer looks like cotton wool.