12/27/2025
✨ This is what REAL, sustainable change looks like. ✨
These two photos are both me — just different chapters of my life.
The photo on the top reflects a time when I was stuck in patterns that didn’t serve my health, my confidence, or my future. The photo on the bottom is a happy, healthier, stronger version of me — after losing 135 pounds and, more importantly, changing my life from the inside out.
I didn’t lose this weight with extremes, quick fixes, or punishment.
I lost it through cognitive behavioral techniques, physical fitness, and realistic lifestyle changes that I could actually maintain.
I learned how to:
• Change my thoughts around food and my body
• Build awareness instead of guilt
• Move my body in ways that felt empowering, not punishing
• Create routines that fit my real life
• Stop starting over — and start committing
Because these changes were obtainable and sustainable, I didn’t just lose the weight…
👉 I’ve maintained it for 2 years.
And I continue to maintain it because this isn’t a phase — it’s a commitment.
A commitment to my health.
A commitment to my mindset.
A commitment to showing up for myself, even on hard days.
If you’re looking at these pictures and wondering if change is possible for you, let me say this clearly:
💛 You don’t have to be perfect.
💛 You don’t have to do it all at once.
💛 You don’t have to hate yourself into change.
You can build a healthier life one realistic choice at a time.
This journey is about becoming empowered, not smaller.
Stronger, not restricted.
Confident, not controlled by food.
If I can do this — you can too.
One thought, one habit, one choice at a time. 💪✨
👉 Join Empowered Eating with Michele page or contact me at michele@psychsolutionsks.com to schedule individual sessions and support.