After 25-year-old Kassidy Linde gave birth to her daughter 18 months ago, she realized, “…whenever I would look in the mirror, I wasn’t able to find anything beautiful about myself.
“I have an 18-month-old daughter, and I would feel terrible if she ever felt this way about herself. I wanted her to look up to me and admire me, so I changed myself.”
Linde decide to completely reverse her “nightmare” diet and lifestyle habits of drinking, smoking, and eating out. Instead, she began to go to the gym three to five times a week and eliminated all the junk food out of her diet. In its place, she meal prepped every Sunday.
A few months into this transformation, Linde was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that affects a person’s joints. She, however, did not let this slow her down and only chose to keep going.
Now, 18 months later, Linde has successfully lost 130 pounds and has used her social media accounts – in the form of photos and motivational posts – to hold herself accountable. “What my followers didn’t realize is that for as much I as was motivating them, they were motivating me as well,” Linde said. “Putting yourself out there and letting yourself be vulnerable to thousands of people really makes you want to give it your all and do your best.”
Many people around the world have noticed her transformation and commended her on her resilience and determination.
More recently, however, Linde came forward with a confession, “I have terrible body dysmorphia and whatever I see on the scale, is what I see in the mirror.”
Although Linde had been able to transform her body, it had been at a price – she was now completely reliant on her body image and a number on the scale to feel good.
But just as Linde conquered her arthritis, she has since made the decision to not let this mentality set her back. Read her incredible message for yourself:
